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Caribbean Investment Forum to launch digital accelerator

Jamaica Observer · June 13, 2025

Leo Naut, deputy executive director, Caribbean Export Development Agency (Photo: Joseph Wellington) A new digital accelerator programme aimed at linking Caribbean tech start-ups with corporations that have real-world technology challenges will be...

Rangers capture large South American lizard in Santa Clara County park

KTVU - California ·

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. - Park rangers on Thursday captured an Argentine black and white tegu lizard that was spotted in Joseph D. Grant County Park last week. The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department staffers spotted the animal...

South American wheat millers visit Ohio for U.S. Wheat Associates industry tour

Brownfield Ag News ·

News South American wheat millers visit Ohio for U.S. Wheat Associates industry tour June 12, 2025 By Erin Anderson Filed Under: News, Ohio Photo by Brownfield’s Erin Anderson. A northeast Ohio farmer says a recent South American trade mission was...

Productivity, boosting investments key to growing Caribbean economies, says IMF deputy

The Gleaner · June 13, 2025

Caribbean countries need to digitalise government and banking services to reduce the cost of financing and doing business in the region, says Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Dr Nigel Clarke. Noting that the region has...

Caribbean HIV service organizations face dire straits, Survey Reveals

Searchlight · June 13, 2025

Caribbean HIV service organisations are experiencing severe service disruptions and financial instability that threaten to reverse decades of progress in the HIV response due to the funding pause issued by the US Government in January, 2025. A...

Beautiful UK village is home to 'best hidden gem' with a Caribbean-worthy beach

The Mirror · June 13, 2025

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Brits planning a summer staycation may want to head to Northumberland, where they could find a breathtakingly beautiful beach that's...

Caribbean Film Festival Launches To Celebrate Regional Storytelling

TTT Live Online · June 12, 2025

Representing Caribbean identity through film. The inaugural Caribbean Film Festival aims to create a safe space for Caribbean filmmakers, taking a major step towards international recognition of our stories through film. The festival began on...

Central American migrant pleads guilty to deadly 2023 stabbing outside Copiague deli

Shore News Network · June 12, 2025

18 HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — A Salvadoran national has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a fatal stabbing that occurred outside a Copiague deli in 2023, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced Wednesday. Gherson Lopez, 29, admitted...

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism shares tools for reducing risk of loss during hurricane season

Dominica News Online · June 12, 2025

Hurricanes pose a significant threat to the Caribbean region, causing extensive economic losses and social disruption. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hurricanes from 1950 to 2014 inflicted approximately $52 billion in damages...

Caribbean American Heritage Month takes center stage in Times Square

Caribbean National Weekly · June 12, 2025

On Tuesday, June 10, the heart of Times Square burst into joyful celebration as Caribbean rhythms and colors took over one of the world’s most iconic locations. The event, titled “A Caribbean Fete in Times Square,” was presented by I AM CARIBBEING...

Caribbean countries urged to enable self funding of HIV/AIDS programmes

Irie FM · June 12, 2025

Caribbean countries are being urged to enable self funding of HIV/AIDS programmes. The appeal was made by Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAID Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean Dr. Richard Amenyah. This in the...

All-Caribbean affair on road to World Cup: Soca to meet Reggae again

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · June 13, 2025

Sports Roneil Walcott 4 Hrs Ago Members of the TT senior men's team before the start of their Concacaf World Cup qualifying match, against Costa Rica, on June 10,in San Jose, Costa Rica. - TTFA Media IT will be a Caribbean showdown of epic...

These Beloved Purple Trees Blooming Across L.A. Are Actually From South America — Brought Here By One Visionary Woman

Secret Los Angeles - California · June 12, 2025

kenny hung photography via Getty Images. Spring and summer are definitely the best seasons of the year for nature lovers who enjoy spotting baby animals in the wild, soaking up longer days of sunshine, and, most of all, watching flowers take over...

Latin America and Caribbean week in pictures

Santa Maria Times - California ·

Argentina’s highest court upheld a six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a ruling that permanently banned her from public office over the corruption conviction that found she had directed state contracts...

South America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court ruling

MercoPress ·

Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC Lula and Petro called CFK to express their solidarity Most of South America's leftwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), whose 6-year...

Keira Knightley Was Confused by Her 2006 Oscar Nomination Because She Thought People Saw Her as 'a Terrible Actress' After 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW Keira Knightley is reflecting on her 2006 Oscar nomination for Pride & Prejudice The actress was the third-youngest person to ever receive an Academy Award nomination at the time Knightley reunited with her costar and on-screen sister...

Caribbean-American Lawyers honor outstanding four

Caribbean Life - New York · June 12, 2025

Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix, left, presents Outstanding Public Servant Award to Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Photo by Nelson A. King The Brooklyn-based Caribbean-American Lawyers Association,...

T&T get all Caribbean WCQ group; Warriors draw Jamaica and Curaçao

Wired 868 · June 13, 2025

The good news is that there will definitely be a Caribbean team at the 2026 Fifa World Cup. And Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke could feasibly book his team’s place there without having to defeat a single...

Seaweed overruns some Caribbean beaches as Sargassum hits record levels

FOX Weather · June 12, 2025

We’re well into the summer season and people continue to flock to beaches to catch some rays and take a dip in the ocean. One thing people aren’t missing, however, is the smelly Sargassum seaweed that has littered beaches across the U.S.,...

South America’s largest airline doubles flights to Sydney and Melbourne

KARRYON · June 12, 2025

From November 2025, Sydney will see its Santiago flights increase from three times a week to daily services. Melbourne will follow in December 2025, also moving to daily flights, marking the first time the city has enjoyed non-stop connections...