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AUSTRIA / ENGLAND – Russia continues to launch large-scale missile and drone strikes on towns and cities across Ukraine, UK military advisor, Ian Stubbs, says the Kremlin is struggling to explain its litany of strategic mistakes and failings on the battlefield to the Russian people. The UK statement to the OSCE noted that “The repeated barrages launched on the people of Kyiv, as they celebrated the anniversary of the founding of Ukraine’s capital, were particularly deplorable. Whilst reports indicate that […]

GENEVA, Switzerland, (ILO News) – Mutually reinforcing crises, including rising debt levels, are disproportionately affecting developing countries, worsening the global employment divide between high-income and low-income countries and widening existing inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new ILO report. While global unemployment in 2023 is expected to fall below pre-pandemic levels – to 191 million, corresponding to a global unemployment rate of 5.3 percent – estimates show that low-income countries remain far behind in the recovery process, according […]

USA / ANTIGUA – On November 30, 2022, the Executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Antigua and Barbuda and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis. Antigua and Barbuda’s economy is on a gradual recovery path, following a sharp contraction in real output of 20 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Growth is estimated at 5¼ percent in 2021, driven by a rebound in tourism and […]

– The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan plan to contribute $1 million each to ADF’s next replenishment cycle AFRICA – Five African Development Bank Governors have signed an agreement committing to contribute at least $1 million to the replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the Bank Group. Under the self-initiated agreement, the five-member constituency – The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Sudan will contribute to the ADF from its next replenishment cycle […]

The leading workplace management platform enables data-driven decision-making about space utilization, real estate strategy, and hybrid workplace experience in a single platform. ATLANTA & DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OfficeSpace Software (“OfficeSpace”), part of Vista Equity Partners’ Endeavor Fund, announced it acquired Greetly, the world’s most customizable visitor management system. Greetly’s digital receptionist allows hybrid workplace teams to securely check in visitors, packages, and deliveries on mobile and instantly alert employees on-site. Greetly’s visitor management solution provides new data insights to IT, Real Estate, […]

12-year agreement announced ahead of inaugural Mizuho Americas Open hosted by Michelle Wie West at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, NJ Donation is latest milestone in Fireman family’s continued support for junior golf initiatives totaling more than $12 million JERSEY CITY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The American Junior Golf Association today announced its Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant has been formally rebranded as the Liberty National ACE Grant as part of a 12-year agreement between the organization and the prestigious Liberty […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The International Insurance Society (IIS) has named Adrian Gore, founder and chief executive of South Africa-based Discovery, the 2023 recipient of the Vanguard Market Development Award. The Vanguard Award recognizes those who have substantially advanced the development of insurance in an underserved market or emerging economy. Gore was selected by the IIS Executive Committee, a body of global senior insurance executives. He will be formally honored at the Global Insurance Forum awards ceremony on Nov. 6, 2023. The […]

By Chanel Spence KINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – Special emphasis will be placed on the Farm Road Programme this year, says minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, Floyd Green. Addressing stakeholders and patrons at the 27th staging of the Kingston and St Andrew Agricultural Show (Agrofest), on Saturday, May 27 at the ministry’s playfield, in Kingston, Green said during consultations with the farmers, concerns were expressed about the state of the roads in several areas of Kingston and St Andrew. “We […]

By Ralph E. Gonsalves The long-awaited summit between leaders of the Community of States of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) is scheduled for July 17-18, 2023, in Brussels. Representatives of the 60 States (33 of CELAC and 27 of the EU), almost one-third of the membership of the United Nations, and comprising some 1.2 billion people, will arrive at conclusions which are likely to impact the lives, living, and livelihoods of the people of […]