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By 11th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting DETROIT, USA – The United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg opened the APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting on Tuesday by emphasizing the need to build stronger supply chains and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector to create good jobs and economic growth that benefits everyone. “We gather in the awareness that so many challenges to achieving prosperity in any economy are challenges facing every economy, and often such challenges have particularly great impact […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – Guyana’s embassy in Qatar was on Tuesday, May 16 officially opened by president Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who noted that the move would help both countries embark on a journey of enhanced bilateral relationship. President Ali is quoted in a DOHANEWS article as stating: “We both promote peace, stability and sustainability… I want to thank all of our friends who are here to celebrate this momentous occasion.” The president thanked Emir of Qatar, Amir Sheikh Tamim bin […]

By President Tsai Ing-wen addresses Since we met last year, we have witnessed more threats posed by the authoritarian regimes. In order to magnify their influence, these regimes actively conduct influence operations to erode our confidence in democratic institutions and freedom. They also use disinformation, misinformation, and cognitive warfare to divide us, both at home and abroad. Moreover, the CCP, that is the Chinese Communist Party, has intensified coercive measures, economically and politically, against countries, organizations, and individuals who disagree with […]

LONDON, England – On 5 April 2023, the National IHR Focal Point for the United Kingdom informed WHO of an increase in severe myocarditis in neonates and infants associated with enterovirus infection in Wales compared with 2021. Between June 2022 and March 2023, 15 neonates and young infants presented with a picture consistent with neonatal sepsis in Wales and Southwest England. Enterovirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing of nine cases confirmed the presence of either coxsackie B3 or coxsackie B4. […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The US Coast Guard returned 33 migrants to the Dominican Republic, Saturday, following the interdiction of a migrant vessel in the Mona Passage near Puerto Rico. The interdiction is the result of ongoing local and federal multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG). Three Dominican men interdicted in this voyage are facing federal prosecution at the US District Court in Puerto Rico on charges of attempted illegal re-entry into the United […]

UN NEWS—The world must make every effort to eliminate chemical weapons, the UN chief said on Monday, raising grave concerns about their continued use. “We cannot go backwards,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message addressing the fifth Special Session of the States parties to review the operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. ‘Senseless weapons of terror’ “The use of chemical weapons has persisted; each use threatens to reverse our hard-won gains,” Guterres said. “We must make every effort to eliminate these senseless weapons […]

GENEVA, Switzerland – World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making them the fifth and sixth countries in WHO’s African Region to achieve this significant milestone. Countries that previously received WHO validation for trachoma elimination are Ghana (June 2018), Gambia (April 2021), Togo (May 2022) and Malawi (September 2022). “WHO congratulates the health authorities of Benin and Mali and their network of global and local partners for these milestones”, said Dr […]

– At Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) 2023 Capital Summit, May 16, 2023 As some of you know, this is not my first time speaking at ICBA. One of my first major speeches as chair of the Federal Reserve was at your 2014 Washington Policy Summit. Our nation has seen significant economic and technological change since then. But my conviction remains as firm as it was nearly a decade ago: that a broad and diverse banking system is at […]

By Joseph Guyler C. Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (HCNN) – Haiti’s government has now turned to Africa and Latin America to persuade them to help with contributing to the deployment of a multinational military force to the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has claimed countless lives over the past years, officials say. In the face of repeated failures by the United Nations Security Council to take a clear decision on the security and humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Haitian officials have […]