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Oceans Economy, Blue Bio Trade & Climate Change: Building economic diversification & resilience
From OECS Intervention by Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the Organisation of East Caribbean Sates (OECS) at the UN Trade Forum held in Geneva, Switzerland from 09-13 September, 2019. “The Caribbean region has become a veritable graveyard for such…
IMF Trade / Georgieva / Argentina
The IMF Board is set to act on placing a new Managing Director at the head of the Fund in coming weeks, spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC. The Executive Board will interview World Bank CEO Kristalina…
White House: Osama Bin Laden’s son Hamza is dead
From Newsmax The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden , the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan…
Thieves steal $5M gold toilet from Britain’s Blenheim Palace
From Newsmax A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from the magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at roughly 1 million pounds…
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Have we come that far?
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Reader Ted Williams sent me the following photo of a 1959 Johnny Mathis album sleeve from Columbia Records. I love it. It’s educational and must have been a great tool for Columbia to sell…
Destinations of the week
The 3 best places to travel in September 2019 By Mark Abadi From Business Insider Business Insider has spent a year finding the best best places to visit in the world for each month of the year. Now, we’ve taken…
Endurance athlete attempts to swim between Caribbean islands
By Mark Gleeson From Reuters CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Endurance athlete Cameron Bellamy will attempt an unprecedented 150km swim from Barbados to St Lucia on Friday in an effort to complete the longest ocean swim in history. The attempt, which…
‘The poor are punished’: Dorian lays bare inequality in the Bahamas
By David Smith Guardian UK From Yahoo News Holidaymakers queuing at immigration at the Bahamas’ Nassau airport are still serenaded by three pink-shirted men playing jovial music. They are still sunbathing on the beaches and still swimming in the sea….
Las Vegas scores with endless sports options
LAS VEGAS – The Entertainment Capital of the World is proud to host an array of exciting events and activities for any sports fan this fall. From the destination’s very own major league professional teams, the Vegas Golden Knights and the…
US: A Vietnam vet’s daughter says her dying father was found covered in ants at a VA facility twice in his last 2 days
By Ashley Collman From Business Insider Vietnam veteran Joel Marrable died on Saturday at the age of 73, while being cared for at a VA assisted-living facility in Atlanta, Georgia. His daughter Laquana Ross told CNN on Thursday that twice…
