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Taking a look at the former directors of Positive Jamaica Foundation, Prime Minister Andrew Holness was its chair, until December 2021, when he ceased being a director.

A US-based Liberian pilot, Abner Yonly, is due to arrive back in the country of his birth after becoming the first Black person to complete a solo transatlantic flight in a single-engine aircraft, a 1976 Beechcraft Sundowner.

The Yangtze Culture Forum is scheduled in Nanjing, China, tomorrow (November 24).

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. have just announced the successful completion of the world's first trans-Atlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The Zambia External Bondholder Steering Committee ("the Committee") is very disappointed and deeply concerned with recent developments with regard to implementing an agreement with the Government of Zambia (the "Government") on a restructuring of Zambia's (i) US$750,000,000 5.375 per cent.

As the world anticipates the upcoming UN climate summit (COP28) in Dubai. Nigeria is making significant strides towards embracing electric mobility, signalling a robust commitment to sustainable and cleaner transportation.

Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, and the Chair of the Human Capability Development Program Committee, one of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Realisation Programs, the first edition of the Human Capability Initiative) HCI (will be held during the period 28-29 February 2024, at King Abdulaziz International Convention Centre in Riyadh.

Discover Dominica Authority have just announced the appointment of Monelle Alexis as their Communications and Public Relations Specialist.

A list of the eight wealthiest and more influential people from Jamaica includes, Michael Lee-Chin, Joseph M. Matalon, Chris Blackwell, Paula Kerr-Jarrett, Dr. Blossom O’Meally-Nelson, Joseph John Issa, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, and Wayne Chen.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, and its partners Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), EDF Renewables and JinkoPower, together with procurer Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), have inaugurated the world's largest single-site solar power plant ahead of the UAE hosting the UN climate change conference, COP28.

Multi-talented Caribbean-American media maven and vocal powerhouse Vanessa James will host the 2023 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) Leadership Awards and Fundraiser, being held at Loews Coral Gables in Miami on Saturday, December 2, 2023.

For a long time, people living in two densely populated Asian capitals have suffered the toxic smog that blanket their cities.

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says the Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), a division of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, successfully provided professional certification to over 15,000 individuals, bolstering the nation's commitment to human capital development in the tourism sector.

Converging an atypical mix of corporate leaders, tech venture founders, style icons and cultural trend-setters, the Tatler Gen.T Summit was staged in Hong Kong for the first time on  the 9th and 10th November.

The next chapter for the skies has arrived as Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia's new world-class airline wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) set to take off in 2025, unveiled the second of its permanent dual-livery designs at the Dubai Airshow 2023.

The highly anticipated opening of InterContinental Chiang Mai The Mae Ping in Chiang Mai's historic district marks the first milestone in a strategic partnership between IHG Hotels & Resorts and Thailand's leading integrated lifestyle real-estate group, Asset World Corporation (AWC).