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Teri Helenese, Director of State-Federal Relations and Washington Representative for the U.S. Virgin Islands, has called for tourism to be recognized as a driver of sustainable progress.

Following general elections earlier this month, Guyana has named Susan Rodrigues as its new Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, succeeding Oneidge Walrond, who now serves as Minister of Home Affairs.

Hundreds of investors and capital providers are expected to converge in Lagos this October to drive the next phase of deal flow and historic funding opportunities for promising African startups.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will debut a groundbreaking Innovation Hub at the upcoming State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2025, presented in partnership with Winged Whale Media, a global leader in immersive media solutions.

LEGO House have officially opens the doors to its most immersive creative experience yet: LEGO Masters Academy, a one-of-a-kind building experience inspired by the global LEGO Masters TV phenomenon.

As South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit in Johannesburg this November, the stakes could not be higher.

This week will be the official opening of Subterra, a new music studio complex located in a former nuclear bunker.

On October 15, 2025, Stockholm will host Angel Prize Summit - an invite-only gathering of 300 of the Nordic region's most influential investors, founders, policymakers, and corporate leaders.

Priscilla Williams-Till, the cousin of Emmett Till, the African American teen who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, announced her campaign for U.S. Senate.

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. have announced that based on its senior leadership succession planning process, and consistent with the plan detailed on FEMSA’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 earnings press release dated February 27, 2025, its Board of Directors has appointed Jose Antonio Fernández Garza-Lagüera, currently CEO of FEMSA Proximity & Health, to become FEMSA’s Chief Executive Officer as of November 1st, 2025.

Drinking clean water, receiving treatment in a modern health centre or seeing your children study in bright classrooms is no longer a dream in Kasaï province, in the centre of the DRC - today, it’s real life.

Severe air pollution in Indian capital Delhi has led to the formation of "black crusts" on the walls of the Red Fort, one of the city's most iconic Mughal-era monuments, a study has found.

The Atlantic hurricane season has reawakened after nearly three weeks of calm, with the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) confirming that Tropical Depression Seven has strengthened into Tropical Storm Gabrielle, the seventh named storm of the 2025 season.

Under the theme “Perpetual Progress – A Sustainable Future in View: Independence 42”, St. Kitts & Nevis hailed its 42nd anniversary of independence.

President Trump has ordered the removal of various images and exhibits about slavery from U.S. national parks, including the famous Civil War photo ‘The Scourged Back.’

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) have announced its official membership in the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.