Top development banks to launch debt-for-nature swap ..
The world's top multilateral development banks are set to launch a global "task force" at the COP28 climate summit in the coming days to scale up the number and size of 'debt-for-nature' swaps that countries can do. Debt-for-nature swaps, where a developing country's debt is cut in return for…#belize #galapagosislands #hassatoudiopnsele #finance #cop #barbados #worldbank #asiandevelopmentbank #beijing #natureconservancy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide, Another Face of the Crisis in Venezuela
Suicide rates doubled in Venezuela during the harshest years of its humanitarian crisis. Males between the ages of 30 and 50, a productive age when it is very hard to be left without employment and income, are a group particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted violence. CREDIT: IhpiBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Nov 28 2023 (IPS) In the wee hours of one morning in early November, Ernesto, 50, swallowed several glasses of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in the apartment where he lived alone in the Venezuelan capital, ending a life tormented by declining health and lack of resources to cope as he would have liked.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Suicide Venezuela Source Type: news
Mixed response to climate loss and damages talks set stage for conflict at COP28
Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years. The…#abudhabi #worldbank #dubai #usstatedepartment #worldbanks #avinashpersaud #barbados #miamottley #latinamerica #caribbean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Venezuela's top court suspends results of opposition presidential primary
Venezuela's Supreme Justice Tribunal said on Monday it has suspended the results of an opposition presidential primary that took place this month, despite an electoral deal between the government and the opposition that allows each side to choose its candidate. The ruling could risk the wrath of…#venezuela #usstatedepartment #nicolasmaduro #mariacorinamachado #barbados #statedepartment #josebrito #machado #josevicenteharo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
King Charles III seeks to look ahead in a visit to Kenya. But he'll have history to contend with
LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — King Charles III wants to look to the future when his state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday. But first he will have to confront the past. As Charles prepares for the four-day trip to Kenya, he is facing calls to address the legacy of eight decades of British colonial rule,…#charlesiii #kenya #african #commonwealth #transatlantic #caribbean #barbados #nickwestcott #royalafricansociety #kenyan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People
Credit: Collectif Arc-en-Ciel/FacebookBy Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 2023 (IPS) In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men as unconstitutional. Its reasoning turned upside down the argument used by anti-rights forces to attack LGBTQI+ activists in many African countries: it acknowledged that criminalisation is the foreign import rather than gay sex, and a relic of colonialism it’s high time to shake off.
A damning colonial legacy
As in so many other Commonwealth...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ines M Pousadela Tags: Africa Civil Society Featured Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ TerraViva United Nations CIVICUS 2023 IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Watch: JetBlue plane has a scary malfunction while travelers deplane
The words "plane" and "losing balance" are, when used in the same sentence, enough to sow some serious fear into the hearts of not just travelers but also those who are on the ground and thinking about their next trip. But, as was shared by passengers on social media, that was exactly what…#barbados #airbus #a321 #eadsf #britishairways #tiktok #sineadbovell #jetblue #airlines #newjersey (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A JetBlue plane tipped backwards, its front wheel off the ground, while passengers were getting off at JFK
A JetBlue Airways jet comes in for a landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City in January 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar A JetBlue plane tilted back with its nose in the air as passengers got off, the airline said. A passenger said it tilted when around half the passengers were off, and its tail hit…#jetblueairways #laguardiaairport #newyorkcity #mikesegar #jetblue #tiktoker #sineadbovell #flight662 #bridgetown #barbados (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
JetBlue plane tips upward as passengers disembark at JFK Airport in New York
QUEENS, NEW YORK -- Passengers on a JetBlue flight went through quite the scare when their plane tipped up nose-first on the ground as they were disembarking in New York. The airline says a shift in weight and balance as people were leaving the flight at JFK Airport caused the front of the plane…#queens #jetblue #jfkairport #citizen #flight662 #bridgetown #barbados #safetyisjetblue #edlibassi #libassi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Restart of Venezuela, opposition talks could lead to US sanction relief
CARACAS/WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Venezuela's government and opposition will resume long-suspended talks on Tuesday that President Nicolas Maduro said would benefit the upcoming 2024 election, a move that could lead to Washington easing sanctions, multiple sources said on Monday. The U.S. has…#caracas #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #donaldtrump #barbados #venezuelan #usstatedepartment #mariacorinamachado #qatar #maurelprom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Oil below $90 on Venezuela sanctions relief report, lack of Mideast catalyst
Investing.com - Crude fell below $90 a barrel Monday amid signs the global oil supply situation may improve, after reports that US sanctions on Venezuela could ease if Caracas agrees to an election date — one of Washington’s prerequisites for normalizing trade and other relations with the South…#investingcomcrude #venezuela #caracas #southamerican #israel #venezuelan #barbados #hamas #gaza #iran (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Southerners Die Younger Than Other Americans. It ’s Not Why You Think
I shared these maps with cardiologist Donald Lloyd-Jones, a past president of the American Heart Association who chairs the preventive medicine department at Northwestern University in Chicago, who said they didn’t surprise him at all. “There’s a reason why the Southeastern portion of this country…#donaldlloydjones #southeastern #lloydjones #nationhoodlab #deepsouth #barbados #puritan #yankeedom #leftcoast #greaterappalachia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pregnant Rihanna Breastfeeds Son RZA in Savage x Fenty Campaign Photos
This just in: Rihanna looks glamorous even while breastfeeding. In a new photo shoot for Savage x Fenty’s new maternity line, the 35-year-old singer shows off her baby bump while holding her 1-year-old son, whom she shares with A$AP Rocky. She wears just a simple black bra, which boasts cups that…#savagexfentys #aprocky #aprockyplugsrihanna #fentyskin #newriotrowdypipen #savagexfenty #savage #parisfashionweek #louisvuitton #barbados (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Former Boston principal used nearly $40K of school funds to finance all-inclusive vacations to Barbados: FBI
The former principal of a Massachusetts high school is facing federal charges after redirecting nearly $40,000 in school funds to pay for her all-inclusive vacations to Barbados. Naia Wilson, 60, of Mattapan, was the principal at New Mission School from 2006 through 2019, according to a release…#massachusetts #barbados #naiawilson #mattapan #newmissionschool #wilson #bostonpublicschools #newmissionhighschool #hydepark #boston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canada wants to woo'digital nomads.' Can we compete?
Digital nomads have been taking their talents to the places they want to be. They are living and working in various cities around the globe — in some cases lured to specific locales by dedicated programs that make it easier for them to do so. Canada is making its own pitch for these workers to try…#seanfraser #trevorneiman #bcc #neiman #stanforduniversity #nicholasbloom #indonesia #mexicocity #argentina #barbados (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
