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Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
Fresh talks promise a new chapter for French Guiana’s self-g...
Modern Ghana
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The French government has signaled a fresh willingness to tackle long-standing demands for greater local control in French Guiana, while also addressing economic pressures across overseas territories. French Guiana's long-held dream of greater...
Caribbean Leaders Unite for Collective Action on Oceans and Launch the Actioning Blue Declaration at UNOC3
I News Cayman
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June 10, 2025
Joint Press Release: OECS and the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Nice, France – In a powerful demonstration of political unity and regional ambition, Caribbean governments today officially launched the Actioning Blue: Caribbean 30×30 Vision for the...
What you need to know about France's 2025 summer sales
The Local - France
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June 17, 2025
Summer means sales season in France, with the government-regulated period of discounts. Here's what you need to know about the 2025 summer sales. In France there are only two official 'soldes' - sales - period per year, one in summer and one in...
Record Seaweed Surge Chokes Caribbean Shores, Threatens Wildlife
WFLA Orlando - Florida
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Caribbean Sea - A massive bloom of seaweed known as sargassum has blanketed coastlines across the Caribbean and nearby waters, creating environmental and economic challenges, with scientists warning that the worst may still be ahead this summer....
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 16 2025
I News Cayman
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June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025 Aruba welcomes cruise tourism community The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) officially opens its PAMAC Destination Summit today in Aruba. This high-level gathering brings together FCCA Platinum Members and cruise...
Hurricane Beryl: 1 July 2024
Now Grenada
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July 1, 2025
by John Angus Martin On 1 July 2024, Hurricane Beryl struck Grenada and devastated the sister isles of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The hurricane that would devastate the islands of the Grenadines began in an unusual manner. Though it was the...
Minister vs ‘Imposter’
The New Today Grenada
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June 7, 2025
“…Am just saying you can go ahead and make all these allegations and so I will not respond because that is not why I was elected into office.” “I left as soon as a junior hopefully unsuspecting reporter handed the mike to the imposter.” Those were...
How — and where — to travel this summer if you're on a tight budget
Calgary Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Travel Beautiful sunset over the Kelowna featuring Okanagan Lake. Getty Images Article content Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from...
This is the Best Rum Bar in the Caribbean
Caribbean Journal
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June 15, 2025
It’s small, intimate, as much as library as a bar. The shelves are filled with rare bottling of the Caribbean’s greatest rums. There’s a walk-in humidor around the corner. A small bar counter. Beautiful leather chairs. If you dreamed up a rum bar...
Canadians Boycott U.S. Travel As Airlines Shift to Europe and Latin America, Cutting U.S. Flights
The Travel
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June 13, 2025
Since the beginning of the year, the relationship between the U.S. and Canada has been pretty tense. The situation worsened considerably following Trump's tariff war in early April when thousands of Canadians decided to boycott U.S. travel and...
Tourist hotspots hit with 'terrible stench' that could ruin Brits' beach holidays
Daily Star
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June 6, 2025
A grim problem with a "terrible" stench could put a dampener on holiday plans for Brits dreaming of the Caribbean's golden sands. An invasion of sargassum seaweed has blanketed a massive stretch of coastline in the Americas, from Puerto Rico to...
Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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June 14, 2025
A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new report. The brown prickly algae is suffocating shorelines from Puerto Rico to Guyana and beyond, disrupting...
Guyana deepens security ties with France through special-operations training
Guyana Chronicle
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June 14, 2025
GUYANA’S efforts to strengthen national and regional security received a boost on Friday with the conclusion of a Special Operations Course delivered by French Special Operations experts to local law enforcement officers. The closing ceremony was...
A new mandate for Caribbean film
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 14, 2025
Commentary Dara Healy 37 Minutes Ago Dara E Healy - Dara E Healy “Ce pays, c’est une petit famille La famille, c’est tout ce qu’on a Il faut la protéger This country, is a little family Family, that’s all we have We have to protect it” – From...
Wednesday 6/18: Protest French State Repression! Pro-Palestinian and Trade Unionists under Attack!
Indybay - California
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June 13, 2025
From the Open-Publishing Calendar From the Open-Publishing Newswire Indybay Feature Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Event Type: Protest Organizer/Author: Partisan Defense Committee Email: Location Details: Consulate General...
Roland Barthes declared the ‘death of the author’, but postcolonial critics have begged to differ
The Conversation
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July 2, 2025
Our cultural touchstones series examines works that have had a lasting influence In 1967, French literary and cultural critic Roland Barthes published a short essay that would have far-reaching influence. Titled The Death of the Author, the essay...
Transat bets on Caribbean, Europe as travellers spurn U.S.
Halton Hills Today
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June 12, 2025
MONTREAL — Transat A.T. Inc. hopes to turn Canadians' aversion to U.S. travel into a boon as it bets on new routes to the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe rather than destinations in the land of Donald Trump. Chief executive Annick Guérard made the...
Grenada Tourism Authority appoints Stacey Liburd as CEO
Travel Press
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June 12, 2025
By TravelPress Staff June 12, 2025 The Grenada Tourism Authority has appointed Stacey A. Liburd as chief executive officer, effective June 15, 2025. With more than 15 years of experience in destination marketing, stakeholder engagement, and...
A dichotomy of emotions on 1 July
Now Grenada
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July 1, 2025
by Dr Neals J Chitan For the past 42 years, 1 July — Canada Day celebrations — with its Maple Leaf red and white flag fluttering joyously in the wind has held a special place in my heart as a Canadian citizen. However, as a Grenadian citizen, that...