Haitian foreign minister, delegation visiting Taiwan

Haiti’s foreign minister has arrived in Taiwan for his first visit to the country since taking office in January, and he is to meet with President William Lai (賴清德) to enhance bilateral ties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Haitian...

Lavrov, Fidan reiterate commitment to promoting political settlement of conflicts

MOSCOW, July 7. /TASS/. Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov of Russia and Hakan Fidan of Turkey reiterated their commitment to continuing efforts to promote political settlement of the existing conflicts and ease tensions in the region, the Russian...

Leyva Denies Plot Against Petro Amid Institutional and Diplomatic Crisis in Colombia

With audios leaked in late June, former Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva claims that the accusation of a conspiracy against President Petro is “absolutely ridiculous,” as the Prosecutor’s Office and the opposition demand clarity on contacts with...

Russian minister dies hours after being sacked by President Vladimir Putin

7 July 2025, 14:51 Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt arrives at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: Getty A former Russian minister has died just hours after being fired by President...

Indians In UAE Gave Up Passports For Caribbean Ones – Now They Face Visa Bans

New Delhi: They bought a dream. A passport that opened borders. A quiet backup plan. A safety net. Now, they are watching it unravel. Thousands of expatriates living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – many of them Indian nationals – are facing...

State workers protest government kneecapping of key technology institutes

Employees of the Industrial Technology National Institute (INTI) and the Agricultural Technology National Institute (INTA) are protesting a decree President Javier Milei is expected to issue on Monday, demoting and stripping them from their...

Wall St knocked lower by tariff jitters, Musk’s political plan hurts Tesla

Indexes down: Dow 1.43%, S&P 500 1.21%, Nasdaq 1.29% Trump announced 25% tariffs for Japan, South Korea Tesla slides on Musk’s ‘America Party’ formation WNS rises after Capgemini announces $3.3 bln buyout By Sinéad Carew and Pranav Kashyap Indexes...

Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov at the XVII BRICS summit on «Environment, COP 30, and Global Health» (July 7, 2025, Rio de Janeiro)

07 July 2025 Dear colleagues, One of the main priorities of Belarus in the field of national security is the policy of mitigating the effects of climate change and adapting to climate change, as well as maintaining a favorable environment. The...

Brazil's crypto market strengthens with arrival of new players

July 7 (UPI) -- Brazil's foothold in the rapidly expanding cryptocurrency market has grown stronger with the entry of U.S.-based trading platform Webull and crypto mining infrastructure firm Enegix. The global rise of cryptocurrencies has...

FM Araghchi meets with UN chief in Brazil

The top Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi held a meeting with Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations on Monday, July 6 on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei, Deputy...

More people in employment in Caribbean Netherlands in 2024

In Bonaire, the number of people in employment rose by 1.8 thousand (+14 percent) to 14.7 thousand in 2022. 73.8 percent of all those aged 15 to 74 were in employment. In 2022, the net labour participation rate in Bonaire was 72.5 percent. The net...

India eyes bigger BRICS clout as Xi, Putin skip Brazil summit

RIO DE JANEIRO -- With the leaders of China and Russia absent from this year's BRICS summit, India sees an opportunity to take the initiative and expand its influence within the group of emerging markets. In a speech delivered on the summit's...

Colombia will be Guest Country at the 45th Caribbean Festival in 2026

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, July 6 (ACN) The 45th Caribbean Festival, to be held in this city in July 2026, will be dedicated to Colombian Afro-descendants. Mario Fidel Rodríguez, Cultural Attaché of the Colombian Embassy in Havana, ​​stated that the...

Crime in Punjab: Union MoS Ravneet Bittu likes situation to Mexico, Colombia; opposition leaders across party lines slam AAP government

BRICS Summit: PM Modi Meets Uruguayan President In Brazil

Rio de Janeiro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the President of Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday. The two leaders held discussions covering the full spectrum of bilateral...

CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-ST. Kitts-Nevis PM holds talks with Singapore and Austria delegations

Heads of state and government applaud during the family photo at the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where talks addressed what they called US President Donald Trump's 'indiscriminate' import tariffs

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud attends a plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil BRICS leaders at a summit on Sunday took aim at US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" import tariffs...

COMMENTARY: On Brazil’s unsteady democracy

Meanwhile, the election’s victor, President “Lula,” as he is known, doesn’t feel Bolsonaro’s arrest has proved that Brazil’s future as a democracy is assured. In an interview with Jon Lee Anderson, published in the New Yorker magazine May 8, he...

‘Future Future’ Film Trailer Karlovy Vary: AI in Near-Future Brazil

One thing is mistaken in Brazilian filmmaker Davi Pretto’s fourth characteristic, Future Future, which world premieres within the Proxima Competitors program of the 59th version of the Karlovy Fluctuate Worldwide Movie Pageant (KVIFF) on...

Now anti-tourism protests spread to MEXICO as crowds are 'seen harassing foreigners' and smashing shopfronts during mass demonstration in holiday hotspot

By KEVIN ADJEI-DARKO Published: 07:53 EDT, 7 July 2025 | Updated: 07:58 EDT, 7 July 2025 The anti-tourism fury that has swept across Europe has now spilled into Latin America, with violent scenes erupting in Mexico City. Demonstrators have...