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Caribbean Cruising: A Moveable Feast
Cruising World
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December 4, 2023
Leaving the BVI’s Jost Van Dyke in its wake, Wild Card punches eastward toward new adventures in Anegada. Courtesy Cap’n Fatty Goodlander The Lesser Antilles, on the eastern rim of the Caribbean Sea, is perhaps the finest watery hideaway for...
Go-Jek to offer video content
Nationmultimedia.com
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April 28, 2018
Michy Gustavia, Go-Jek's vice president for acquisition and development, said the video content segment would be called "Go-Play", noting that it would implement a subscription-based business model such as those of Netflix, Hulu and Hooq,...
South Africa: Flooding in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape 2022
PreventionWeb
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May 20, 2022
Region & Country - Any - Afghanistan Africa Albania American Samoa Andorra Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia China Cook...
What’s up with… BT, AT&T, Stéphane Richard
TelecomTV
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May 18, 2022
Armed with a new marketing slogan, BT Means Business, and a significant investment into its recently-created Division X unit, the UK’s national operator is seeking to reinvigorate its flagging Enterprise division and meet the modern-day needs of...
Last month was by far the world’s hottest October on record
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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November 15, 2023
October 2023 was the hottest October on record globally in analyses dating back to 1850, said NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information on November 15. NOAA, NASA, the Japan Meteorological Agency, and the European Copernicus Climate...
Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Hits the U.S. Virgin Islands
The St. Croix Source
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May 9, 2022
At approximately 9:32 a.m. Sunday, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake rattled the U.S. Virgin Islands, causing minor damage to items in the homes of those impacted. The British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Guadeloupe, Montserrat,...
The Carbon Brief Profile: France
Carbon Brief
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April 13, 2022
In this country profile, Carbon Brief examines the state of climate and energy policies in France, a major emitter that nevertheless relies on fossil fuels less than any other industrialised nation. It was the world’s 25th largest greenhouse gas...
City of Tampa
PreventionWeb
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April 6, 2022
Themes - Any - Advocacy & Media Capacity Development Children and Youth Civil Society/NGOs Climate Change Community-based DRR Critical Infrastructure Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management Early Warning Economics of DRR Education & School...
Achieve Continuous Testing with Test Automation
StickyMinds
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REGISTER TODAY! Achieve Continuous Testing with Test Automation Start Date:8/11/2020 Start Time:2:00 PM EDT Duration:60 minutes Quality Assurance (QA) is no longer enough—you need Quality Engineering (QE) for digital transformation to get wings....
Playbook Paris: Sommet Afrique-France — Les Verts à domicile à Lyon — Le mystère de Bercy
Politico
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October 8, 2021
Présenté par Qualcomm. Par ELISA BRAUN PRÉSENTÉ PAR Envoyez vos infos | Abonnez-vous gratuitement | Voir dans le navigateur Bonjour à toutes et à tous, bon réveil, nous sommes vendredi 8 octobre. SOMMET AFRIQUE-FRANCE UN DIALOGUE SANS LES CHEFS,...
India’s Genome-Sequencing Performance Through the Pandemic, in 4 Charts
The Wire
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April 8, 2022
A health worker collects a swab sample of passengers for COVID-19 tests, at the KSR Railway Station, Bengaluru, January 16, 2022. Photo: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI New Delhi: Genome-sequencing has been instrumental in our response to the COVID-19...
Playbook Paris: Parce que c’est son projet — Mélenchon en Marche — Le silence de Sarko
Politico
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March 18, 2022
Présenté par SQM. Par JULIETTE DROZ ET PAULINE DE SAINT REMY PRÉSENTÉ PAR Envoyez vos infos | Abonnez-vous gratuitement | Voir dans le navigateur Bonjour à toutes et à tous, bon réveil, nous sommes vendredi 18 mars. Depuis minuit et une minute...
RESEMBID TO FUND 7 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CARIBBEAN
The Anguillian
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May 3, 2022
Five national and two regional groups will receive 3 million euros from RESEMID to carry out sustainable human development projects. RESEMID said the grants were awarded to the Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Sint Maarten, Caribbean Electric Utilities...
Playbook Paris: Les malheurs de Valérie — Troca, épisode 3 — Sommet, suite
Politico
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March 25, 2022
Présenté par Google. Par JULIETTE DROZ PRÉSENTÉ PAR Envoyez vos infos | Abonnez-vous gratuitement | Voir dans le navigateur Bonjour à toutes et à tous, bon réveil, nous sommes vendredi 25 mars. Les superstitieux parmi les LR ne manqueront pas d’y...
At Les Voiles de St. Barth, Geography Plays a Part
The New York Times
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April 15, 2022
Everyone can see the islands. It’s what the wind is doing behind them — in the shadow or “lee” of the land — and how each team reacts that can determine the winners at Les Voiles de St. Barth. Most regatta racecourses are set on open water...
What are The Local France's ‘reader questions’?
The Local - France
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March 29, 2022
Question: I read that France has 12 different time zones – how is this possible? It’s true, France does have 12 different time zones. In fact (pub quiz fact alert) France has the largest number of time zones of any country in the world, beating...
Six Caribbean Islands to Benefit from Resiliency and Energy Efficiency Project
The Voice
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March 19, 2022
Six Caribbean Islands, namely Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Saint Maarten, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands – will benefit from an 18-month project designed to build the energy resilience of these islands while reducing...
Crufts 2022: All the countries where entrants need a pet passport to get into UK
Birmingham Live
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February 28, 2022
Dog owners will be heading to Crufts 2022 from countries across the world. There will be more than 16,000 dogs competing across the four days of the event, organisers have announced. And that means a lot of international travel will be going on...
SKATING ON THIN ICE: Nature, Geography, and Smallness has spared Fiji from the ravages of Coronavirus and NOT Aiyaz Khaiyum's handling of the virus, so PLEASE stop taking CREDIT and playing ball with LIVES
Fiji Leaks
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August 8, 2020
Summer sunlight can kill coronavirus in just 30 MINUTES, virologists find. US researchers found powerful UV light could destroy 90% of virus on surfaces. Separate studies claimed sun can kill virus lingering in the air in just six minutes. So, is...
Earth Today | Caribbean islands awarded EU grants to address sustainable energy, marine biodiversity
The Gleaner
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March 17, 2022
AS THE Caribbean faces the triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, three islands and two regional entities have been given a leg up, thanks to €3 million in grants that were recently awarded through the European...