KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Monday January 25, 2016 – St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are among nine countries that have lost their voting rights at the United Nations because of arrears in their annual contributions to the world...
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday January 21, 2016 – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved loans and guarantees totaling US$11.3 billion and disbursed US$10.4 billion to borrowing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2015. In keeping with its mandate to support the region’s smaller and...
Director Spike Lee on Wednesday backed away from calls to boycott the Academy Awards ceremony amid controversy over a lack of diversity among this year's nominees and said a plan is needed to ensure racial equity in Hollywood. "I have never used the word boycott," Lee...
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania woman against Bill Cosby, which contended the comedian smeared her character when he accused her of lying in claiming he had sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. Renita Hill, 48, had claimed...
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Blistering heat blanketed the Earth last year like never before, making 2015 by far the hottest year in modern times and raising new concerns about the accelerating pace of climate change. Not only was 2015 the warmest worldwide since 1880, it...