Barbados 'pauses' acquisition of former slavery plantation owned by Tory MP

Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land ownership to the state as a "reparations gesture" for ... Read More

Barbados halts £3m plan to purchase Tory MP’s former slavery plantation amid backlash

Exclusive: Following widespread backlash, Bajan prime minister Mia Mottley has announced that the acquisition will be paused in light of public anger with the move and a public consultation will take ... Read More

WHO to finalise world’s first pandemic agreement soon

at which Member States are scheduled to consider the proposed text of the world’s first pandemic agreement for adoption. Dr Precious Matsoso, Co-Chair of the INB Bureau, said: “There is clear ... Read More

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By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world ... the uniform’s new lettering. Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games, Canada’s team ... Read More

How Bad Was the World's First Pandemic?

Elites of the Pax Romana—the Roman Empire’s political and economic apex—had little reason to fear for the future of their world order. Rome of the mid-second century AD was a cosmopolis of over ... Read More

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France's dominant services sector expanded in April for the first time in almost a year ... not to be carrying any explosives. Some of the world's biggest investors are staying away from ... Read More

'World's first nature reserve' joins heritage list

A parkland, thought to be the world's first nature reserve, has been added to Historic England's protected register of parks and gardens. Waterton Park was created by 19th Century naturalist ... Read More

British man claims the crown of the world's oldest man at age 111

British man John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, has been confirmed as the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records. It follows the death of the Venezuelan record-holder, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora ... Read More

World’s oldest man dies two months before 115th birthday

The world’s oldest man has died two months before his 115th birthday, as local officials paid tribute to his “optimism for life”. Mr Perez lived through two World Wars and the Covid pandemic ... Read More

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The apparel giant moved quickly to block the sale of shirts bearing the No. 44, which resembled a banned Nazi logo in the uniform’s new lettering. Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games ... Read More

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Farmer’s Defense Force vice president Jos Ubels poses for a portrait at his farm in Anderen, Northern Netherlands, Monday, March 18, 2024. Ubels feels that everything from overbearing ... Read More