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Lebanon Says it Regains UN Voting Rights after Paying Dues

Lebanon has regained UN voting rights after paying dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost its rights at the world body for the second time in three years. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a Jan. 17…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Heinz leads search for man who survived a month at sea eating ketchup

“To whoever finds this message, we need your help tracking down an amazing man with an amazing story” the company wrote in an Instagram plea

The Independent UK

Cash for visa schemes could be scrapped in new crackdown

Tom Tugendhat orders review of investment visas that can give criminals and corrupt oligarchs a backdoor route into Britain

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British Airways scraps 'life-line' Caribbean fares ahead of Windrush anniversary

British Airways has stopped selling community fares to Caribbean destinations, impacting people travelling to countries including Barbados, Antigua, St Lucia, Guyana, Dominica, St Kitts and Tobago

Daily Mirror

Lebanon, South Sudan Lose UN Voting Rights Over Dues

Venezuela, Lebanon and South Sudan are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among six nations that have lost their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the UN chief said in a letter circulated Thursday. Also losing voting rights are Dominica, Equatorial Guinea…

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Colombian Navy rescues sailor adrift in Caribbean for 24 days

The Colombian Navy rescued a man from Dominica who says he survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean on a sailing boat by eating ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes.

Irish Independent

Woman, modernist, West Indian: the haunted life of Jean Rhys

The life of Dominican-born writer Jean Rhys is at once well-known and mysterious. Her career dipped and soared across both halves of the last century, across changes of name (Ella Gwendoline “Gwen” Rees Williams, Ella Lenglet, Jean Rhys) and changes of location (West Indies, England, Europe).

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Austrians To Build World’s Longest Cable Car Lift In Caribbean Island Of Dominica

Austrian ropeways and cable cars manufacturer Doppelmayr Group will build a 6.6-kilometer-long (4.1-mile) gondola at Boiling Lake.

Zenger

West Indies ease to T20 victory over Bangladesh

Roseau (Dominica) (AFP) - Contrasting half-centuries by Rovman Powell and Brandon King highlighted a formidable West Indies batting effort on the way to a 35-run victory over Bangladesh in the second T20 international in Dominica on Sunday.

AFP

Rain forces no-result in West Indies' first T20 with Bangladesh

Roseau (Dominica) (AFP) - Persistent showers spoiled the return of international cricket to Dominica as the scheduled first T20 of the three-match series between the West Indies and Bangladesh at Windsor Park was declared a no-result on Saturday.

AFP

Dominica: Sale of 'golden passports' boosts island's coffers

Dominica, a member of the Commonwealth, is a small island in the lesser Antilles. Located between the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique, it's one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean. To finance its economy, Dominica offers a Citizenship by Investment programme, or CBI. Investors can buy a…

France 24

Bangladesh hope to rebound in T20 series with West Indies

Roseau (Dominica) (AFP) - Comprehensively beaten in both Test matches by the West Indies, Bangladesh's cricketers are hoping the clouds of uncertainty ahead of their three-match T20 International series will blow away in time for Saturday's opening encounter at Windsor Park in Dominica.

AFP

Explained | The case against Mehul Choksi

What happened to the charges brought against the diamantaire in Dominica? Does India have an extradition treaty with Antigua and Barbuda?

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1052: Students protest DU professor’s arrest, Mehul Choksi gets relief

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from New Delhi, Mumbai, Dominica, and Ukraine.

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Dominica drops criminal proceedings against Mehul Choksi

Choksi was assaulted by “agents of Indian state”, says Choksi’s Spokesperson

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys’s prequel to Jane Eyre, is a set text in schools but are you familiar with the rest of the Dominica-born writer’s work? This handy guide from her biographer will help you find a way in

The Guardian - UK

Weatherwatch: the varying climate of the Dominican Republic

Caribbean nation’s weather can go from hot and muggy to low single figures at altitude

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