Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Gaston Browne

Takeaways: Bold proposals and 'net zero' criticism at COP27

The second day of leaders' speeches at the UN's climate conference included bold proposals, recommendations to crack down and standardize “net zero” claims and continued discussion about the situation of a jailed pro-democracy activist who is on a hunger and water strike

The Independent UK

Island nations call for oil tax, anti-fossil fuel treaty at UN summit

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Small island nations led calls at the UN climate summit Tuesday to tax oil companies' windfall profits to pay for damages caused by natural disasters and enact a "non-proliferation treaty" to halt fossil fuel production.

AFP

Tax oil firms to pay for climate damage, island nations say

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - A group of small island nations joined calls on Tuesday for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters.

AFP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Global treaty needed to stop spread of fossil fuel energy, says island leader

The world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons by agreeing to a non-proliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels, a small island leader proposed as vulnerable nations pushed for action at international climate talks.

Irish Independent

At COP27, US says election won't disrupt climate plan

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - The United States sought to reassure the UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday that it will stick to its energy transition even if Republicans triumph in midterm elections.

AFP

COP27: Polluters must pay for climate change, poor nations tell rich

Leaders from poor countries criticized wealthy governments and oil companies for driving global warming, using their speeches on Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to demand that they pay up for damages being inflicted on their economies.

Reuters

Nations divided over role of monarchy in their countries as Queen is laid to rest

Eight of the 12 Caribbean countries belonging to the British Commonwealth still retain the monarch as their head of state but recently the popularity of the royal family has declined

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Australian and New Zealand PMs field constitutional questions during UK visit

Both leaders have been asked about the potential for their countries to become republics.

The Independent UK

All of the countries that might scrap the monarchy now that Charles III is King

Barbados was the most recent country to have severed ties with the monarchy - other countries such as the Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda have signalled they are taking steps to become a republic

Daily Mirror

What will happen to Commonwealth realms now Charles is King?

Commonwealth realms now have King Charles III as their head of state – but will any follow Barbados’s lead and become a republic?

The Independent UK

Two countries consider becoming republics after Queen's death

Antigua and Barbuda announced plans to hold a referendum over whether or not to become a republic after Queen Elizabeth II's passing, while Belize is set to hold a constitutional review on the matter

Daily Mirror

Monday briefing: The Commonwealth countries considering a republican future

In today’s newsletter: 14 countries outside the UK now have King Charles III as head of state. How many will be left at the end of his reign?

The Guardian - UK

Antigua and Barbuda may try to remove King Charles III as its head of state

Prime Minister Gaston Browne told ITV News he plans to hold a referendum within the next three years to decide whether to remove the king as head of state and become a republic.

WEKU

Antigua and Barbuda PM wants republic referendum 'within three years' after Queen's death

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, said the island nation would remain an enthusiastic Commonwealth member but becoming a republic would be the "final step to complete that circle of independence"

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Antigua and Barbuda planning vote to become republic within three years, media report

Antigua and Barbuda plans to hold a referendum on becoming a republic within the next three years, the Caribbean nation’s prime minister told British media Saturday, a move that could see King Charles III removed as its head of state.

The National (Scotland)

Antigua and Barbuda PM says he wants to hold republic referendum 'within the next three years'

THE Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has said he will call for a referendum on the country becoming a republic within three years following the…

Wales Online

Antigua and Barbuda PM says he will hold referendum to ditch monarchy

It is one of 14 nations to retain the British monarch as their head of state

The Independent UK

Antigua and Barbuda PM says he will hold republic referendum within three years

Gaston Browne indicated such a move earlier this year during a visit by the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Royals, republicanism and reparations: Wessexes feel the heat in Caribbean

Weeks after William and Kate’s controversial Caribbean tour, more nations signal plans to ditch the monarchy

The Independent UK

It’s time for royal tours to end

Following the backlash against the Earl and Countess of Wessex’s recent Caribbean tour, Emma Mackenzie asks whether the expensive trips should cease

The Independent UK

Royal tours to Caribbean ‘are an embarrassment to British monarchy’, activist says

The Earl and Countess of Wessex’s recent tour to the region has received backlash

The Independent UK

Royal tours to Caribbean ‘should be scrapped unless they address justice’

Edward and Sophie’s Jubilee trip was met with demands for reparations over slavery, and followed William and Kate’s controversial overseas visit.

The Independent UK

Saint Kitts and Nevis signals plan to cut ties with British monarchy and become a republic

‘The time has come’ for the country to review its links to the royals, deputy prime minister Shawn Richards told a press conference

The Independent UK

Anti-monarchy campaigners call Edward’s ‘disinterest’ in reparations an insult

Edward and Sophie are due to carry out just two engagements on Tuesday after the postponement of the Grenada leg of their tour.

Evening Standard

Antigua and Barbuda ask Wessexes to use ‘diplomatic influence’ for reparations

Edward joked that he had not been taking notes during Gaston Browne’s opening remarks so could not respond to all the points he had made

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.