America

$30-million have been allocated to controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, delivering aid at 'secure' food distribution sites in Gaza where hundreds are actually being killed; it is the first known US government financial contribution to the GHF

St. Kitts and Nevis has won the ‘Best New Passport’ award for 2025 in the ‘Regional ID Document of the Year’ category at the High Security Printing Latin America conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

All applicants for a visa to enter the US must now list social media usernames from every platform they’ve used for the past five years and adjust the privacy settings to “public” to facilitate the verification of their identity and eligibility to enter

21 housing lots have been identified to aid people displaced by Hurricane Beryl on Union Island, that remains the most challenging location in terms of land availability and housing recovery; funding includes purchase of land and prefabricated homes

Eddie Bellas, a Saint Lucian musician has returned to his homeland deported from the US after 25 years there; to rebuild his life and reunite with his four children he launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise US$47 000 to for his legal battles

Sunrise Airways has resumed domestic flights, but continued to charge sky-high fares despite $11M aid from Haitian government; residents feel exploited as the high ticket price saga continues and reinforce their demands for market competition

Turtle watching tours on lever Beach have been closed for the 2025 nesting season, effective immediately; the decision was taken following a consistent reduction of female leatherback turtles recently observed nesting and a decline in turtle appearances

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen, on his Land of Hope and Dreams tour in Europe, declared he will use his shows to address the “current situation” in the United States, which he defined an "American tragedy" in the latest back-and-forth with President Trump

An official website has been developed to optimize the distribution of textbooks across Antigua and Barbuda, ensuring timely access to essential learning materials, textbook availability, distribution schedules, ultimately supporting educational goals

A proposal to reform charter fees for Bahamian-flagged vessels has been submitted to Cabinet by Minister of Transport and Housing as part of a broader strategy to incentivize the use of the the national yacht registry to boost sector revenue

1200 young Jamaicans have applied for the summer internship program, the Tourism Enhancement Program informed; 112 employers in the tourism sector will offer 1000 working places across all 14 parishes