America

Coding as a school discipline is now in pilot phase in 20 schools and will be offered in other institutions shortly

Of the 12 million doses expected, the first shipment of Cuba's Abdala coronavirus vaccine has reached the country; the vaccine proved 92.28% effective in late-stage clinical trials

New gambling control bill has been approved in compliance with international anti money laundering and counter terrorism financial regulations; it also aims at protecting minors and vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited

The Fiscal Responsibility Bill - designed to anchor the fiscal policy for a transparent and accountable loan-based framework and expected to be tabled before Parliament today - has been withdrawn for a ‘misleading’ WhatsApp message circulating online

Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is leading a CARICOM initiative to eliminate roaming charges for Caribbean citizens travelling within the region

The city of San Pedro has been awarded silver status as a UNICEF Child Friendly Community, the first municipality in the country to achieve this level

According to the CEO of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, the country has received "great reviews" from some executives of major cruise lines

The University of Guyana will partner with the Caribbean Oceanographic Aquaculture and Submarine Technology Foundation to establish a Centre of Excellence for Submarine Education to offer worldclass programmes to prepare for careers in submarine engineer

The decision to open a new embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the fourth country to do so, has been strongly criticised by Turkey and the Arab League, that claimed the country has violated the international law, including UN resolutions

The Andean New Year was welcomed with the Inca Festival of the Sun, a traditional celebration for which, in the archaeological complex of Sacsayhuamán, 400 artists represented the Inca ruler, priests and the people who made up the empirepe

As gypsy moth caterpillars are defoliating an Ottawa urban park and posing a massive threat to Ontario's forest cover, volunteers will spend the next few months pulling the invasive insects from trees and destroying them

The Government will appeal after a landmark Supreme Court ruling that allows the country's men to automatically pass on citizenship to their children, regardless of whether their children were born out of wedlock to non-Bahamian mothers

Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has resigned from his position amid an investigation in which he is allegedly accuesd obstructing a police investigation on illegal logging in the Amazon