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KLM flight to Suriname diverts to French Guiana over unmanned control tower
A KLM plane from Amsterdam to Suriname diverted to neighboring French Guiana on Wednesday afternoon local time because the control tower was unmanned. Several air traffic controllers had called in sick, Surinamese Transport Minister Raymond...
Owner: Zachary Newmark
Abbas Abbasov: International community has not yet adequately assessed crimes against humanity committed in Africa
Baku, October 17, AZERTAC From October 7 to 17, the OSCE Human Dimension Conference was held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The event brought together representatives of 57 OSCE member states, OSCE institutions and executive bodies, as well as...
Owner: Azerbaijani Government
Space law in the age of AI
Indeterminate
Arlington Enterprise - Minnesota
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The Outer Space Treaty (OST) opened for signatures in Washington, London, and Moscow Jan. 27, 1967. By the time it took effect Oct. 10, 1967, 61 countries had signed it. The treaty established fundamental principles for space activity, including...
Owner: Christerfer Schultz
Guyana strengthens territorial defense with French military support
Neutral
United Press International (UPI)
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Workers from GV Construction pose with T-shirts bearing the message "Essequibo is Guyana" and the country's flag in the village of Matthew's Ridge in Essequibo, Guyana, in May. Venezuela's claims to Essequibo, a disputed territory administered by...
Owner: Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church
The reason CARICOM does not have the death penalty
I BEGIN this commentary here with the assertion of my belief in the death penalty. Secondly, no sovereign nation should be coerced by big powers in the international system to adopt the values of the cultures of those countries. Culture varies...
Owner: Guyanese Government
Donroe Doctrine: Trump’s neocolonial drive in Latin America
Ben Norton details how Trump’s aggressive Latin America policy blends military force, economic coercion, and regime change to secure US dominance in the region. The Trump administration’s military actions against Venezuela are part of a wider...
Owner: Non-transparent
Thales secures contract for France low orbit space radar
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded Thales a contract to develop, deliver, and deploy a new ground-based radar system for the surveillance of low Earth orbit. Named Aurore, the system will monitor satellites and debris from the...
Owner: Michael "Mike" Danson
The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Neocolonial Plan For Latin America
Through war, he is reviving the colonial Monroe Doctrine, which top officials now proudly call the Donroe Doctrine. The Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela, but this is part of a larger political war on Latin America. In the...
Owner: Margaret Flowers & The Alliance for Global Justice (Non-profit)
Creepy Clinks: 8 Epic Prison Visits Around The World
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Forbes
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Marie Antoinette, last Queen of France, is escorted from the Concierge prison in Paris on her way to the guillotine. The famous French prison is now a national monument and museum dedicated to those who perished during the Reign of Terror. getty...
Owner: Integrated Whale Media Investment & other shareholders
Trump withdraws nomination for Joel Rayburn to run Middle East affairs at State Department
Pro-Government
The National News
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US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Joel Rayburn to serve as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, the leading Middle East position at the State Department. According to a notice in Congress's filing system,...
Owner: United Arab Emirates Government
Trump’s war on drugs stops at Mexican border — for now
War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced another deadly strike on alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Somewhere off the coast of Venezuela, a U.S. Navy radar locks onto a fast-moving...
Owner: Murdoch Family
Using resistant seeds and a foil greenhouse, Plantnursery combats diseases in tropical climate
Agriculture in Suriname is facing structural problems. For growing supplies such as seeds and substrates, many growers depend on imports, while exporting fresh produce is almost impossible due to high freight costs. Moreover, inflation has been...
Owner: Pieter Boekhout
The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: This is Trump’s neocolonial plan for Latin America
The Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela, but this is part of a larger political war on Latin America. In the first year of Trump’s second term as president, the US government has: Those are the sticks of Trump’s new Big Stick...
Owner: Benjamin Norton
Roman Polanski’s recent film just screened across NYC — here’s why it matters
Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault. Roman Polanski is an Academy Award-winning director who drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old girl named Samantha Geimer in 1977. Though his case with Geimer is the most...
Owner: New York University
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Paris Masters 2025: Monday, October 27 to Sunday, November 2 Daily start time: 6am ET / 10am GMT Free stream: France TV (France) Unlock the free stream using ExpressVPN Watch Paris Masters 2025 live streams, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner...
Owner: Future PLC
Most of the world’s space launches are controlled by just three countries
The world is increasingly reaching for the stars, but only a few countries have the ability to make it there. As of 2023, over 85 nations have space exploration programs, but only a dozen have active spaceports. This leaves the rest of the world...
Owner: Rest of World (Non-profit)
France's Toulouse Fashion Week offers a distinctive take on fashion
It’s not uncommon to see fashion weeks crop up in cities beyond Milan or Paris. Yet few are as established or as distinctive as Toulouse Fashion Week (TFW). Organised by the Institut des arts et de la mode association, since 2019, it has brought...
Owner: Jean-Philippe Boudy
Dear Editor: US warships in Caribbean represent ‘real and immediate threats to regional stability’
“[…] The narcotics trade continues to devastate Caribbean societies—eroding lives, futures, and the very moral fabric of our communities. This is a grave crisis for the Church and for families everywhere, and one we are duty-bound to confront....
Owner: Lasana Liburd
Reflections from Suriname: My journey at the first Guianame conference and art exposition
Alyce Cameron with her work: Lady of Gold (left), Ogun (right) (Photo: Courtesy of the artist) By Alyce Cameron This week, multi-disciplinary artist Alyce Cameron shares her experience as a participant of the inaugural Guianame Conference and...
Owner: Guyana Publications Inc.
National dress debates run deeper than just fabric
Party liquor can only be classified as tequila when it’s made from tequilana or blue Weber agave — a plant grown in specific regions of Mexico. Similarly, sparkling, sweet celebratory drinks can only be called champagne if the grapes are...
Owner: Ninvalle Family