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UK goes to the polls with NHS top priority

The National Health Service moved dramatically to the centre of the UK general election on Monday after a picture of a sick child sleeping on a hospital floor prompted the prime minister’s first significant mis-step of the campaign. The UK held its general election yesterday (Thursday).

12 Dec, 2019

Venezuelan exodus continues

Venezuelans are still pouring out of the country to find a better life. Political instability, economic collapse and rising insecurity in Venezuela have triggered the flight of nearly 4.5 million people from their home country in recent years.

11 Dec, 2019

New Cuba hotel is top quality

Cuba has a new five-star hotel which opened its doors this week in the northern group of keys of Villa Clara, in the island’s centre. The Grand Sirenis Cayo Santa María is the new luxury facility of Cuba’s tourist destination, one of the island’s most in demand today.

11 Dec, 2019

Honduras battling child malnutrition

Honduras is addressing the serious issue of malnutrition in children. Tomalá is in Lempira in western Honduras, which has the highest rate of chronic child malnutrition in the country and well above average for Latin America.

11 Dec, 2019

Philippines attracts shopping tourists

The Philippines is being positioned as a shopping destination for Chinese tourists as the Tourism Promotions Board recently held a travel sale event in China.

11 Dec, 2019

Canada logging damages environment

Canada’s logging industry has a larger and more damaging impact on forest health than previously thought, a new report has found, casting doubt on the sustainability of forestry management in the country.

11 Dec, 2019

Trump visit unnerves UK prime minister

Donald Trump was in the UK for a three-day visit this week and the biggest fear for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was that the US president would ruin his chances of staying in power ahead of next week’s UK general election.

04 Dec, 2019

Venezuela holds first Black Friday

Venezuelans have embraced Black Friday for the first time. Shoppers flocked to shopping centres in Caracas, the capital, to take advantage of the first Black Friday discounts in recent memory, as socialist President Nicolas Maduro's government loosens controls in the face of an economic crisis.

04 Dec, 2019

Honduran activist murderers jailed for 50 years

A Honduran court handed down jail terms of up to five decades for seven men convicted of the 2016 murder of indigenous activist Berta Caceres, who led a battle against a major dam on the ancestral lands of her Lenca tribe.

04 Dec, 2019

Cuba expects bumper Christmas spell

Cuba’s tourism figures are still robust, despite sanctions by the US as the vital Christmas season approaches.

04 Dec, 2019
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