July 2024

Global IT outage grounds thousands of flights

July 19, 2024 in International

Over 2,300 flights have been cancelled globally, with more than 23,000 experiencing delays just today alone, according to Flight Aware. Many of these may be due to a widespread IT outage affecting major airlines and airports. The disruption stems from technical issues impacting Microsoft and cybersecurity firm...

Antigua and Barbuda faces $220M deficit despite revenue growth

July 19, 2024 in Regional

In a move to assess the nation's fiscal health, the Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda recently convened a high-level meeting with a nine-person team from the Ministry of Finance. The team, comprising key financial officials including the Financial Secretary, Deputy Financial Secretary, Accountant General, Deputy Commissioner...

Candidates for the TVET programme with Germany

July 19, 2024 in National

Congratulations to our Candidates for the TVET programme with Germany for completing their first language course successfully starting to conversate in German. The candidates for electronics engineering surprised the authorities in Germany with fast improvements in the German language without having been to Germany before,...

Argentina top FIFA men’s rankings

July 18, 2024 in Sports

Argentina were confirmed as the world’s No. 1 team in the FIFA men’s rankings on Thursday, as the national government doubled down on defending the players who celebrated winning the Copa America by singing a racist song targeting No. 2-ranked France. The fallout of the chant...