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The Prettiest Village In France, Voted By The French—In Pictures
Semur-en-Auxois in the Burgundy region of France, one of France's prettiest villages, 2025. getty Beauty is, of course, subjective, but for a European village, it is usually measured in old houses, castles, churches, rivers, and cobbled streets. A...

GTA takes its market strategy to Canada, U.S, U.K
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has successfully concluded a targeted international tour across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, reinforcing its commitment to building long-term global partnerships and positioning Grenada,...
After Crude Oil, Coffee Beans are Second Most Traded Raw Material Worldwide
coffee’s beginnings are enveloped in mystery and lore Coffee beans are now the second most traded raw material worldwide, after crude oil, with sales over $55 billion a year. Legend has it that one day, many hundreds of years ago in the Ethiopian...

GTA reinforces global strategy with in-market engagements
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has successfully concluded a targeted international tour across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, reinforcing its commitment to building long-term global partnerships and positioning Grenada,...

Carnival Cruise Line Drink Menu and Prices (2025)
If you’re looking for drink prices to plan for your upcoming Carnival cruise, you’ve come to the right place. Consider this your complete guide for what you can expect to spend on cocktails, wine, beer, liquor, and more during your cruise. You can...

Hard lives, with days of wine and roses: The secrets of centenarians in Spain
Spain is a country of longstanding treasures. This is proven by the epic stories of men and women who, with stamina and courage, have lived more than a century. They all demonstrate that they know how to survive… but, above all, that they know how...

Air Canada Applauded By Canadians For Replacing Dipping U.S. Travel With An Unexpected Market
The major Canadian commercial airlines have reacted differently to the recent decline in U.S. travel. WestJet announced a slew of cancellations, axing New York, Orlando, Austin and Seattle routes. On the contrary, Porter Airlines has surprised...

"Thanks to the Tour de France, we can now promote French bananas in the middle of summer"
For 7 years now, the French banana has been an official partner of the Tour de France. It is the only representative of ultra-marine agriculture, and also the only fruit present at the event. Géraldine M'Barga M'Boa, public relations manager in...

Seven Finalists Set to Compete in Miss District High Pageant
Seven girls and young women are preparing to compete in the finals of the Miss District High pageant, which takes place next week. The contestants, selected earlier this year following auditions in March, will take to the stage on August 16 at the...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

The price of being young in Grenada and the Caribbean
“A deep dive into youth displacement, crime and the erosion of hope and the urgency for evidence-based responses in Grenada and beyond.” by Dr Justine Cleophas Pierre, Labour Market Consultant Introduction: A region in crisis, a generation at...

Caribbean Corals: Bleaching ravages a region built on reefs as aid falls short
(Centro de Periodismo Investigativo), Bleached corals at Santa Monica Rock, British Virgin Islands, last November. Some corals have recovered since then as the waters cooled in the winter months, but others died. Though this year is slightly...

The unlikely decline of the Mai Tai
When it comes to cocktail trends Drinks International is an authority. For almost 20 years we’ve collected data from the world’s top bars to track their bestselling classic cocktails. In 2023 this became its own supplement called the Cocktail...

Christelle Oyiri Is Remixing the Archive
The artist, filmmaker and DJ reflects on the neo-diaspora, the politics of beauty, dance as resistance, and her current Tate Modern commission — a sonic-visual work that weaves together memory, protest, and digital vernaculars. Words by Katrina...

SeaDream Yacht Club Launches 2028 Caribbean Voyages
SeaDream Yacht Club has announced its spring 2028 Caribbean season, offering 32 new voyages between January and April aboard the newly upgraded mega-yachts SeaDream I and SeaDream II. Each itinerary is curated to showcase the Caribbean’s most...

Now Grenada drops oath of allegiance to King Charles as Commonwealth countries continue push to remove British monarchy as head of state
Grenada has dropped the oath of allegiance to King Charles III as Commonwealth countries continue to look at removing the British monarch as their sovereign. State officials on the island, commonly known as the 'Spice Isle', will no longer take...

2025 OECS Boxing Championship Successfully Concludes
From OECS Communications On Sunday, August 3, 2025, the three-day 2025 OECS Boxing Championship successfully concluded, with Saint Lucia successfully retaining the Team Champion Title. The highly anticipated sporting event was held from August...

Damsels of Design
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville Baroness Show Car that she styled for the Feminine Show. // Courtesy of GMFor a coda to his long-running performance as General Motors’ style master, Harley Earl had a great idea. It manifested as...
COMMENTARY — The Wagners of Trellis Bay, Part 38
I started this series of commentaries to celebrate the inauguration of direct flights from Miami and Polish Captain Wladek Wagner’s development of Beef Island airfield, as told by his widow Mabel Wagner in her 2015 book Lest I Forget. I have tried...

Recovering Suzanne Césaire’s Legacy
“Everything collapses in the ripping sound of great manifestations,” wrote Suzanne Césaire in 1945. The line purportedly described an immense hurricane in the Caribbean Sea, but knowing Césaire—a formidable theorist, postcolonial and feminist...