Barbados ditches Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to become a republic
Bridgetown, Barbados Reuters Barbados ditched Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever President and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived at the Caribbean island. At the strike of midnight, the new republic was born to cheers of […]
A new republic is born: Barbados celebrates ditching Britain’s Queen
London, UKReuters Barbados, a former British colony, will this week ditch Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, breaking its last remaining imperial bonds with Britain nearly 400 years since the first English ship arrived at the Caribbean island. Barbados casts the removal of Elizabeth II, who is Queen of Barbados and 15 other realms including the United […]
Seoul, Barbados check into metaverse as governments eye virtual presence
Thomson Reuters Foundation The metaverse will soon be a place to not just buy virtual goods and meet avatars, but to also get essential public services, as governments prepare to enter the rapidly expanding digital world despite concerns about privacy and other rights. The city of Seoul and the island nation of Barbados earlier this month […]
More countries hike climate pledges, piling pressure on major emitters
Brussels, BelgiumReuters A group of mostly smaller countries submitted new, more ambitious climate pledges to the United Nations last week, raising pressure on big emitters including China to do the same ahead of a major UN climate summit in November. UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa said that as of Saturday the United Nations had received […]
“Code on the water”: Countries court digital nomads amid coronavirus
Milan, Italy Thomson Reuters Foundation Offering sunny beaches, cheap living and low infection rates, countries are competing for a new generation of remote workers in a bid to ride out the pandemic and make up for lost visitors. From Estonia to Barbados, nations have launched visa regimes aimed at wooing “digital nomads” to bolster their […]
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