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(BBC) Hundreds of thousands of US government employees are heading back to work after President Barack Obama signed a law ending a 16-day government shutdown and extending the US debt limit. The cross-party deal came hours before the US…

(BBC) The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that the UK will allow Chinese companies to take a stake in British nuclear power plants. The announcement also said that Chinese firms might eventually be allowed to take majority stakes…

(BBC) Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria have been unable to access one of the designated sites because of safety concerns, the world's chemical weapons watchdog has told the BBC. It is the first time they have been unable to complete a…

(BBC) Five children have been killed by an old mortar shell as they dug for scrap metal in South Sudan's capital, Juba. The five were looking for metal in an old army barracks, a military spokesman told the BBC. The BBC's James Copnall…

London, England – A new British study has been lauded as a turning point in the search for a drug that could stop Alzheimer's disease, following the pioneering use of a drug-like compound to halt brain cell death in mice. Published in the…

The Secretary-General -- Empowering girls, ensuring their human rights and addressing the discrimination and violence they face are essential to progress for the whole human family. One of the best ways to achieve all of these goals is to…

TAIPEI -- Two artisans from the Federation of Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis arrived in Taiwan on October 4, 2013, to attend training courses in pottery and leather craft, courtesy of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of the…

WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is leading a high-level group of Commonwealth ministers to Washington DC from 7 to 8 October 2013 to meet heads of…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (CUOPM) – Former United States President the Hon. Bill Clinton has lauded St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and credits him for initiating the availability of low cost anti-rival drugs…

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK (CUOPM) -- Declaring its support for General Assembly Resolution 67/4 on the “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, St. Kitts and…

The global community has reached a critical moment in our collective efforts to address poverty and usher in a better future. The 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching while discussions on shaping…

Houston, TX - “As citizens, it is our patriotic duty . . . it is a moral imperative that we tell our story as “Kittivisians” because there is no such country as St. Kitts and there is no such country as Nevis. St. Kitts and Nevis is "a…

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in a called for greater international understanding has urged the United Nations to admit the Republic of China (Taiwan) to UN…

St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas (center) flanked by United States President, the Hon. Barack Obama (left) and Mrs. Obama (right). WHITE HOUSE…

United Nations, New York, September 25th 2013 (CUOPM) -- Speaking to an international gathering at a meeting organized by the CARICOM Secretariat, PAHO/WHO and the NCD Alliance on the eve of the…