St. John's – November 03, 2026 -- Annual trade in goods and services between Africa and the Caribbean could reach up to $1.65 billion by 2030, excluding mineral fuels, according to a report from the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The two institutions launched the study on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda.

Papeete – November 03, 2026 -- Air Tahiti Nui has signed an agreement with SpaceX to equip its entire fleet with Starlink, offering free in-flight Wi-Fi in every travel class, with onboard availability expected in 2027.

Air Tahiti Nui makes Starlink access free in all cabins

The airline describes the deal as the first phase of a comprehensive transformation. Passengers are to get connectivity from take-off to landing at no charge, whether streaming, answering emails or messaging.

CORAL SPRING – November 02, 2026 -- Ocean Signature Resorts has opened Ocean Allure Eden Bay, a 444-suite, adults-only (18+), all-inclusive resort in Trelawny, Jamaica, converting the former Ocean Eden Bay into the flagship of its Ocean Allure collection.

The property sits 40 minutes from MBJ Airport, near historic Falmouth. It targets couples, corporate incentive groups and social gatherings.

Tsaghkadzor – October 30, 2026 -- Armenia's mining exports could reach approximately $3 billion in 2027, driven by the development of the Amulsar mine and rising copper and molybdenum prices, according to Vardan Jhanian, President of the Mining and Metallurgy Association of Armenia and First Deputy CEO of Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC).

Astana – October 29, 2026 -- Kazakhstan will invest about $14.3 billion (6.5 trillion tenge) from its National Fund in infrastructure through 2029, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced Wednesday in his state-of-the-nation address. The program aims to speed up growth in Central Asia's largest economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials.

The IMF projects that GDP per capita could rise above $19,000 as a result, up from $14,770 in 2025. Gold and foreign-exchange reserves plus National Fund assets now exceed $130 billion.

Guadalajara – October 29, 2026 -- Grupo Simec (NYSE: SIM; BMV: SIMEC-B) lifted nine-month net income 428% to Ps. 4,028 million from Ps. 763 million a year earlier, driven by a swing in exchange results rather than operations. Operating income was almost flat at Ps. 3,800 million, and third-quarter gross margin narrowed to 21%.

Hong Kong – October 27, 2026 -- Windward has tied 45 Russia-trading shadow fleet tankers, held through 45 single-ship Hong Kong companies, to one untraceable nominee director, and 42 of the vessels are sanctioned.

Per Windward's visual link analysis, all but three of the tankers share 19 ISM managers with addresses in one industrial cluster in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. The three exceptions are the unsanctioned vessels, which use ISM managers in the UAE.

Mississauga – October 21, 2026 -- NCL GT20 will launch its 18-match Caribbean Edition 2026 at Arnos Vale Stadium in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, October 23, backed by four named commercial sponsors and an expanded international broadcast and streaming network that includes CBC GEM.

Singapore – October 20, 2026 -- BRAC Bank, one of Bangladesh's leading private commercial banks, has gone live with Finastra's Trade Innovation and Corporate Channels and Conpend's Trade AI solutions, replacing fragmented trade finance processes with a single integrated digital platform.

Dallas – October 19, 2026 -- Ethos Support, a global customer experience and business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, has named co-founder Anne Kirby as Chief Executive Officer, elevating the operations chief who scaled the company from a startup to a team of more than 200 professionals.

Kirby co-founded Ethos Support in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer, ahead of its official launch in 2023. She brings more than 20 years of experience in customer experience, employee experience and outsourcing.