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Why France keeps rioting

Why France keeps rioting

This article is taken from the July 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. Riots are now a permanent feature of the Parisian lifestyle, just like train and metro...

‘First ship’ nonprofit’s new director brings deep draft of maritime experience

‘First ship’ nonprofit’s new director brings deep draft of maritime experience

Maine’s First Ship, a Bath nonprofit that provides education and sailing programs using its reconstruction of the 1607 sailing ship Virginia, got a boatload of maritime education experience in the recent hire of its executive director. Alicia...

I’m a Travel Advisor, and These Are My 5 Favorite Caribbean Private Island Resorts

I’m a Travel Advisor, and These Are My 5 Favorite Caribbean Private Island Resorts

COMO Parrot Cay COMO Parrot Cay's Serenity Villa as seen from above.Vacationing on a private island might seem extravagant, but the Caribbean offers a variety of resorts that are worth a second look. As a travel advisor specializing in the region...

See inside replica of Christopher Columbus' ship as it docks in Norfolk town

See inside replica of Christopher Columbus' ship as it docks in Norfolk town

But the town is welcoming a different sort of vessel this month - a full-scale replica of the Santa Maria, in which Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The ship arrived and docked at the town's South Quay on Monday, July...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – July 7, 2025

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – July 7, 2025

Big wins for USVI in federal tax bill Teri Helenese While portions of the new federal tax bill have sparked concern, the U.S. Virgin Islands secured several long-sought victories — thanks to determined, bipartisan advocacy led in part by Virgin...

France's bold new era: An Einstein quote, legends consigned to the past and players' shock

France's bold new era: An Einstein quote, legends consigned to the past and players' shock

“Albert Einstein said that madness was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result,” said Laurent Bonadei in a press conference before France’s Nations League fixtures in late May. “But I want different results, so I...

CariCOF warns of intense heat and active hurricane season across the Caribbean

CariCOF warns of intense heat and active hurricane season across the Caribbean

The Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is forecasting neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions for the Pacific, while warning of persistent abnormal warmth north of the Caribbean and a highly active heat and rainfall season...

Collapse Of Justice In France: Claude Jean-Pierre's Case Under Microscope

Collapse Of Justice In France: Claude Jean-Pierre's Case Under Microscope

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7.​ The case of Claude Jean-Pierre, which occurred in December 2020 in Guadeloupe, is not limited to the tragic death of one person. It has turned into a real can of worms, reflecting the tangled...

14 of the best villages in France - according to the French

14 of the best villages in France - according to the French

The results are out for the 2025 poll to find France's favourite village - from fortified hilltop settlements in wine country to quaint fishing villages and the birthplace of musketeer d'Artagnan, here are some of the country's hidden gems. Every...

SJC Steel Pan Orchestra Performed in Martinique Festival

SJC Steel Pan Orchestra Performed in Martinique Festival

Sponsored | Article continues below . The St. Joseph’s Convent (SJC) Steel Pan Orchestra proudly represented Saint Lucia on the international stage at the renowned La Port des Arts Festival in Martinique last weekend. The prestigious event marked...

France's Favourite Village 2025: when and how to tune in

France's Favourite Village 2025: when and how to tune in

We look at the shortlist of 14 villages vying to win the title in tomorrow's (July 2) television announcement Discover the winner of France's Favourite Village (le village préféré des Français) 2025 as voted by the public (pictured, clockwise from...

Potential machinations by NDC government of the electoral system – Part I

Potential machinations by NDC government of the electoral system – Part I

Whether by way of embracing the ‘condemned’ electoral system or by way of introducing a ‘reformed’ electoral system in Grenada, it seems that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is maneuvering to take full grip of the electoral system. What are...

A Legendary Caribbean Chef Just Opened a New Eatery in Martinique (With a Rum Bar, Too) 

A Legendary Caribbean Chef Just Opened a New Eatery in Martinique (With a Rum Bar, Too) 

Maybe you’ve tried the foie gras-banana. Or the swordfish. Or just tried one of the best ti’ punches anywhere. If you’ve been to one of Guy Ferdinand’s establishments, you know. And now there’s another one: Ferdinand has done it again: the...

Wendie Renard insists France career not over amid 'disbelief, injustice' of Euro 2025 omission

Wendie Renard insists France career not over amid 'disbelief, injustice' of Euro 2025 omission

France’s former captain Wendie Renard insists her “career is not over” after she was dropped by manager Laurent Bonadei, describing the “disbelief, injustice” she has felt. OL Lyonnes centre-back Renard, with 168 international appearances and...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 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...

Mayor pays tribute to five at Gracie Mansion Caribbean-American Heritage event

Mayor pays tribute to five at Gracie Mansion Caribbean-American Heritage event

On Monday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams honored four Caribbean nationals during his annual grand Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence on East 88th St., Upper East Side, Manhattan. The...

Caribbean ‘running behind’ in achieving Sustainable Dev't Goals by 2030

- UN ECLAC & Associate Members collaborating on SDGs acceleration PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago- It has been acknowledged that the Caribbean’s progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, was running behind, and that...

Martinique at center of Barbados-France agreement, bolstering regional travel

Martinique at center of Barbados-France agreement, bolstering regional travel

Dominica News Online - Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at 8:00 AM Martinique is party to a major milestone in regional air transport cooperation, with the official signing of an administrative air agreement between France and Barbados. An official...

T&T opens CAZOVA medal quest against Curacao and Martinique

T&T opens CAZOVA medal quest against Curacao and Martinique

NIGEL SI­MON Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter nigel.si­mon@guardian.co.tt T&T men and women teams will open their cam­paigns in the T&T Vol­ley­ball Fed­er­a­tion (T&TVF) host­ed Caribbean Zon­al Vol­ley­ball As­so­ci­a­tion (CA­ZO­VA) Un­der-23...

This Beach Town Is a Laid-Back Getaway With a Famous Rock, Wild Waves, and French Caribbean Charm

This Beach Town Is a Laid-Back Getaway With a Famous Rock, Wild Waves, and French Caribbean Charm

Le Diamant is alive. It starts before you arrive — a winding drive through banana trees and old Creole homes, the Caribbean Sea shimmering just beyond the hills. Then it hits you: that moment when the town opens up and the beach stretches out in...

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