Sonesta expands in Colombia through partnership with Aken

Sonesta International Hotels has reached a strategic partnership with US-headquartered Aken Hotels & Resorts, which will expand its portfolio. As part of the alliance, the Bio Habitat Hotel, Aken Soul Collection, located in Armenia, Quindío,...

Services sector shows higher growth 

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the service sector accelerated its year-on- year growth from 5.2% to 10.2% in January-August 2025, reaching a volume of 2.6 trillion drams ($6.6 billion). In August alone, the volume of services provided increased by 3.8% to...

‘Defend the truths of the faith’: Pope Leo encourages pilgrims to imitate lives of the newly canonized saints

In an Oct. 20 audience with pilgrims who traveled to Rome for the previous day’s canonization of seven saints, Pope Leo XIV encouraged them to strive to imitate the saints’ virtues, including hope, service to the vulnerable, and bold defense of...

Could a Merkin Actually Be The New Birkin?

Indeed, every time I brought up my purchase (yes, I’m an oversharer), hairy conversations were had—which, beauty historian Rachael Gibson argues, is sort of the point. “This is a marketing piece to get us talking, in keeping with the nipple bra,”...

Former world chess champion, anti-cheating crusader: Vladimir Kramnik in controversy after Daniel Naroditsky’s death

After the shocking death of America Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky on Monday, the chess world was shaken to its very foundation. With condolences pouring in from different parts of the world, there is a growing refrain that the 29-year-old was...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce organises 294 bilateral business meetings in Georgia

Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has organised 294 bilateral business meetings between companies from Dubai and Georgia in Tbilisi, the country’s capital city. The meetings took...

Designing a Resilient and Data-Driven FinCrime Function in the Age of AI

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Chronicles Of Victory (October 5, 2020): President Ilham Aliyev Interviewed By TRT Haber TV Channel (PHOTO/VIDEO)

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 5. The Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive operation, later called the "Iron Fist", on September 27, 2020 in response to the large-scale provocation of the Armenian armed forces along...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce Organises Bilateral Business Meetings in Georgia

Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has organised 294 bilateral business meetings between companies from Dubai and Georgia in Tbilisi, the country’s capital city. The meetings took...

RUSSIA: More long jail sentences, removals of citizenship

In a typical recent case, a court in Saransk, capital of the Republic of Mordoviya, handed two Jehovah's Witnesses long prison sentences on 19 September for exercising their freedom of religion or belief. It jailed 39-year-old Ivan Neverov for 7...

EDITORIAL: Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Breadcrumb Trail Links Editorials U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by JIM WATSON /AFP via Getty Images Article...

A Comprehensive List of Every Star Athlete the Kardashians Have Dated

The ladies of the Kardashian-Jenner family have never had a shortage of suitors. Over the years, Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé Kardashian, along with younger sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, have romanced some incredibly high-profile men, including...

Gaza and the age of impunity

Future historians looking back upon the Israel-Gaza conflict may see that it stands at the nodal point of three developments that together have fundamentally reshaped the coordinates of the international institutions established in the wake of...

Gaza ceasefire is moment of opportunity or peril, UAE's Dr Gargash says

The war in Gaza cannot end with a return to the situation that prevailed before the conflict broke out in 2023, a senior UAE official has said. Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to President Sheikh Mohamed, said the region was at a crossroads,...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce organises 294 bilateral business meetings in Tbilisi to boost cooperation between companies in Dubai and Georgia

Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has successfully organised 294 bilateral business meetings between companies from Dubai and Georgia in Tbilisi, the country’s capital city. The...

Activist slams city response as smoke from dump persists

October 11, 2025 - 13:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite the absence of open flames, smoldering fire pockets at the Nubarashen landfill continue to emit heavy smoke, significantly increasing air pollution in Yerevan. Civic activist Eduard Hayrumyan...

Marin County resident opens Fairfax’s newest eatery, hangout spot

Public House Marin recently opened in Fairfax. (Photo by Leanne Battelle) Public House Marin offers charcuterie boards. (Courtesy of Public House Marin) Public House Marin’s Pear and Prosciutto Pizza. (Courtesy of Public House Marin) Show Caption...

Getting Things Done Conference marks 35th anniversary of Evocabank

October 10, 2025 - 16:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 8, Evocabank organized an exclusive, private conference on the topic Getting Things Done, attended by representatives of the Central Bank of Armenia, leaders from banks and fintech...

Shrink-Wrapped Butchery

A man in an English prison hospital is reported close to death. Such a wretched ending is a long way from the heights of the self-proclaimed president of an irredentist Balkan statelet who led his forces in a terrible war that left as many as...

79,000 Jamaicans still living in multidimensional poverty

Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, according to the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...