European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Canada and the United States next week to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden, and discuss transatlantic relations, economic and strategic cooperation, and a joint support for Ukraine, the European Commission said on Friday

Jamaican authorities have declared a state of emergency in several regions to combat crime and violence, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said.

US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland will visit Jamaica, Ecuador and Colombia from November 14-18 to maintain strategic dialogues and bilateral engagements, the State Department said in a statement on Monday

The mass protests of truckers and ordinary citizens in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, against draconian COVID-19 restrictions are taking place in an atmosphere of a festival and not accompanied by hostility or violence, resident Yuri Natchetoi told Sputnik

The Test Squad arrived in Jamaica from Guyana on Sunday and underwent one-day isolation.