JetBlue is continuing to add warm-weather destination flights to its roster — it’s latest addition? The Caribbean island of St. Kitts and tickets are on sale now. Travelers can purchase tickets now for scheduled flight service that starts on November 2, 2023. The 4-hour and 45-minute flight to St. Kitts from New York is operated […]

The post Jet Blue Adds Flights To “Quaint Caribbean Island” For Under $200. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

A former Welsh politician has asked to be removed from research that connects her to a slave-owning relative, the BBC has reported. Antoinette Sandbach, who was a Welsh Assembly member for the North Wales region, was named as a descendant of slave owner Samuel Sandbach in a video published in 2021 by academic Malik Al Nasir. […]

The post Former Welsh Politician Sues Over Family Tree Connecting Her To Slave-Owning Ancestor. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

The US Embassy in Haiti has issued an advisory to all US citizens currently in Haiti, advising them to evacuate the country immediately by air. The possibility of crossing over the border into the Dominican Republic is not included, as presumably travel by road is considered too dangerous, although there is a bus service between […]

The post US Embassy To Citizens In Haiti: “Everybody Out Right Now!” appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

At least 70 people have been killed in a fire at a five-storey “hijacked” building used by homeless people in Johannesburg’s central business district, emergency services officials say. The fire alarm was raised at 1:30am on Thursday (23:30 GMT on Wednesday). The cause of the fire remains unknown and the death toll is expected to rise, […]

The post Fire In 5-Storey Building In Johannesburg, South Africa Leaves At Least 70 Squatters Dead. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

A car bomb, believed to be loaded with two gas cylinders and dynamite sticks, caused multiple explosions in a commercial area of Quito on Wednesday night. The event is generating concern due to the ongoing climate of violence in Ecuador, with a presidential candidate having been shot dead just weeks ago. Initially, the Ecuadorian National […]

The post 2 Propane Tank Car Bombs Shake Jittery Quito, Ecuador. Six Arrested. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Ontario police were putting out emergency calls for bee experts after five million bees fell off a truck in Canada when straps holding their hives came loose. Beekeeper Michael Barber woke up on Wednesday morning to several calls from police looking for help to get the angry bees rehoused and on their way again. The […]

The post Sting Operation In Canada Resolves Buzzzing. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Army officers in the central African nation of Gabon said they seized government power in the oil-producing country Wednesday and have placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest. The Bongo family has ruled Gabon since 1967, with the president succeeding his father in 2009. Bongo Jr. was educated at a private school in Neuilly, France, and […]

The post Coup In Gabon: Military Leaders Say President Bongo Is Under House Arrest. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

Hurricane Idalia has made landfall in Florida’s remote Big Bend region bringing winds of 110mph and potentially life-threatening conditions. Millions of residents are likely to lose electrical power for an extended period of time. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says 16ft storm surges are expected in some areas as fierce winds push seawater inland along the […]

The post Florida’s Big Bend Hit By Big Winds, Torrential Rain, High Tides, But Hurricane Idalia Misses Cities. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm was been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman when a neurosurgeon opened up her skull to investigate a strange lesion. “It was definitely not what we were expecting. Everyone was shocked,” said operating surgeon Dr Hari Priya Bandi. The woman, 64, had […]

The post Australian Woman Had Live Worm In Her Brain–Neurosurgeon Said “Yuck”. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.

 Users of marijuana had higher levels of toxic heavy metals lead and cadmium in their blood and urine than people who do not use weed, a recently published scientific study found, but the amount of the toxins does depend on the composition of the  soil in which the marijuana is grown, so not all marijuana […]

The post Marijuana Users Have More Lead In Body, Say Scientists, But It All Depends On The Soil. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.