FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales, the head of Spain’s soccer federation, after he kissed player Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth, during celebrations after Spain won the Women’s World Cup. Although there have been contradictory statements in the press, it appears that Hermoso was not a voluntary participant. In a statement Thursday, soccer’s […]

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Stakeholders and a industry partners from both  public service and the private sector, tourism and hospitality, recently met to share ideas and discuss expanding the Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport. The meeting was chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works, Elvia Smith-Maduro, who presented a timeline on the previous attempts […]

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Maui County has sued the Hawaiian Electric company over the fires that destroyed Lahaina claiming that  the utility company was negligent in failing to shut off power carried through overhead cables despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions–conditions that made dangerous fires extremely probable. The county filed the lawsuit on Thursday after saying that downed […]

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The authorities in São Paulo, one of Brazil’s largest cities,  estimate that around 34,000 people are sleeping rough on the streets this year while figures from the Federal University of Minas Gerais put the number closer to 50,000. Since the Covid-19 pandemic the homeless population has soared more than 31% , and the number of […]

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Former president Donald Trump has surrendered to police in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever photographic “mugshot’  of a former US president taken by police officers for purposes of identification. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders The saying, coined by the Latin poet, Horace, that “you too are in danger when your neighbour’s house is on fire” is particularly relevant now in relation to Latin American countries which are the closest neighbours to the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). There has been a marked increase […]

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The Forensic Sciences Centre (FSC) of Barbados has confirmed the presence of two New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Barbados that are of great public health concern. Barbados has issued an Early Warning System (EWS) Alert for these forms of synthetic cannabis. Director of the FSC, Cheryl Corbin, has identified the two NPSs as Synthetic Cannabinoids […]

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Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who attempted brief an armed rebellion and coup against the President Putin  earlier this year, was aboard a private jet that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin was on the same jet. The crash […]

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Who are the happiest people in the world? According to the World Happiness Report, it’s the residents of  Finland, Denmark, Iceland, (which have miserable climates), sunny  Israel and the cloudy Netherlands. Meanwhile, Palestinians, who have lived for decades under Israeli military occupation, rank 99th. So sunshine has nothing to do with it? Every year, a […]

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India’s Moon rover has taken first baby steps on the surface of the moon a day after the country made history by sending the first spacecraft to land near the lunar south pole. A Russian attempt last week blew up on landing and cannot be considered a success, Chandrayaan-3’s rover “ramped down” from the lander […]

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