NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS  — Work is expected to commence shortly on Phase 2of theIsland Main Road Rehabilitation and Safety Improvement Project, as the Nevis Island Administration signed a multi-million-dollar project with Surrey Paving & Aggregate Company Caribbean Ltd. on October 14, 2022, at the NIA’s conference room in Charlestown. The contract covers 1.5 km of road […]

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A U-2 spy photo shows a medium-range ballistic missile base in San Cristobal, Cuba, with labels detailing various parts of the base in October 1962.Getty Images NPR- When President Biden compared Russia’s nuclear threat against Ukraine to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, it highlighted just how much that Cold War showdown continues to shape our […]

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BOGOTA, Oct 15 (Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed and 14 more injured on Saturday when a bus crashed on a road between the southwestern Colombian cities of Pasto and Popayan, police said. Images on Colombian television showed the bus flipped over in the early morning accident, which authorities said may have been […]

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Today’s Headlines Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv, struck by waves of drones KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across…Read More China’s party congress promises continuity, not change BEIJING (AP) — The overarching theme emerging from China’s ongoing […]

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By DÁNICA COTOOctober 15, 2022 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A standoff between a powerful gang federation and Haiti’s government is testing how much power both sides wield and threatens to further derail a paralyzed country where millions of people are struggling to find fuel and water. A former police officer who leads a […]

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By Santana Salmon CNW- Jamaican Dancehall artiste Shaneil Muir collapsed earlier today during a visit to the second city of Montego Bay. Muir was at the A&B Complex on Market Street when she collapsed. A statement from her management team said she was taken to urgent care at GWest, where she was assessed and sent […]

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Videos on social media show him performing, then suddenly turn and begin making his way towards the back of the stage, where he fell in full view of spectators   By AFP Haitian singer Mikaben died in the middle of a concert in Paris on Saturday night from a suspected heart attack, shocking fans who […]

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MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Saturday evening, shooting dead six women and six men, local authorities said, the second mass shooting in the state of Guanajuato in less than a month. Three people were injured in the attack in […]

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by Nathaniel Weixel THE HILL       White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha addresses reporters during the daily briefing at the White House on Tuesday, October 11, 2022   The Biden administration has extended the nation’s COVID-19 public health emergency for the next 90 days as officials brace for a potential surge […]

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Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Across Haiti, almost five million are struggling with malnutrition By Merlyn Thomas BBC News The United Nations is warning that hunger in one of Haiti’s biggest slums is at catastrophic levels, as gang violence and economic crises push the country to “breaking point”. Nearly 20,000 people in the capital’s impoverished Cité Soleil […]

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