By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent BBC Image source, Getty Images Indigenous people protest in Brazil about the need for greater protection for their lands An environmental activist has been killed every two days on average over the past decade, a new study shows. The report from Global Witness says that more than 1,700 people have […]
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By Kanishka Singh Sept 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol said on Wednesday that 20 people were missing off the coast of Florida after a Cuban migrant boat sank due to Hurricane Ian. The Border Patrol agents responded to a migrant landing in Stock Island, Florida, officials said on Twitter. The U.S. Coast Guard had […]
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VENICE, Fla., Sept 29 (Reuters) – A weakened but still formidable Hurricane Ian chugged across Florida toward the Atlantic seaboard on Thursday after thrashing the state’s Gulf Coast with fierce winds, torrential downpours and raging surf that flooded oceanside communities. Ian blasted ashore with catastrophic force on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 4 hurricane, packing […]
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By Will Grant & Max Matza BBC News Power has been restored in parts of Cuba after Hurricane Ian pummelled the western end of the island and caused a total blackout. Officials earlier said the electrical system had collapsed after one of the country’s main power plants could not be brought back online. Two people […]
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BNy Laura Kelly and Brett Samuels THE HILL Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming more dangerous and desperate as he faces growing pressure at home over the flailing war effort in Ukraine, observers of the conflict and Moscow say. Putin in the last week has renewed his threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and […]
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President William Ruto of Kenya says he’s committed to strengthening ties with the West Indies Island federations. President William Ruto with Antigua and Barbuda prime Minister Gaston Alfonso Browne He made the remarks on Friday after meeting with Prime Ministers Gaston Browne (Antigua and Barbuda) and Terrance Michael Drew (St Kitts and Nevis). “Kenya values […]
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The storm in the Caribbean and Florida has so far affected sailings on NCL, Carnival, MSC, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity By Cruise Adviser Hurricane Ian is affecting cruise itineraries in the Caribbean as it approaches Florida. The category four storm, which made landfall in Cuba yesterday, is currently heading towards Florida and, as a result, […]
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Today’s Headlines Cuba in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid HAVANA (AP) — Cuba remained in the dark early Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out its power grid and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when…Read More European Union vows retaliation if energy network attacked BRUSSELS (AP) — The European […]
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By Micaiah Morgan CNW- Travis Blake, 29, the prime suspect in a crime involving Jamaicans in New York, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Monday on murder charges. A grand jury indicted Blake on murder and other charges in connection with the triple murder of his girlfriend and her family at a South Jamaica, […]
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By CMC News ]The Barbados government says it expects to open its Offshore Licensing Bid Round on December 1, this year. “Recently, at the International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy, which was held in Houston, Texas, the Ministry of Energy and Business formally announced its plans to launch the Barbados 2022 Offshore Licensing […]
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