By Micaiah Morgan CNW- Rushane Barnett, the mass murderer who pleaded guilty to killing his cousin and her four children in Clarendon in June was this morning sentenced to five concurrent life sentences. Presiding judge Justice Leighton Pusey handed down the sentence in the Home Circuit Court. The judge ordered Barnett to serve 61 years […]
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London CNN — Britain will have a new prime minister within a week, outgoing leader Liz Truss said in her resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday. The fast-track process is in stark contrast to the contest that catapulted Truss into the hot seat – that lasted six weeks at […]
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Janet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer Gleaner- Amid a rise in cases of gastroenteritis in St James and St Andrew, doctors at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay have confirmed that a two-year-old boy who was admitted to the medical facility Tuesday night with symptoms of the disease died hours later Wednesday morning. The child, […]
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By Lizbeth Diaz and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Voluntary returns of Venezuelan migrants in Mexico by plane back to their homeland are likely to begin in the next few days, four people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Mexico is grappling with a sharp increase in Venezuelans, both from those […]
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MEXICO CITY, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Tropical storm Roslyn is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by late on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, as it moves up central Mexico towards tourist resorts on its Pacific coast. Hurricane conditions could hit the coast between San Blas, on Mexico’s Nayarit Riviera, down to […]
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Image caption, Alford Gardner (left) and Ralph Ottey (right) were presented with campaign medals at RAF Marham BBC- Two World War Two veterans who travelled from the Caribbean to join the RAF have been recognised at a special ceremony. Ralph Ottey, 98, and Alford Gardner, 96, were presented with their campaign medals at RAF […]
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A huge blaze has engulfed a train line and homes in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, after a fuel truck crash. Dramatic video of the fire went viral on social media, including aerial shots of black smoke blanketing a large area of the city. One video showed a cargo train hurtling through flames. Mexico’s El Universal website […]
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Image source, EPA Forests have been cut down to make way for coca bushes Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants – the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine – by 43%, a new UN report says. Last year the area of coca cultivation expanded to a vast 204,000 hectares (504,100 acres). […]
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Image source, ReutersImage caption, Wreckage of an Iranian kamikaze drone shot down by Ukrainians By George Wright BBC News Iran has deployed military experts in Russian-occupied Crimea to help launch drone attacks on Ukraine, the White House says. The Iranians are trainers and tech support workers, a US spokesman said. The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was […]
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Quick and stealthy ‘Scrabble variants’ are poised to drive a winter Covid-19 surge By Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN — A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant […]
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