January 27, 2013
Wall Street shares top recent records on investor confidence
Wall Street has continued to break recent records on the back of stronger economic data and better profits news from corporate America. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes of major US companies closed at their highest since late 2007. US homes…
January 27, 2013
Pentagon laying off 46,000 staff
The US defence department says it has begun laying off most of its 46,000 temporary employees, as automatic defence budget cuts loom in March. Deputy Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said the Pentagon was acting "because we're running out of time" to…
January 27, 2013
North Korea warning follows nuclear threat
North Korea has warned of "substantial and high-profile important state measures", days after announcing plans for a third nuclear test. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made the statement during a meeting with top security officials, state media…
January 27, 2013
Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding
The Australian state of Queensland is on alert for flooding in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Oswald. Hundreds of people have been evacuated as heavy rain continued to fall on Sunday, with the towns of Gladstone and Bundaberg preparing for the…
January 27, 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi tells of fondness for Burma army
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she is still "fond" of her country's army, even though it kept her under house arrest for 15 years. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, she told presenter Kirsty Young her Buddhist…
January 27, 2013
Bulgaria set for nuclear power referendum
Bulgarians are set to vote in a referendum on whether a new nuclear power plant should be built. The opposition Socialist party called the vote because it wants the government to reverse its decision not to build a new plant at Belene. The first…
January 27, 2013
Roadside bomb explodes in Kandahar,Afghanistan
At least 10 people have been killed, eight of them police officers, after a roadside bomb detonated in the southern city of Kandahar, officials have said. Police in Kandahar said they went to a residential area to defuse a bomb but were hit by a…
January 25, 2013
Crime & Incident Reports for January 24th,2013
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January 25, 2013
Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police to Visit Schools
Pupils at Enid Capron Primary School received a visit from officers of the Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police on Thursday 24th January. Earlier this morning Police Public Relations Officer, Special Constable Audley A. Astwood and Social Media…
January 25, 2013
Women’s Missionary Band presents ‘Caring for the Elderly’
The 201st Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands conference of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas is intending to hold a referendum expressing its strong opposition to all forms of gambling on January 28th. The Conference…