June 27, 2013
LTE-Advanced 4G network launches in South Korea
South Korea has started offering what are billed as the fastest ever 4G data speeds made available to consumers. SK Telecom says its LTE-Advanced network allows files to be downloaded at up to 150 megabits per second. That is twice as fast as before…
June 26, 2013
Police arrest 4 in DEA agent’s slaying
Police in Colombia have arrested four people accused of killing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent during an attempted robbery. Colombia's National Police said the four suspects they arrested were part of a criminal network of thieves.…
June 26, 2013
Rio de Janeiro favela police operation leaves nine dead
At least nine people have died in gun battles with drug dealers in a favela (shanty town) in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, police say. The clashes started on Monday evening after a demonstration in Bonsucesso, which reportedly ended in mass…
June 26, 2013
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro visits Haiti
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is visiting Haiti in his first official trip to the Caribbean nation as president. Maduro had to cancel a trip planned in April for a regional summit hosted by Haitian President Michel Martelly. The event brought…
June 26, 2013
US whistleblower Snowden ‘still in Moscow airport’
Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden is still in the transit area at Moscow airport, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has confirmed. Mr Putin said the intelligence leaker remained a free man, and the sooner he chose a destination the better.…
June 26, 2013
Nelson Mandela’s condition ‘unchanged’
The South African government says former President Nelson Mandela's medical condition remains unchanged. Mr Mandela, 94, has been in a Pretoria hospital since 8 June being treated for a recurring lung infection, and his condition became critical on…
June 26, 2013
Australia-Japan whaling case in international court
Australia and Japan take their fight over whaling to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague later, as public hearings get under way. Australia is to argue that Tokyo's scientific research programme - under which it kills whales - is…
June 26, 2013
Central African Republic Mourns Mine Collapse Deaths
The Central African Republic is observing three days of national mourning after nearly 40 people were killed in a gold mine collapse. The accident occurred Sunday, at a mine in Ndassima in the middle of the country, after very heavy rains. In a…
June 26, 2013
Premier, Finance Minister Met with CCRIF Board
Hon. Dr. Rufus Washington Ewing, Premier and Minister of Tourism and Hon. Charles Washington Misick, Minister of Finance met with the CEO and Board of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) on June 19, 2013 in Providenciales to…
June 26, 2013
UK Overseas Territories Warship arrives in Turks and Caicos
The ‘Queen’s frigate’ HMS Lancaster arrived in Grand Turk today Tuesday 25 June 2013. Lancaster is on standby to provide humanitarian support to the six UK Overseas Territories (OTs) in the Caribbean throughout the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season.……