April 13, 2021
US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of extremely rare blood clotting cases. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said six cases in 6.8 million doses had been…
April 13, 2021
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT TUESDAY 13TH APRIL 2021
WEATHER: VARIABLY CLOUDY AND WARM WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS SEAS: 2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE OCEAN DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURE: 82°F 28°C…
April 12, 2021
Warren Buffett-backed BYD sells more electric cars March
Chinese automaker BYD offered more than twice as many battery-powered electric cars as start-up Nio delivered in March. BYD, which is backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, disclosed Tuesday that gross sales of its battery-powered passenger cars…
April 12, 2021
Sloop arrives undetected into South Caicos
The Ministry of Immigration, Citizenship, Labour and Employment Services and the Immigration Department of the Turks and Caicos Islands, advised RTC News that during the early morning hours of 12th April 2021, an illegal Haitian vessel made landfall…
April 12, 2021
Alibaba accepts China’s fine and vows to change
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Monday that it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country's anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a $2.8bn fine after a probe determined that it had abused its market position for years. The fine…
April 12, 2021
Microsoft makes $20bn bet on speech AI firm Nuance
Microsoft Corp plans to buy a tech firm known for helping to develop Apple's Siri speech recognition software in a deal valued at $19.7bn (£13.3bn). The purchase of Nuance Communications is the second largest in Microsoft's history, after its…
April 12, 2021
Conor McGregor tells Dustin Poirier trilogy fight is ‘off’
Conor McGregor has told Dustin Poirier their trilogy fight scheduled for 10 July is "off" in an expletive-laden Twitter exchange. The dialogue began when Poirier responded to McGregor's Instagram post, in which the Irishman predicted he would win…
April 12, 2021
St. Vincent covered in ash as volcano activity continues
Much of St. Vincent remains covered in ash following eruptions Friday at the island's La Soufriere volcano. The volcano has been inactive for nearly 42 years. The ash plume reached as high as 6 miles into the air, with wind taking it as far as…
April 12, 2021
Pfizer aims to expand vaccine efforts to include kids as young as 12
With a little over one in five Americans completely vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, efforts are underway to ensure every U.S. citizen is vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.…
April 12, 2021
Bruno Mars hits number one with new musical project, Silk Sonic
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have walked through the door to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with their debut single. The two men, recording as Silk Sonic, have scored their first number-one hit with "Leave the Door Open," the first release from…