Police seeks assistance in locating runaway teen

The Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force are asking for the public's help to find a 14 year old child who ran away from home on Saturday October 26th, 2013.  Officers of the Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force have now stepped up…

LIME announces reduced roaming rates

LIME, has announced today plans to dramatically cut data roaming costs for customers traveling to the USA, new rates will be as low as just $4.99 per MB.  Ms Lacal Palmer, Acting GM of LIME Turks & Caicos Islands said in her release to RTC News…

TSA agent killed in Los Angeles airport shooting

A federal security agent has been killed and several other people wounded in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, officials say.  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said three of its staff had been injured, one fatally. The…

Obama Urges Quick Progress on Budget

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to end what he called Washington's cycle of "manufactured crises and self-inflicted wounds" and pass a budget that will help grow the economy.  In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama laid…

Pakistan Criticizes US Killing of Pakistani Taliban Leader

The Pakistan government has criticized the United States for the drone-strike death of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, saying his killing jeopardizes peace talks with the militant group.  Pakistan’s interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali…

Tiananmen Square Incident Planned Since September

Chinese state media are releasing more details about what they call a "terrorist attack" Monday in Tiananmen Square, while dozens of arrests were reported in a subsequent crackdown on a mainly Muslim ethnic group.  Chinese Central Television says…

Pakistani Taliban Leader Dead in US Drone Strike

Members of the Pakistani Taliban are meeting to consider naming a replacement for the group's leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, hours after he was killed in a U.S. drone strike in a northwest Pakistan tribal area.  Pakistani and U.S. officials say Mehsud…

Unemployment in Eurozone reaches new record high

The number of unemployed in the 17-nation eurozone reached a record high in September as the bloc’s nascent recovery failed to generate jobs, official data showed. The ranks of the jobless swelled by 60,000 to a record 19.45 million, according to…

Barclays suspends currency traders

UK bank Barclays has suspended six traders as part of a probe into suggestions that currency markets could have been rigged, the BBC has learnt.  On Thursday, Royal Bank of Scotland suspended two traders in connection with the investigation. The…

Sony shares plunge as it cuts profit forecast

Shares in Japanese electronics giant Sony plunged 11% to 1,668 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after the firm cut its profit forecast.  The firm lowered its full-year profit forecast by 40% on Thursday as it reported a loss for the July-to-September…