September 4, 2013
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Raindance jury
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is on the jury of this year's Raindance Film Festival, which celebrates independent film from around the world. Assange, who has been in Ecuador's embassy in London for more than a year, will have DVDs of the films…
September 4, 2013
Sir Elton John wins first Brits Icon award
Sir Elton John has won the first ever Brits Icon award, in a gala concert which marked his stage return after surgery for appendicitis. The musician was presented with the prize by his friend, singer Rod Stewart, who described him as "the…
September 4, 2013
Andy Murray beats Denis Istomin to reach quarters in US Open
Andy Murray beat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the first New York night session of his US Open title defence to set up a quarter-final against Stanislas Wawrinka on Thursday. The Briton was irritated by a number of bad line calls and struggled for…
September 4, 2013
LIAT hits back at CPL founder
Naive and unreasonable! That’s how LIAT responded to founder of the Caribbean Premier League(CPL), Ajmal Khan, who described the intra-regional airline’s service as “a travesty” and blamed poor service for having to spend millions of dollars extra…
September 4, 2013
Bravo, Narine back for T&T vs Windwards
Darren Bravo and Sunil Narine returns to the T&T national team, as they leave on Thursday to take on the Windward Islands in two T20 matches in Dominica. The games are scheduled for September 6 and 7 and the team returns on September 8. Over the…
September 4, 2013
Windies name women’s squad
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced a 17-member West Indies Women’s squad to begin preparations for a series of One-day and Twenty20 International against England and New Zealand next month. Right-handed batter Chinelle Henry is the…
September 4, 2013
Asafa/Sherone doping investigation stalled
The criminal doping investigation into former 100-meter world record-holder Asafa Powell, Jamaica teammate Sherone Simpson and their trainer has been delayed by bureaucratic problems. Udine prosecutor Andrea Gondolo told The Associated Press on…
September 4, 2013
Australia’s economic growth better than forecast
Australia has reported better-then-forecast growth numbers for the April to June quarter, boosted by gains in consumer spending. Its gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 2.6% during the quarter, from a year earlier. Compared with the previous…
September 4, 2013
Oil rises as Obama gets support in Syria effort
Oil rose above US$108 a barrel yesterday as President Barack Obama won the support of the top Republican in Congress for US military intervention in Syria. House Speaker John Boehner said acting against Syria was something “the United States as a…
September 4, 2013
S&P says US lawsuit is ‘retaliation’ to ratings downgrade
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has claimed the lawsuit filed against it by the US Justice Department was "retaliation" against its decision to downgrade the US credit rating. The agency was sued in February over its assessment of…