February 6, 2023
Weather Forecast for Monday to Wednesday in the TCI
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDSWEATHER: ISOLATED SHOWERS. BECOMING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHTADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECTWINDS: SOUTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS FALLING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT TIMESSEAS: 2 TO 4 FEETSWELLS:…
February 6, 2023
UK battery start-up set to be bought by Australian firm
An Australian firm has been named as the preferred bidder for Britishvolt, the UK battery start-up which collapsed last month. Recharge Industries, which is owned by New York fund Scale Facilitation Partners, has entered an agreement to buy…
February 6, 2023
Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks
The Brooklyn Nets have reportedly reached a deal to trade Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks. The 30-year-old point guard had requested a trade after failing to agree on a new contract, according to multiple reports. Irving, selected as an NBA…
February 6, 2023
Pope and protestant leaders denounce anti-gay laws
Pope Francis and the leaders of protestant churches in England and Scotland have denounced the criminalisation of homosexuality.Speaking to reporters after visiting South Sudan, the Pope said such laws were a sin and "an injustice". He added people…
February 6, 2023
Seven Haitians die in Bolivia while trying to reach US
In a report on Saturday, the UNHCR said six of the deaths, including that of a minor, occurred in the small town of Desaguadero, where a bridge over a river of the same name links Peru and Bolivia. According to a UNHCR spokeswoman in Peru, Iris Bano…
February 6, 2023
Breaking News: Syria and Turkey experiencing 7.5 and 7.8 earthquakes
The sheer scale of the devastation of the earthquake and its aftershocks can be seen in social media photos and videos posted by people in Turkey and Syria. Eyewitnesses have also been speaking about what happened. BBC News has been pulling together…
February 5, 2023
Nissan to launch first solid-state EV in 2028
Nissan is committed to launching an electric car with a solid-state battery, believing itself to be in a “class-leading position” regarding the technology. The Japanese firm, which was the first to launch a mass-market electric car (the Nissan Leaf)…
February 5, 2023
Liz Truss: I was never given a ‘realistic chance to cut taxes’
Liz Truss has said she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party. In a 4,000-word essay in the Sunday Telegraph, Ms. Truss stood by her plans to boost economic growth, arguing they were brought…
February 5, 2023
5 children robbed at home in TNT
FIVE children were robbed at gunpoint in Barataria on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place around 3.20 p.m. at a home at 11th Street in Trinidad. At the time, the house was occupied by a 17-year-old boy who was babysitting his siblings, an…
February 5, 2023
North Korea-linked hackers stole $1.7b in 2022
North Korea-backed hackers stole $1.7bn (£1.4bn) of crypto in 2022, says blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.This nearly quadruples the country's previous record for cryptocurrency theft - $429m in 2021. The loot also made up 44% of the $3.8bn…