October 1, 2021
Aukus: Australia-EU trade talks delayed as row deepens
Trade talks between Australia and the European Union have been postponed as a row with France over the so-called Aukus security partnership deepens. Last month, Canberra cancelled a $37bn ($27.5bn) deal with France to build a fleet of conventional…
October 1, 2021
Facebook grilled over mental-health impact on kids
Facebook has defended the impact of its products, saying Instagram has "affirmatively helped" young people. Its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, testified to the US Senate, about child protection. It comes after a leak exposed how Instagram's…
October 1, 2021
Ford extends production halt at German plant
Ford Motor will extend a production stoppage at its factory in Cologne, Germany, until the end of October because of the global shortage of microchips. The company will not be able to resume production of the Fiesta small hatchback at the plant as…
September 30, 2021
WEATHER AS OF 12 PM EDT, THURSDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021.
VICTOR FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC... AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM VICTOR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 28.9° WESTOR ABOUT 555 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS. VICTOR IS…
September 30, 2021
Post-Cabinet Statement: 64% OF RECENT POSITIVE CASES ARE RESIDENTS
The most recent TCI Post-Cabinet Statement has revealed that of all the recent COVID cases up to 15 September, 64% of these were residents. According to analysis, the country saw 93 cases of infection between 1 to 15 September, meaning that for this…
September 30, 2021
Beijing 2022 Olympics, Non-vaccinated athletes must serve 21-day quarantine
Athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics who are not fully vaccinated against coronavirus will have to serve a 21-day quarantine upon arrival in Beijing. Participants at the Games who are fully vaccinated will enter a "closed-loop…
September 30, 2021
Ecuador riot: Police storm jail where 116 died in gang war
Four hundred police officers have entered a prison in the Ecuadorean port city of Guayaquil where at least 116 inmates have been killed in a gang war. The brutal prison fight first broke out on Tuesday and officials had said on Wednesday that the…
September 30, 2021
UN chief to open UNCTAD 15th Session in Barbados
The Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean said on Wednesday that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will open the 15th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
September 30, 2021
Jay-Z fighting to release man from 20-year jail sentence over weed
According to legal documents obtained by The New York Post, the rapper's legal team has attempted not once, but twice, to get Valon Vailes released from prison. Vailes, 55, is currently serving a 20-year sentence in North Carolina with an additional…
September 30, 2021
Amazon’s algorithms taken to task in landmark bill
The methods Amazon and other employers use to monitor, reward and discipline warehouse workers are being shaken up in California. State governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill prohibiting the workers from being fired for failing to meet a quota that…