April 5, 2018
Trump Administration Seeks to Temper China Trade War Fears
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is not in a trade war with China, after Beijing announced plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to a similar package announced by the United States. In a…
April 5, 2018
US trade deficit widens in February
America's trade deficit widened in February as its international trade hit a monthly record. The deficit was $57.6bn - the largest monthly gap between exports and imports of goods and services since 2008, the US Commerce Department said. The figures…
April 5, 2018
TCIG Appoints TWO New Dental Hygienist
The Office of the Deputy Governor is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Dental Hygienist, Ms. Raymonda Brown and Mr. Deangello Germain in the Turks and Caicos Government's Dental Departments in Grand Turk and Providenciales,…
April 5, 2018
UK car registrations plunge in March
Car registrations plunged in March, according to figures from industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Preliminary data shows the UK new car market shrank by 15.7% last month compared with 2017. Demand for diesel vehicles…
April 5, 2018
Google should not be in business of war, say employees
Thousands of Google employees have signed an open letter asking the internet giant to stop working on a project for the US military. Project Maven involves using artificial intelligence to improve the precision of military drone strikes. Employees…
April 5, 2018
Davis Cup return for Spain star against Germany
World number one Rafael Nadal will play his first match since January's Australian Open on Friday in Spain's Davis Cup quarter-final. Nadal, 30, will face Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in Valencia on the Spaniard's favoured clay surface. The…
April 5, 2018
Bollywood superstar jailed for poaching
An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to five years in jail for poaching rare antelope back in 1998. The court in Jodhpur also fined him 10,000 rupees ($154; £109) for the crime. He has since been taken to jail. Khan killed…
April 5, 2018
PAHO calls for breaking down barriers that keep one in three people in the Americas from accessing health
On the eve of World Health Day, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, and former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet today called for collective actions to ensure that all people, everywhere have access to…
April 3, 2018
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81
South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81. She and her former husband Nelson Mandela, who were both jailed, were a symbol of the country's anti-apartheid struggle for three decades.…
March 28, 2018
Haiti installs leaders of reborn army
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Tuesday installed the leaders of his country's army, a symbolic step in the impoverished Caribbean country's reformation of a military demobilised 23 years ago after decades of coups…