July 28, 2016
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT THURSDAY 28TH JULY 2016
GENERAL SITUATION: A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER OVER THE ISLANDS. SPECIAL WARNINGS: BEACHGOERS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE RISK OF RIP…
July 27, 2016
Fighting flares again in South Sudan capital after U.N. demand for restraint
Fighting and gunfire erupted in South Sudan's capital today Monday, a day after the U.N. Security Council told rivals President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Mac-har to rein in their forces and end days of violence. Scores of people have been…
July 27, 2016
More protesters arrested, police say Dallas sniper plotted bigger assault
The U.S. military veteran who fatally shot five Dallas police officers last week was plotting a larger assault, authorities said, disclosing how he had taunted negotiators and written on a wall in his own blood before being killed. Protests against…
July 27, 2016
Increase in number of expected storms for 2016 Atlantic hurricane season
FLORIDA, United States, Monday July 4, 2016 – An update in predictions for the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season point to an increase in the number of expected storms. It is anticipated it will be the most active season since 2012. The highly respected…
July 27, 2016
Trinidad, region say goodbye to Patrick Manning
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sunday July 10, 2016 – The life of former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Patrick Manning was honoured Saturday in a State funeral at which hundreds shed tears, but also smiled and even laughed, as family and close…
July 27, 2016
Simpson Miller deplores brutal killing of 3-year-old girl
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller says as the wave of murders continue across the country, Jamaicans must be particularly incensed that children continue to be among the victims of these vile and senseless acts. In a…
July 27, 2016
Reagan would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr to be released
John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years. Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March…
July 27, 2016
Freddie Gray case: Last charges dropped against police
Gray, 25, died a week after sustaining a spinal injury while in the back of a police van in April 2015. Garrett Miller, William Porter and Alicia White were due to face charges including assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. The…
July 27, 2016
Japan knife attack: Suspect’s home searched by police
Police have searched the home of a man accused of carrying out Japan's worst mass killing in decades, at a care home for people with mental disabilities. Satoshi Uematsu, a former employee of the facility in Sagamihara west of Tokyo, stabbed 19…
July 27, 2016
Inside Tesla’s gigantic Gigafactory
The chief executive of Tesla is, in a post-Steve-Jobs world, the stand-out visionary voice in Silicon Valley. There's no question about that. But with each product launch - or, in this case, a building launch - it seems he needs both more time and…