Caribbean governments are being urged to step up preparations as El Niño strengthens, intensifying hot and dry conditions across the region. The University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology are...
Uganda has been declared Ebola free. The World Health Organization, WHO, confirmed that the East African country had passed the mandatory 42-day monitoring period without any new cases. Uganda reported 20 Ebola infections on June 21, with two deaths. Almost all the...
Caribbean Airlines, CAL, has announced that it will discontinue direct return service between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados starting next week Wednesday. The airline says flights BW-212 and BW-213 will be discontinued as part of ongoing schedule optimisation across...
In Canada, Quebec is set to hold an election on October 5, with polls showing that the next government is likely to be formed by separatists who want independence for the predominantly French-speaking province. Premier Christine Frechette, who leads the...
Nationwide News understands that a senior policeman has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a large amount of cocaine from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation branch, C-TOC, at the beginning of the year. The arrest was made on...
The government says it will intensify the trucking of water to communities across the island, as drought conditions bite hard. Water Minister Matthew Samuda says the prolonged lack of rainfall is placing increasing pressure on the country's primary water sources....
Jamaica Labour Party's communication chairman, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, says Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Julian Robinson, is disingenuous in his criticism of the Holness administration's handling of matters concerning the land occupation row at Coopers Pen in...
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says personal income tax could be scrapped by 2028 once government revenue continues to improve. Skerrit says consumption taxes would be less burdensome and more equitable. He was speaking Tuesday night at a town hall meeting...
Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-Tibet border after a massive flash flood a day earlier. More than 300 people are confirmed dead, more than 1,300 are missing, including foreigners and pilgrims, and hundreds have been...
Chip giant Nvidia reported another huge jump in sales as the global race to build artificial intelligence, AI, systems continues. The company said on Wednesday that it brought in US$96 billion of revenue during the second quarter, more than double the amount for the...