-
WorldVenezuelan gov't demands negotiations with opposition without conditions
July 8, 2016CARACAS, July 8 (Xinhua)-- The socialist government of Venezuela on Friday demanded that the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) accept negotiations "without any type of conditions" in order to reach ...
-
WorldU.S. Justice Dept. probes deadly police shooting of black man ...
July 8, 2016HOUSTON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Justice began on Wednesday a civil rights investigation into Tuesday's officer-involved fatal shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, the ...
-
WorldUWI Mourns the Loss Of an Avowed Regionalist
July 8, 2016Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles shared the following words on the passing of former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning.
-
LocalHis Excellency Charles Savarin to represent Dominica at the funeral ...
July 8, 2016Roseau Dominica, Friday, July 08, 2016—The President of Dominica His Excellency Charles A. Savarin and Mrs. Savarin will represent Dominica at the funeral service for the late Patrick Manning, former ...
-
WorldParalympian Pistorius sentenced to six years
July 8, 2016PRETORIA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday handed down a six-year sentence to Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
-
WorldFour police officers killed, seven others injured as gunmen open ...
July 8, 2016HOUSTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Four police officers were killed and seven others injured as two snipers opened fire during a protest against officer-involved shootings across the United States on ...
-
-
The View from Europe
An uncertain future for the Overseas Territories?
David JessopJuly 8, 2016Although an eerie calm may have settled on Europe now that the immediacy of the decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) has sunk in, it ...
-
WorldBritain to welcome 2nd woman PM
July 8, 2016LONDON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- British Justice Secretary Michael Gove has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership ballot, leaving Home Secretary Theresa May opposing the Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, ...
-
SportsBrazil President: No risk of Zika in Rio Olympics
July 8, 2016BRASILIA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's interim president, Michel Temer, stated Wednesday in a statement there was "almost no risk" of contracting the Zika virus during the 2016 Olympic Games ...
-
World
U.S. Justice Dept. probes deadly police shooting of black man ...
July 8, 2016HOUSTON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Justice began on Wednesday a civil rights investigation into Tuesday's officer-involved fatal shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, the ...
-
LocalConference an opportunity to seriously consider effects of Brexit on ...
July 5, 2016(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the CARICOM and Prime Minister of Dominica Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said the Conference was an opportunity to seriously consider the effect Britain's ...
