Egypt soccer fans rush field after game, 74 dead
CAIRO (AP) — At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured after soccer fans rushed the field in the seaside city of Port Said Wednesday following an upset victory by the home team over Egypt’s top club, setting off…
$2m gallery opening is extraordinary achievement
After years of waiting, hoping and fundraising, the new Esterley Tibbetts Highway home of the National Gallery opened at last on Wednesday night. Set on four acres donated by Harquail Theatre benefactor Helen Harquail, the $2 million two-storey, two-building purpose-built,…
Papua New Guinea ferry sinks with up to 350 aboard
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Rescuers plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea’s east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. An airplane from…
“Facing down the Big Challenge” seminar
Funds services providers in the financial and legal fraternity in the Cayman Islands are gearing up for a seminar organised by Mourant Ozannes in collaboration with international law firm Shearman & Sterling. The seminar, Facing Down the Big Challenge: SEC…
‘Soul Train’ host Don Cornelius dead of suicide
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Soul Train” host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and artists. But the “love, peace, and SOUL!”…
Celebrate Our Youth Day showcases 40 organisations
Celebrate Our Youth Day, at the Mary Miller Hall was a chance for 40 different youth organisations to showcase what they have to offer. There were performances by talented young musicians and dancers, a karate demonstration and a fashion show….
Pensioners robbed in own home
An elderly couple woke up in the middle of the night to find three masked men in her house. And when her husband confronted them one of the gang pulled a gun before fleeing what’s thought to be cash and…
Woman robbed in her own home
A woman woke up in the middle of the night to find three masked men in her house. And when her husband confronted them one of the gang pulled a gun before fleeing with cash and electrical goods, The robbery…
