US: Explosion on truck carrying Takata airbags not caused by improper shipping
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist On Aug. 22, a truck carrying potentially volatile airbags made by auto parts company Takata exploded, killing one person and injuring four others. Today, federal safety regulators said that the tragic incident could not be…
Scary abandoned places
Scary Places That Will Give You The Creeps From Lifestyle & Design 1. IM Cooling Tower, Belgium Image credits: brokenview These are parts of a cooling tower in an old power station in Monceau, Belgium. The trumpet-like structure in the…
Healthcare in Latin America and the Caribbean: a democratic challenge
By ISGlobal and Democracia Abierta From Open Democracy In the most unequal region in the world, progressively consolidated democratic aspirations cannot be met without comprehensively addressing the causes of the precarious health. Español In recent decades, progress in Latin American…
Alleged extrajudicial killings in St Lucia must be investigated, says US
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — The allegations of extrajudicial killings committed by members of the Royal St Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) should be properly investigated, and any perpetrators should be prosecuted and, if found guilty, sentenced appropriately, the…
Bitcoin has a lot of positives and negatives
By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning From Business Insider At various times in history, feathers have been money, shells have been money, dollars and euros are money. Gold and silver are certainly money. Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies can also be money….
Employees at the world’s biggest hedge fund spend a couple hours every week studying each other’s meetings
By Richard Feloni From Business Insider Every week, employees at the world’s largest hedge fund spend at least an hour with “management principles training” lessons (MPTs), where they analyze recordings of meetings and answer questions about what they observed. Bridgewater Associates…
Civil society advocates for better environmental standards in the Eastern Caribbean
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia and Dominica are the only two Eastern Caribbean countries that have not yet signed on to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Declaration on Principle 10. This declaration, which has…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
New York’s highest court is concerned about the use of prisoner phone call recordings
By Joe Sexton, ProPublica From Business Insider Two years ago, a New York City man named Marcellus Johnson was convicted of robbery — in part as a result of incriminating telephone conversations that had been recorded while he was awaiting trial…
Why your body makes you feel horrible when you’re sick
By Olivia Carter, The Conversation From Business Insider It is hard to find the words to describe how I feel at the moment because my brain is only working at about 10% capacity. At least I made it to work…
