ECLAC: A&B fastest growing C’bean economy for 2016
From Antigua Observer Antigua & Barbuda was the fastest growing economy in the Caribbean region in 2016 and resisted a wave of accelerating inflation, according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean…
Disneyland’s secret hotel suite
See the secret hotel suite hidden above Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride By Sophie-Claire Hoeller From Insider disneyland dream suite Flickr/davebloggs007 You may have heard about the secret Cinderella Castle Suite inside Disney’s Magic Kingdom, but turns out that…
The winter solstice triggers an extraordinarily rare and fascinating event in hundreds of Spanish missions
By Rubén G. Mendoza, The Conversation From Business Insider On Wednesday, Dec. 21, nations in the Northern Hemisphere will mark the winter solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. For thousands of years people have marked…
An enormous volcano under the Italian city of Naples is showing signs of reawakening
AFP From Business Insider PARIS (AFP) — A slumbering Campi Flegrei volcano under the Italian city of Naples shows signs of “reawakening” and may be nearing a critical pressure point, according to a study published Tuesday. Italian and French scientists…
Caribbean children victims of human trafficking
By Nelson A. King A new United Nations report says that a significant number of children in the Caribbean and Central America are victims of human trafficking. The report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), released…
North Pole warms to near melting point: 50 degrees above normal
BY ANDREW FREEDMAN From Mashable A buoy located within about 100 miles of the North Pole recorded a temperature of 0.4 degrees Celsius, or 32.7 degrees Fahrenheit, on Dec. 22, 2016. This confirms the computer model projections for unusually high…
Death toll rises in Russian bath lotion drinking case
MOSCOW — Russian health officials say at least 58 people have died in a Siberian city from methanol poisoning after consuming counterfeit bath lotion. The death toll in Irkutsk, Russia’s six-largest city with a population of 1.1 million, has been…
Former teacher shows love for her students with a literal billboard
BY SOPHIE HIRSH From Mashable Can you imagine loving a group of people so much that you would put it on a billboard? Marian Sims, a former teacher from Lexington, Kentucky, who is nearly 70 years old, did just that….
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,…
India finish 2016 at the top of ICC Test Team Rankings
From Deccan Chronicle Following the series defeat against India, England have slipped from second to fifth position in Test rankings. Dubai: India have ended the year as the No.1 ranked Test side after posting a 4-0 win over England in…