West Indies Cricket Board appoints new CEO
By WICB PRESS RELEASE – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed Johnny Grave as its new Chief Executive Officer, following a rigorous recruitment process led by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Barbados. Johnny joins the organisation with a wealth of experience from…
UK’s Brexit approach is not muddled at all, says Theresa May
By Matthew Taylor From The Guardian PM defends her government’s approach against charge by Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK ambassador to the EU who quit last week Theresa May has denied the government’s approach to Brexit is muddled and indicated…
A surprising factor in the extinction of the dinosaurs may have been how long their eggs took to hatch
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider Approximately 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid or comet smashed into the Earth near what we now think of as the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. On the other side of the world, in…
It’s 2017: Here’s where you can legally smoke weed now [in the USA]
By Melia Robinson From Business Insider The United States is gradually becoming the land of the red, white, and green. After a historic election cycle, which saw four states pass ballot initiatives legalizing nonmedical marijuana,one in five Americansnow live in…
Scientists find link between depression and schizophrenia
By Hilary Duncanson From The Independent UK A type of depression may affect people who are genetically at risk of schizophrenia, a new study has suggested. The University of Edinburgh research team said its findings could help to shed light…
Guyana internet users blacklisted over cyber-security concerns
By Dennis Adonis Guyana Guardian From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Residents of Guyana who rely on the internet to handle online banking and online payment processing with a number of US banks and payment gateways, may soon be…
Martin McGuinness resigns as NI deputy first minister
From BBC Martin McGuinness has resigned as Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister in protest against the handling of a botched energy scheme that could cost taxpayers £490m. He cited the Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) conduct over the Renewable Heat Incentive…
Top UN official in Haiti, Security Council welcome announcement of president-elect
From SAT PR 4 January 2017 – A senior United Nations official and the Security Council today joined the international community in congratulating the next President of Haiti, whose election completes a repeatedly delayed process that took over a year….
China warns after Cruz, Abbott meet Taiwan’s president
From KLKN TV ABC BEIJING (AP) – China reiterated its opposition Monday to any contacts between U.S. officials and Taiwan’s government following a meeting between Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott and the self-governing island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen….
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