This author’s 1975 letter shutting down a fan is so hilariously blunt
BY SAM HAYSOM From Mashable In the age of Twitter, authors like J.K. Rowling shut people down pretty much every day. It’s not a new thing, though. Back in 1975, British novelist Kingsley Amis was shutting people down with the…
Russia’s largest bank just pulled out of Ukraine
AFP From Business Insider Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Sberbank, the largest in the country, on Tuesday announced it had sold its Ukraine division, where operations have been complicated since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Sberbank, whose controlling stake is owned by…
Moody’s Affirms Cayman Islands’ Aa3 rating; Stable outlook maintained
Moody’s, the international credit rating agency, has maintained Cayman’s Aa3 rating for Government’s bonds issued in a foreign currency, and an Aa2 rating for long-term foreign currency ceiling bonds and notes. The Minister for Finance and Economic Development, Honourable Marco…
More and more Brits are applying for German citizenship since the Brexit vote
By Tom Barfield, AF From Business Insider Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – Former Royal Air Force airman Paul Hughes never imagined saying it, but he admits that he was almost “ashamed of my fellow countrymen” when Britons voted to leave…
Why this advocate is blasting Caribbean religious leaders for turning to Trump
By Dawn Ennis ·From LGBT Nation A man in St. Lucia named Bennet Charles is taking on clerical leaders across the Caribbean on behalf of the LGBTQ community. Charles is communications and advocacy officer for United and Strong, an advocacy…
Ahmed Kathrada, anti-apartheid activist and Mandela ally, dies
By David McKenzie, From CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) Internationally, Ahmed Kathrada didn’t have the name recognition of his close friend and cellmate Nelson Mandela, but he was one of South Africa’s best-loved and revered anti-apartheid activists — and a…
Tinder scammers fool 30 men into sending money over
BY YI SHU NG From Mashable Swiping right on the wrong person could be costly. A scam cooked up by two men on Tinder has netted at least 30 victims, who transferred “millions of baht” to the two between 2014…
Chile leader visits Haiti as UN prepares for troop pullout
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 28 2017 – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet travelled to Haiti on Monday for talks with government and U.N. officials weeks before the start of her country’s announced withdrawal of military peacekeepers. Bachelet’s stop…
Celebrities are weighing in on the United Airlines legging mess
BY MARTHA TESEMA From Mashable When two young girls were barred from boarding a United Airlines flight because they were wearing leggings (an apparent dress code violation on the airline), the internet went nuts. Activist Shannon Watts first tweeted about…
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