Caribbean literary heritage: recovering the lost past and safeguarding the future Ref: 2637
About the award Applications are invited for 2 fully-funded PhD studentships to work on a project on Caribbean Literary Heritage funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The studentships are for 39 months starting 1 October 2017 and provide full tuition fees…
Bitcoin is taking off after China’s biggest exchanges allow withdrawals
By Jonathan Garber From Business Insider Bitcoin is back to its old ways after a few quiet sessions. The cryptocurrency trades up 4.1% at $2,407 a coin following news that China’s three largest bitcoin exchanges are allowing customers to withdraw…
Judge recalls Noriega’s ouster
By JACKIE STARKEY From Carolina Coast Online ATLANTIC BEACH — Despite his role in the 1989 military ouster of former Panamanian dictator Manuel A. Noriega, local resident Judge Doug McCullough says he hadn’t thought of the former leader recently. That…
UN report shows hundreds of Central African Republic abuses
From AJC AP- DAKAR, Senegal A sweeping new United Nations report identifies hundreds of human rights violations in Central African Republic since 2003 that may amount to war crimes, including massacres, gang rapes and entire villages burned to the ground….
1 of Hadid’s last buildings
Inside 2 multimillion-dollar apartments at one of the last buildings starchitect Zaha Hadid designed before she died By Leanna Garfield From Business Insider Residents will soon be able to move into a new luxury condo complex that overlooks Manhattan’s famed…
Clia Conference: Royal Caribbean boss admits cruise lines bank on trade to communicate
By Natasha Salmon From Travel Weekly UK More than 600 agents and suppliers attended the 11th annual cruise event last week. Natasha Salmon reports from Southampton Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Gavin Smith admitted cruise lines could do better at communicating with…
Apple’s $5 billion campus
Apple’s $5 billion campus opens — here’s what it looked like [1 month before opening] By Kif Leswing Apple’s biggest launch in 2017 isn’t a new iPhone or iPad. It’s a new campus in Cupertino, California, that looks like a…
New report helps shed light on who the Shadow Brokers might be
By Yoni Heisler From BGR Earlier this month, a piece of ransomeware known as WannaCry began spreading quickly across the globe and promptly commanded the world’s attention. Once WannaCry took hold of a machine, it encrypted all of a user’s…
Video shows invasive lionfish feasting on new Caribbean fish species
By Michelle Ma From University of Washington The showy lionfish, a predator with venomous spines that has invaded Caribbean coral reefs, has found a new market to exploit: the “twilight zone,” an area of ocean that lies below traditional SCUBA…
Puzzles for w/e June 2-4 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword
TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE #6 YESTERDAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE #4 SOLUTION
