Fleas carrying the bubonic plague have been found in Arizona
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider Health officials in two Arizona counties reported that fleas tested positive forYersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the plague. Plague regularly appears in the American Southwest, where it often kills rodents like prairie dogs…
Guyana and Suriname nationals held with drugs in Bahamas
From Caribbean News Service NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug 16 2017 – Police say they have arrested two Caribbean nationals after they arrived here on Tuesday on a Caribbean airline. In a statement, the police said that in the first, Drug Enforcement…
Colombian shamans want to restore traditional power via national network
by Maximo Anderson on 14 August 2017 A Colombian organization known by the acronym CAAENOC is comprised of 35 elders from across Colombia. CAAENOC seeks to revive an ancient shamanic network that had existed for thousands of years until the…
Cayman Islands Alumni Chapter stages concert for scholarships
The Cayman Chapter of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) staged a fundraising gospel concert, dubbed “Salvashan Story, Jamaican Style,” on Saturday night (12 August, 2017) at the John Gray High School auditorium. NCU is an Adventist tertiary level institution located…
Haitians chasing false promises flee from United States to Canada
From Caribbean News Service NEW YORK, Aug 15 2017 – Thousands of Haitians with uncertain immigration status have fled the United States in recent weeks, walking across the New York border into Quebec seeking a safe haven in Canada, according…
Iran building weapons factories in Syria, Lebanon, Israeli media reports
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Israeli media are reporting that Iran is building a factory in northwest Syria to manufacture long-range rockets. The reports feature satellite images showing a site under construction in northwest Syria near the Mediterranean coastal town…
Mars was more tilted
Ice at Mars’s equator hints the planet was once much more tilted By Jesse Emspak From New Scientist Tilt your head 45 degrees. That’s how mars might have looked Much of the water on Mars isn’t where we thought. There…
Manchester attack: Homeless hero ‘stole bank card from injured victim’
By Gabriel Samuels From Independent UK Crowdfunding page to cover Chris Parker’s living costs raised over £52,000 A homeless man who rushed to help victims of the Manchester Arena suicide bombing has been charged with stealing a bank card from…
Paralympian will be the first to take on this ‘sacred’ Australian trail in a wheelchair
BY YVETTE TAN From Mashable No wheelchair user has ever been allowed on Australia’s Larapinta trail — until now. This week, Dr William Tan, a Singapore Paralympian, begins a five day journey across 65km (40 miles) of the Australian outback….
Paul Manafort sought $850 million deal with Putin ally and alleged gangster [Cayman Islands company involved]
By LACHLAN MARKAY SPENCER ACKERMAN From The Daily Beast Trump’s one-time campaign chairman has a history of unorthodox real-estate deals. But this may have been the wildest of all. Paul Manafort partnered on an $850 million New York real-estate deal…
