US: Roy Moore beats Luther Strange for GOP Senate nomination
From Newsmax Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee to fill a U.S. Senate seat, media reports said on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival…
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Signal test uses DRM to keep your contacts private
By Saqib Shah From engadget It’s trialling Intel’s SGX tech to keep your info completely hidden on its servers. Signal is generally viewed as the most secure encrypted communications app. So secure, that even the US Senate has approved it…
HIV rates rising among older people in UK and Europe, researchers warn
From WN HIV rates are climbing among people 50 years of age and older in Britain and across Europe, while the rate of new infections among younger people is dropping, according to new research that warns that the epidemic may…
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne re-elected for second term as PAHO Director
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was re-elected today for a second five-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the organization. Ministers of health meeting at…
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Caribbean praying mantises have ancient African origin
From EurekAlert Cleveland Museum of Natural History researchers uncover the lineage of three praying mantis groups CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Three seemingly unrelated praying mantis groups inhabiting Cuba and the rest of the Greater Antilles actually share an ancient…
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It’s not just Puerto Rico: 6 other Caribbean island nations are in crisis after the hurricanes
By Julia Belluz From Vox From the uninhabitable Barbuda to widespread power outages in the Virgin Islands, islands are limping toward recovery. There’s a lot of media and political attention focused right now on the devastation Hurricane Maria brought Puerto…
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With 800 million users, Instagram shows no signs of slowing down
Yoni Heisler From BGR Facebook’s $1 billion purchase of Instagram in 2012 was nothing short of genius. Though the expensive acquisition raised more than a few eyebrows at the time, Instagram under the Facebook umbrella continues to soar to new…
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Coca-Cola donates an additional $4.3 Million to Mexico and the Caribbean
From CNN CNN Money) — Coca-Cola is tripling the amount of money it’s donating to disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico. The company announced Tuesday that it will give an additional $4.3 million…
Lightning hits prison store
Lightning strikes stores building at Cayman Islands HMP Northward At approximately 1:30 a.m. this morning (Wednesday, 27 September 2017) a lightning strike in the vicinity of Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) Northward resulted in a fire that consumed…
‘We’re in God’s Hands’
Hurricane Maria Devastates Puerto Rico, Caribbean From The Weather Channel In Puerto Rico, there is “sheer pain in people’s eyes” and “horror in the streets” as the U.S. commonwealth attempts to recover from the devastation left by Hurricane Maria. “We’re…
