Do the limbo! How the Windrush brought a dance revolution to Britain
By Judith Mackrell From The Guardian UK The Caribbeans who answered the call to save postwar Britain sparked a dance explosion. A new show relives those heady days When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, the Trinidadian singer…
Pakistan arrests 2 suspects in murder of 4-year-old girl
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan said Wednesday they have arrested two teenagers suspected in the murder of a four-year-old girl last month, which set off protests across the country. Silahuddin Mehsud, police chief in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,…
Community leaders honored at MLK celebration
BY ALEXANDRA SIMON From Caribbean Life Last month several community leaders were honored at a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in Queens on Jan. 13. The event honored about eight men and…
Snow in Paris
Snow causes major travel disruptions in France By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press From Lancaster Online PARIS (AP) — Heavy snowfall is causing major travel disruptions in the northern half of France and in Paris after the weather conditions caught authorities…
Japan launches smallest rocket ever to carry satellite into orbit
By Jon Fingas From engadget When you carry tiny payloads, you only need a tiny rocket. Japan has set a new spaceflight record — and unlike most of these feats, it’s defined by what wasn’t involved. The country’s Aerospace Exploration…
Grenada Independence Day
Happy 44th Anniversary of Independence to Grenada! From OECS Official Address by the Prime Minister of Grenada, The Hon. Keith Mitchell. To hear and view the address go to web link below National Statement from Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister…
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New Swedish fitness trend, “Plogging,” combines jogging with picking up litter
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 When Erik Ahlström moved from Åre, a ski resort town in central Sweden to Stockholm, he had a strong first impression of the capital: “Det ser ju ut som en soptipp,” which translates as “It…
US: A Cornell frat is on probation after a competition called a ‘pig roast’ where members earned points for having sex with women
By Abby Jackson From Business Insider The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Cornell has been placed on probation for a competition called a “pig roast.” The frat awarded a winner based on the member who had sex with the woman…
OPINION: Strategic planning for a post-sugar Caribbean
By Ronald Austin Jr From Guyana Chronicle …should have occurred 172 years ago with passage of the Sugar Equalisation Act 1846 Without prejudice to the hard-working men and women of the sugar industry, it seems like folly for the English-speaking…
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The first modern Brits had ‘dark to black’ skin, new DNA analysis reveals
By Tom Powell, Evening Standard From Business Insider UK The first modern Brit had “dark to black” skin. Facial reconstruction of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton — known as Cheddar Man — was documented for Channel 4, “The First Brit: Secrets…
