Strong USA contingent for Caribbean 600
From Scuttlebutt Sailing News Thirteen boats representing the USA will be competing in the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600, with a record-breaking fleet of 90 yachts starting the 10th edition from Antigua on Monday February 19. The 600nm non-stop course around…
Oxitec did not release enough mosquitoes to protect Piracicaba
By Fernando Tadeu Moraes From Folha de S.Paulo Company produces genetically modified insects to combat Aedes aegypti SAO PAULO Biotechnology company Oxitec, which markets GM mosquitoes to combat diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti , has released less than half of…
Cayman’s top dive sites
Top 7 Dive Sites In The Cayman Islands By Jennifer Palmer From Deeper Blue The Cayman Islands are comprised of 3 islands, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, which are British overseas territories. Located in the western Caribbean Sea,…
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Russian court rejects mother’s adoption bid after breast surgery
From BBC A Russian court has ruled that a woman who chose to have her breasts removed cannot look after two adopted boys since she identifies herself as a man. The long-running case of Yulia Savinovskikh affects two mentally disabled…
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Royal Caribbean will take delivery of Symphony of the Seas on March 23
By Matt Hochberg From Royal Caribbean Blog Royal Caribbean will take delivery of the world’s largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, on Friday, March 23, 2018. The event will celebrate the handing over of the ship from French shipyard…
Seafarers’ House to Honor Royal Caribbean’s Michael Bayley
From Cruise Industry News Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International, has been selected as the recipient of Seafarers’ House International Golden Compass Award for 2018, according to a statement. The award is given each year to those…
Crime, high unemployment hampering economic growth in Caribbean
By CMC From St Lucia News Online (CMC) – Economic growth in the Caribbean is being hampered by high unemployment among young people regarded as the highest in the world and crime, according to a IMFBlog, a forum for the…
Israel PM Netanyahu ‘should be charged with corruption’
From BBC Israeli police are to recommend that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged over alleged bribery cases, the country’s media report. Police questioned Mr Netanyahu as part of an inquiry into corruption allegations last month. At the time, he…
Sea of Thieves is Rare’s riskiest voyage yet, but it’s a huge success
By MATT KAMEN From Wired Emergent gameplay, epic quests, and fixing toxic player behaviour – WIRED goes behind the scenes on Rare’s biggest game in years Deep in the green idylls of rural Leicestershire, one of the UK’s most important…
In search of surrogates
In search of surrogates, foreign couples descend on Ukraine By Kevin Ponniah From BBC News Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest nations, is fast becoming the place to go for people desperate to find a surrogate to have their baby. The…
