Jamaica: Court approves seizure of assets of convicted drug kingpin Deedo
From Jamaica Gleaner The Asset Recovery Agency, an arm of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), has won its long-running battle with convicted drug kingpin Norris ‘Deedo’ Nembhard over nearly $200 million in assets and properties that it had wanted to…
Rogue goat may have helped dozens of farm animals escape
Dozens of goats and sheep brought for slaughter escaped from a New Jersey livestock auction house Wednesday night — and the facility’s manager believes another goat who had bolted to freedom more than a year ago helped them to make…
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Jamie Oliver has been inspired by Jamaican culture without having any respect for its history – that’s why it’s cultural appropriation
By Marianne Miles From The Independent UK Can Caribbean recipes be adapted and modernised? Of course. But you cannot claim a historic traditional term and apply it to your product for profit Jamaica’s catchphrase is “Wi likkle but we tallawah”,…
EU draft law would force sites to remove extremist content
By Jon Fingas From engadget It doesn’t believe self-policing is good enough. The European Union is no longer convinced that self-policing is enough to purge online extremist content. The Financial Times has learned that the EU is drafting legislation to…
Four-year-old boy survives ‘dry’ snake bite on family’s Sunshine Coast property
ABC Sunshine Coast By Owen Jacques From ABC Au Key points Jaxon Bird, four, rushed to hospital with a suspected eastern brown snake Eastern brown snakes are found across Queensland, NSW and Victoria They are ‘dangerously venomous’ and responsible for…
Kindergarten dresses children as jihadis for parade in Indonesia
By Kate Lamb in Jakarta From Guardian UK Manager apologises for independence day march costumes and denies trying to ‘instil violence’ into children A kindergarten in Indonesia has been criticised for dressing girls up in black, Isis-style costumes and replica…
Korean families meet after 65 years
Joy, disbelief as Korean families separated by war meet after 65 years By Hyonhee Shin From Reuters SEOUL (Reuters) – About 90 families from North and South Korea wept and embraced on Monday as the neighbors held their first reunion…
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PDVSA to resume use of Caribbean oil terminal under NuStar deal
From Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s PDVSA and NuStar Energy LP have reached an agreement over outstanding storage fees, allowing the state-run company to resume use of a key storage terminal in the Caribbean, the U.S. energy firm said on…
Guyana Government websites blocked by 28 countries
By Andrea Fernandes From Guyana Guardian Almost every website belonging to the Guyana Government, and even dozens of websites that are being operated by entities within the private sector, has been blocked by the UK and over twenty other European…
Nothing beats the original Oktoberfest
By Sarah Emler, contributor, Reuters Community From Reuters Little spin-off Oktoberfests have popped up across countries. However, there is nothing quite like the original. “It’s tapped!” are the words of Munich’s mayor, just before handing over the first mug of…
