US: Rod Rosenstein to leave DOJ after Barr confirmation
By Jeffrey Rodack From Newsmax Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave the Department of Justice in the coming weeks, according to reports. ABC News attributed the information to unnamed “multiple sources” in a report posted Wednesday. It also said…
The best part of a bad day
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio We all have good and bad days but it’s typically the bad ones that stand out like sore thumbs: our grand plans squashed, the project failed, everything that could go wrong did. Those days…
Jamaica takes action to safeguard energy security
By CHAD BRYAN From JIS Story Highlights In an effort to safeguard Jamaica’s energy security, the Government will take legislative action to retake ownership of the 49 per cent shares in Petrojam, which is held by the Venezuelan state-owned oil…
New milestone: meeco simultaneously energised two large-scale solar installations on two continents
Swiss energy provider put PV systems with total size of 4.44 MWp into operation Two entirely different areas, one solar provider: Bethesda on the Caribbean island Antigua and a textile company in Leutkirch located in the South of Germany as…
Translating cultures: French Caribbean history, literature and migration
From British Library On 24 September 2018, the British Library welcomed a galaxy of leading specialists to a study dayaddressing the history, literature and arts of the French Caribbean and its diaspora. The day kicked off with a comparative overview of…
Russia in Africa: Is it becoming a key player?
By Kumar Malhotra From BBC Russia’s recent activities in Sudan and the Central African Republic have been the subject of intense speculation. That’s because along with renewed economic ties, private Russian military contractors are reported to have been active in…
US government shutdown: Where do we go from here?
From BBC President Donald Trump has called the US-Mexico border a national security crisis while Democrats accuse him of holding America hostage over a fake threat. As a result of their standoff over funding Mr Trump’s wall, the US government…
Sir Dennis praises Caribbean Court of Justice’s accomplishments
From St Kitts & Nevis Observer BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — Former President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Right Honourable Sir Dennis Byron, a native of St. Kitts and Nevis, has praised the accomplishments of the Trinidad-based court, which…
2.5 Million murders occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean in less than 20 Years
From NAN Santiago (AFP) Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region on the planet, accounting for 39 percent of the world’s murders, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said in a study published last November (2018). That amounts…
Puzzles for Jan 10 2019 Number search/Sudoku/Word search/Crossword
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