CUPRA and FC Barcelona join forces in a global alliance

CUPRA and FC Barcelona enters into an innovative partnership for the  next  five seasons Under the agreement, CUPRA becomes Barça’s Official Automotive and Mobility Partner Both organisations will co-develop mobility projects and foster innovation at the Camp Nou Martorell, 25-08-2019 – CUPRA…

ELAN Scholarship and Immersion Programme Now Open!

From OECS The ELAN (Echanges Linguistiques et Apprentissage Novateur par la Mobilité – Linguistic Exchanges and Innovative Learning through Mobility) project is offering GCSE A level and CAPE 2 holders, the opportunity to study at the Université des Antilles through the ELAN…

Belize farmers feeling the impact of prolonged drought

From Jamaica Gleaner BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Ministry of Agriculture is conducting a survey to determine the extent of the drought situation in northern Belize where reports indicate that farmers could lose millions in lost crops. “It will take a…

Glasgow University’s ‘bold’ move to pay back slave trade profits

By Hannah Capella From BBC Glasgow University has agreed to raise and spend £20m in reparations after discovering it benefited by millions of pounds from the slave trade. It is believed to be the first institution in the UK to…

Update on Caribbean Airlines flights affected by Tropical Storm Dorian

Why one of Asia’s richest men is buying a British pub business right before Brexit

By Geoffrey Smith From Fortune Li Ka-Shing, one of Asia’s richest men, has long been revered for his timing. So what does it say about the future that his flagship real estate fund is pouring windfall gains from Hong Kong…

French man spent five days with head trapped in ladder

From BBC This one wasn’t in the DIY manual: a man decorating his bathroom in eastern France slipped and got his head stuck in his stepladder… for five days. French media report that the man, in his 60s, was still…

Do not take sand from this beach. A couple faces 6 years in prison for it

AP From NBC 9News Fourteen bottles full of sand from the Italian island of Sardinia were found in the couple’s SUV. ROME — A French couple faces up to six years in jail for taking around 88 pounds of protected…

Now heading for Windward Islands, Dorian could reach Puerto Rico as a hurricane

By Bob Henson from Weather Underground Watches and warnings have been hoisted for much of the Windward Islands and Puerto Rico in advance of Tropical Storm Dorian, which is gradually organizing over the warm waters of the western Atlantic deep…

Iranian Foreign Minister’s appearance sparks outrage

By Solange Reyner From Newsmax Iran’s foreign minister paid a visit to a G7 summit in France on Sunday as a guest to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron, a move that blindsided White House officials and some U.S. lawmakers condemned….