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The View From Europe: the future cost of Trump’s ‘America First’ policy
BY: DAVID JESSOP From The Barbados Advocate At first sight, last week’s decision by the US President to abrogate the hard-won 2015 UN Security Council deal on nuclear weapons with Iran may seem to have little bearing on the Caribbean….
SportsMax Digicel acquire 2018 FIFA World Cup rights
From Jamaica Observer SportsMax and Digicel announced recently that they have secured the broadcast rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, in 22 countries, through an agreement signed with DIRECTV . Following the successful carriage of the FIFA World…
Iran nuclear deal: UK won’t walk away, says Boris Johnson
From BBC Britain has “no intention of walking away” from the Iran nuclear deal despite the United States pulling out, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says. Mr Johnson told MPs the UK would “strive to preserve the gains” made by the…
California’s economy is now the 5th-biggest in the world, and has overtaken the United Kingdom
By Kieran Corcoran From Business Insider New economic data puts the California economy at $2.747 trillion — bigger than most nations. The ranking puts in fifth in the world, just ahead of the United Kingdom, which is on $2.625 trillion….
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The View From Europe: Sanctions and the law of unintended consequences
BY: DAVID JESSOP from The Barbados Advocate The problem with the use of trade sanctions is that the innocent get hurt. This is particularly so when one economically powerful nation acts against another, and regulations are written in such a…
The mother of all terrorist groups isn’t the Islamic State
BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN From FP The Trump administration is taking its eyes off the ball in Afghanistan. The real threat is still al Qaeda. On April 13, the U.S. military dropped a huge bomb on caves and tunnels used by…
A high-ranking Russian politician is comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitle
By Alison Millington from Business Insider A leading Russian politcian is comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Alexander Sherin’s comments came after the US-led launch of missile strikes on Syria on Friday night. Russia has had military presence in Syria…
OPINION: Simon Bolivar and chemical weapons
From Jolly Green ALBA or ALBA-TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America is an intergovernmental organization based on the idea of the social, political and economic integration of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean….
What is blockchain technology? A step-by-step guide for beginners
By Ameer Rosic From Blockgeeks Is blockchain technology the new internet? The blockchain is an undeniably ingenious invention – the brainchild of a person or group of people known by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. But since then, it has evolved…
UK: MPs to probe Putin’s offshore wealth in response to suspicious deaths exposed by BuzzFeed News
By Heidi Blake from BuzzFeed News Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee is launching an inquiry in response to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and the pattern of Russian-linked deaths on British soil exposed by BuzzFeed News. A powerful parliamentary committee…
