Cayman Islands government officials tour airport to view expansion project progress
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (21 January 2015) Minister for Tourism Hon. Moses Kirkconnell and Airports Authority CEO Albert Anderson hosted H.E the Governor and Government Ministers on Wednesday 21st January, for a site visit of the Owen Roberts International Airport…
Nasa climate scientists: We said 2014 was the warmest year on record… but we’re only 38% sure we were right
By David Rose For The Mail On Sunday Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies claimed its analysis of world temperatures showed ‘2014 was the warmest year on record’ But it emerged that GISS’s analysis is subject to a margin of…
Greek singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68
From BBC Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 68, the Hygeia Hospital in Athens has confirmed to the BBC. He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and…
The best photos of 2014
stories behind the Globe’s most memorable pictures of the year From The Boston Globe Each year, editors from the Globe Magazine (www.bostonglobe.com/magazine) and the Boston Globe photo department choose the most memorable and incisive pictures of the last 12 months…
2015 might be the year we start to get online identity right
By Alex Howard From Tech Republic Alex Howard thinks 2015 will be a big year for digital government services and identity in the US. He also profiles the startup ID.me, which will provide identity software for Connect.gov. We’re on the…
Haitian earthquake five years on: Psychological scars remain
From Caribbean News Now PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Although the catastrophic physical damage to housing, roads and public buildings wrought by the Haitian earthquake on January 12, 2010, is still visible, the psychological legacy that many young earthquake survivors…
Court sides with Costco in ‘Gray Market’ fight with Omega
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal In a closely watched case about the copyright rights of foreign companies, a federal appeals court has struck down Swiss watchmaker Omega S.A.’s attempt to use U.S. copyright law to block Costco…
BCCI issues ultimatum to WICB
By Nagraj Gollapudi The BCCI has issued an ultimatum to the WICB, asking the board to furnish the requisite $ 41.97 million as damages borne out of West Indies’ “sudden, arbitrary withdrawal” from the India tour last October. In a…
What happened to England’s forgotten railway stations?
By Chris Ellis BBC News Online Manchester Central in 2010 Conferences and exhibitions are now held at the former Manchester Central station In living memory, hundreds of railway stations have closed across the country and have since been abandoned, demolished…
Here Are Some Of The Many Chinese Elites Who Use Offshore Tax Havens
By THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY From Business Insider While Chinese officials aren’t required to disclose their assets publicly, citizens have remained largely in the dark about the parallel economy that can allow the powerful and well-connected to avoid taxes…
