Royal Caribbean cruise liner faces fine over all-night Ibiza stopover party which kept locals awake until 8.30am
By Gerard Couzens From MailOnline MS Brilliance of the Seas was docked in Marina Botafoch on the Balearic island Noise from ship, which had come from Barcelona, reportedly lasted until 8.30am Sources say port authorities will now pursue ‘maximum possible’…
London double-decker bus crashes into building, 10 people injured
Reuters From Yahoo News LONDON (Reuters) – A double-decker bus crashed into a building on a busy south London street on Thursday, injuring 10 people and briefly trapping two passengers inside. The bus drove into a kitchen shop on Lavender…
Cuba denies ‘acoustic attack’ on US diplomats in Havana
From Caribbean News Now By Caribbean News Now contributor HAVANA, Cuba — In a press statement on Wednesday, Cuba’s ministry of foreign affairs said that Cuba has never, nor would it ever, allow Cuban territory be used for any action…
Japan’s Takata files another Bankruptcy Petition to delay U.S. airbag lawsuits
From WN Japanese auto supplier Takata Corp. filed for U.S. bankruptcy protectionon Wednesday in an effort to pause lawsuits against the company over faulty air bag inflators – more than a month after its U.S. unit filed for bankruptcy in…
Caribbean ups reparations pressure on Europe
By Bert Wilkinson From Amsterdam News Caribbean governments are stepping up the pressure on Europe to pay reparations for the brutal transatlantic slave trade, adding Norway and Sweden to the list of countries they have identified as culpable players. The…
The View from Europe: Has rail a future in the Caribbean?
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Historically Caribbean railways existed to carry cane to factories, or raw sugar and molasses to ports. Later they were used to transport other agricultural crops, minerals, and, as urban populations grew, provided passenger…
Boko Haram favors women, children as suicide bombers, study reveals
By Robyn Kriel, CNN From Northwest Georgia News The majority of suicide bombers used by terror group Boko Haram to kill innocent victims are women and children, a US study reveals. Researchers at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point…
Fidelity lets clients view their bitcoin balance on its site
By David Lumb From engadget So long as they store their cryptocurrencies on Coinbase. Fidelity Investments announced in May that it would soon let its clients view their bitcoin and other cryptocurrency balances on its website, provided it was stored…
End of an era: Usain Bolt’s career comes to gut-wrenching end as superstar collapses injured in final leg of 4x100m relay final
From tvnz.co.nz Usain Bolt ended his stellar career in excruciating pain. The fairytale finish didn’t come for the Jamaican sprinter at the World Athletic Champs in London. Source: SKY The Jamaican great crumpled to the track with a left-leg injury…
US: Charlottesville – One killed in violence over US far-right rally
From BBC One person has died and 19 others were injured when a car rammed a crowd of people opposing a far-right rally in the US state of Virginia, police say. It happened after violent clashes between white nationalists attending…





