The FIFA arrests show how far Qatar has fallen in the past 5 years/See petitions
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider The US Department of Justice’s charging documents against 14 individuals accused of bribery and racketeering in conjunction with their roles at FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, barely mention Qatar. Nevertheless, the accusations don’t reflect…
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Sat May 30 Cayman Islands to support Nepal
Foster’s Food Fair – IGA, Priced Right, and Bay Market would like to announce that on Saturday, May 30th, all locations will be participating in a day of support to help raise funds for the Red Cross Nepal Earthquake Relief…
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How South Africa’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup was allegedly built on bribes
By Daniel Rivero From Fusion Votes for the hosting location of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were bought by bribes. This morning, soccer fans awoke to overdue news: Nine FIFA officials had been indicted by the U.S. Department…
NASA finds distant galaxy shining as bright as 300 trillion suns
By Mariella Moon From engadget Ever tried looking at the sun with your bare eyes? Too bright, right? Now imagine looking at something with the brightness of 300 trillion suns. That’s how intense “the most luminous galaxy found to date”…
Acorda goes on attack against hedge fund’s IPR
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder The first pharmaceutical company to come under fire from a well-known Dallas-based hedge fund formally asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Wednesday not to play ball with what it describes as a…
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Top panelists discuss new ways to assess progress and well-being in the Caribbean
Caribbean countries need a more comprehensive means to measure progress and well-being, beyond traditional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and “living above or below an international poverty line” assessments. This was a key message at a high-level meeting here today with…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Modern advances in an ancient practice [fighting cancer]
By Heather Stringer; from Cancer Fighters Thrive Studies are revealing the benefits of acupuncture for a wider patient population. When Karen Reynolds was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in early 2014, she welcomed the idea of integrative medicine as…
The people who control the Internet got together in a room yesterday — here’s what they’re worried about
By Cale Guthrie Weissman From Business Insider On Thursday, in a large Romanesque ballroom on Manhattan’s Amsterdam Avenue, the people who make the big decisions relating to the underlying technology of what we call the “internet” sat discussing the future….
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Haitian Airline receives permit for scheduled Port-Au-Prince to Santo Domingo Flights
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse Haiti-based Sunrise Airways this week received an operating permit from the Dominican Republic’s Institute of Civil Aviation which allows the airline to commence regularly scheduled flights between Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, the capital cities…
