Tropical Storm Fiona and two disturbances in Atlantic
From NHC TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fiona, located…
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Cayman Island Realtor suffers serious spinal injuries at his home Cayman Islands realtor who co-founded the local branch of RE/MAX Kim Lund, has been transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on Wednesday (17). Lund was injured at his home…
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Zika found to remain in sperm for record six months
From BBC The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in previously reported cases. Doctors at the Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome said…
Chinese company buys island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
From Wn.com The Shanghai-based China Capital Investment Group has bought an island at the heart of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, for about A$25 million ($19.21 million), China Daily reports. The South Molle island in Whitsundays had been…
A storm like the one in Louisiana should only happen once every 500 years
By Max Plenke, Mic From Business Insider Last weekend, nearly two feet of rain fell on parts of southern Louisiana in the span of two days, leaving at least 10 people dead and over 20,000 in need of rescue. A…
An 18-year study of bees finally sheds light on something that may be wiping them out
By Meghan Bartels From Business Insider For years, there’s been suspicion that a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids are bad for bees. The chemicals, which farmers apply to their crops to keep away insects that munch through their harvests, are…
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Samsung accused of withholding crucial information about deadly chemicals used in its factories
By Chris Smith From BGR Aside from its extremely popular Galaxy devices, Samsung also manufactures a wide range of other products, including many components that go into its own phones and into devices from the competition. Dangerous chemicals are used…
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Caribbean hoteliers, tourism officials seek Zika antidote
By BRIAN MAJOR From Travel Pulse With the 2016 summer travel season waning, Caribbean tourism officials hope for some moderation in the Zika virus’ increasingly apparent toll on visitor arrivals. But with infection numbers continuing to grow in regional destinations,…
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US Convicted Pa. AG says she’ll resign on Wednesday Pennsylvania’s embattled attorney general said she will step down from her post effective Wednesday afternoon following her conviction earlier this week on charges that she leaked confidential investigative material to a…
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Cayman Islands Youth ACT to hold youth crime prevention workshops
Members of the Youth Anti-Crime Trust (ACT) will be hosting a series of workshops where they hope to get some much needed support for a programme they want to introduce in the Cayman Islands which has proven to be very…
