Idaho dairy fires 5 workers in animal abuse video; 3 of them charged
By Michael Martinez and Amanda Watts, CNN (CNN) — Five workers at an Idaho dairy have been fired after an undercover video by animal rights activists showed mistreatment towards cows, the dairy owner said. Three of the workers have been…
Beirut funeral for Wissam al-Hassan followed by clashes
Clashes have erupted outside government offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut after thousands attended the funeral of security chief Wissam al-Hassan who was killed by a car bomb on Friday. A group of protesters tried to storm the HQ, after…
China energy demand to stay strong
By Terrence Murray, The Financialist Though headlines suggest the Chinese economy is slowing, a recent Credit Suisse report predicts the country’s appetite for energy will continue to grow in the coming decade. Before the great recession of 2008, China’s nearly…
Cuba’s Fidel Castro in first public appearance in months
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, refuting persistent rumours that he was gravely ill. Staff at a top hotel in the capital, Havana, said Mr Castro had dropped off a Venezuelan…
Democratically speaking: ones own right to choose
Joyce Pursley All women from High School to College, black or white, single or married, young or old at sometime in your life when sexually active you have been late. When you are late, even just a little, your mind wonders if your…
Jamaican cops finding life better in the Cayman Islands
By Kimone Thompson, Features editor, Jamaica Observer THE Cayman Islands is apparently lapping up former members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who ostensibly go there in search of better wages and conditions of work. Human resource officer at the…
Power transition is highly needed in the Saudi kingdom
By Mohamed Zayed, iNews Cayman special correspondent A great number of changes have invaded most of the world, not only in the Arab Spring, but also in China and Burma and other autocratic regimes across the world. It is scheduled…
Wisconsin ‘mass shooting’ at Brookfield spa
A number of people are feared to have been shot at a spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, US media report. A large number of police arrived at the Azana spa after witnesses said they saw a man with a gun shooting….
Pilgrims evacuated as French floods hit Lourdes shrine
Hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims have been evacuated from the sanctuary of Lourdes in France after heavy flooding in the area. The Gave de Pau river burst its banks after days of rain, flooding campsites around the shrine and parts…
