Pele dies at 82
Soccer star Pele, Brazilian legend of the beautiful game, dies at 82 December 30 2022 By Andrew Downie and Gabriel Araujo From Reuters SAO PAULO, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one…
New Cayman Islands Governor appointed
From the Cayman Islands Governor’s Office Mr Martyn Roper has been appointed Governor of the Cayman Islands in succession to Mr Anwar Choudhury. Mr Roper will take up his appointment in October 2018. BIO: His Excellency the Governor of the…
Chinese booster rocket nearly smashes into a small town
By Jon Fingas From engadget And unlike many incidents, it was caught on camera. Space agencies prefer to launch near the sea or over empty land when given the choice, and China just got a reminder as to why. A…
Nigeria among 10 cheapest places to buy petrol – Report
From PUNCH With a pump price of N145 ($0.40) per litre, Nigeria has been ranked as the eighth cheapest place in the world to buy petrol. Other countries among the cheapest places to buy petrol are Venezuela ($0.01), Turkmenistan ($0.29),…
EgyptAir crash: Black box signal detected by search teams
From BBC Signals have been detected from one of the black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, French investigators have confirmed. They were picked up by the French vessel Laplace as it was searching the Mediterranean Sea….
Worldview offloads one third of Petroceltic’s debt to Cayman Islands fund
By Charlie Taylor, Mark Paul From The Irish Times Debt holders will jockey for position at examinership hearing on Friday Worldview Capital, the dissident shareholder seeking to gain control of troubled oil and gas explorer Petroceltic International, has sold more than…