PETER WICKHAM: The French vote
By PETER WICKHAM, From Nation News Barbados The French electoral process is naturally less familiar to us in the Anglophone Caribbean; however, the electoral system and this particular election should intrigue us for several reasons. Significantly, the process is reflective…
Le Pen’s National Front ‘took 5m euros from EU’
From BBC The far-right National Front (FN) of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen may have defrauded the European Parliament of about €5m (£4m; $5.4m), EU sources say. It is more than twice the sum initially estimated in an inquiry…
The Editor Speaks: Children
In one of our stories here today the plight of the refugees highlights how children are not immune from the brutality of police on a daily basis. See story “Refugees beaten, abused and tear-gassed as they sleep by police in…
Policeman and suspected gunman shot dead in Paris ‘terror attack’
From BBC One policeman has been shot dead and two others wounded in central Paris, French police say, with their suspected attacker killed by security forces. A lone gunman opened fire before being killed as he fled the scene, police…
EU leaders react as UK PM Theresa May officially triggers Brexit
From BBC “After nine months the UK has delivered,” declared EU Council President Donald Tusk in a portentous tweet on receipt of the letter triggering Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May. The tone of his speech in Brussels was full…
WW2 colorized photos
These stunning colorized photos of the front lines of WW2 bring the conflict to life By Amanda Macias From Business Insider All photos republished with permission by Marina Amaral. This 1941 photo shows a German soldier surrendering to a Soviet…
Breast cancer survivor using memoir to build a much-needed oncology center in the Caribbean
NEWS PROVIDED BY Antiste Publishing DALLAS, March, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — In 2007, not long after fulfilling her dream of living in Paris, France, Karla Baptiste was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at the age of 34.She had just received…
A murder mystery probe grips France after a family of 4 including ‘psychologically disturbed’ son vanishes leaving behind a home ‘frozen in time’.
By Afp and Julian Robinson From MailOnline Murder mystery probe grips France after family of four including ‘psychologically disturbed’ son once charged with making death threats vanish from bloodstained home ‘frozen in time’ The Troadec family, from Nantes, western France,…
French police sniper shoots two in error at Hollande speech
From BBC A French police sniper has accidentally shot and injured two people during a speech by President Hollande. Mr Hollande was inaugurating a new stretch of railway in the town of Villognon in western France when the shots were…
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Record entries for RORC Caribbean 600
More than 80 yachts from 30 countries will turn out to Antigua for the start of the 2017 RORC Caribbean 600. A fleet of over 80 yachts is expected for the ninth edition of the 2017 RORC Caribbean 600 in…
