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…
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France hosts major exhibition on Jamaican music
By A. D. McKenzie From Caribbean News Service PARIS, Mar 30 2017 (IPS) – It’s one of those movie-like spring days in Paris, where blue skies and brilliant sunshine lift spirits after a long, wet, grey winter. Many people are…
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…
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Senegalese Bissap From The Seasoning Bottle I drink a version of bissap every Christmas season with my family and didn’t even know it. It was not until I went to a restaurant in Little Senegal, a Senegalese neighborhood in Harlem,…
IMF chief found guilty in Paris trial
By LK Hewlett WINN From Caribbean News Now PARIS, France (WINN) — Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde was found guilty of negligence with public money in a French court on Monday in connection with an…
Bill Gates Leads $1B Fund to Invest in Clean Energy
VOA from Caribbean Herald Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and a group of high-profile executives are investing $1 billion in a fund to spur clean energy technology and address global climate change a year after the Paris climate agreement. Gates launched…
C&W Networks wins fourth consecutive Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier Award
Recognized for its Innovation, Excellence and Leadership across the Region at 2016 Global Carrier Awards C&W Networks, a division of C&W Communications (C&W), one of the largest full service communications and entertainment providers in the Caribbean and Latin America region,…
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Rihanna puts on a leggy display as she forgoes costume at Halloween
From Caribbean News Service NEW YORK, Oct 30 2016 – She’s just landed in New York after enjoying some downtime in Paris. And Rihanna was straight on the party scene as she hit Marquee nightclub for a Halloween bash on…
French police arrest teenager over ‘IS terror plot’
From BBC French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of plotting to carry out terror attacks in the country. The teenager was detained in Paris and is believed to have links with a French member of so-called Islamic State…
