2014

Moscow (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Wednesday to revoke the right of President Vladimir Putin to use Russian troops in Ukraine, as efforts to calm a separatist uprising in Ukraine's east continue. The Federation…

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- As Washington State prepares to issue the first licences for marijuana retail stores, Governor Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to make sure pot stays out of the…

MIAMI (CMC) -- A Jamaican standing trial in Miami on sex-trafficking charges of pimping women around the world has denied the allegations. Damion St Patrick Baston, 37, who is also accused of beating a string of women from South Florida to…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- President Raul Castro headed a meeting of Cuba's Council of Ministers last Saturday in which he called for deeper analysis of the challenges that continue to affect the country’s economic growth. "We have a huge…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Organisations wishing to employ individuals with trained-teacher qualification now have access to a database containing over 800 resumes, the Ministry of Education has reported The web application at…

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis--Forty Grade-Six Introduction to Tourism students from St. Thomas and VOJN Primary Schools last week enjoyed a fun-packed, educational outing to Reggae Beach in St. Kitts to experience our hospitality as tourists in their…

NIA Charlestown Nevis– Premier of Nevis and Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Vance Amory, while delivering brief remarks at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Prospective Teachers Course, warned the future…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Would-be first time home owners on Nevis, still have the opportunity to take advantage of a Federal programme offered through the Nevis Island Administration (NIA). The extension which will be terminated on December…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Local and international stakeholders are excited after the official groundbreaking ceremony at Christophe Harbour on Friday (June 20), where the first pile was driven into the new superyacht marina.…

(CNN) -- Stolen medical files that may be those of Michael Schumacherare being offered for sale, the injured former F1 racing driver's manager said. Schumacher has been undergoing hospital treatment since a skiing accident last year but is…

(CNN) -- Monday began on an optimistic note for many of the journalists who had campaigned for the release of three imprisoned Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt. They expected that the journalists -- Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and…

London (CNN) -- Former newspaper editor and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy to hack phones in what is widely seen as an embarrassment for British Prime Minister David Cameron. But…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A couple was robbed of more than US$20 000 and other valuables about 1:00 Tuesday morning, June 24 in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports from the police are that the two foreigners arrived at a property in Spanish…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago government says the island’s police service is being twinned with the New York Police Department (NYPD). A statement from the Ministry of National Security said that in an effort to…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government is to undertake an expansion of the Wigton Windfarm in Rose Hill, Manchester, which is projected to reduce the importation of oil by some 37,100 barrels and save approximately J$400 million. Making the…