October 30, 2015

A fugitive accused of shooting a Tennessee police officer and firing at a Kentucky trooper was killed in a shootout with authorities early Friday, ending a nearly week-long manhunt. Floyd Ray Cook, 62, was pronounced dead at the scene in…

Allies and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have agreed to renew efforts to end the civil war. The Vienna talks involved Iran, a key Assad ally, for the first time. The ministers agreed to ask the United Nations to start a…

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said, in New York, that the no vote by the US against the Cuban resolution demanding the lifting of the economic embargo on the island does not fit in with Washington’s discourse about working to lift…

Senator Kenneth Gittens, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary (USVI) is advising the general public, through a press release issued on Monday, of upcoming working sessions in the continued series on Election Reform. “This next…

(ZIZ News) – The challenges, potential and direction of the Ministry of Sports were all laid out on Thursday 22nd, when employees of that ministry attended a one-day retreat. The event, held at OOJJ'S Conference Centre, saw participation…

(ZIZ News) – A sensational partnership between all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite provided West Indies with a major boost, ahead of their three-match One-Day International series against Sri Lanka. The pair added an…

(ESPN Cricinfo) - West Indies Women's bowlers, led by medium-pacer Tremayne Smartt and allrounder Deandra Dottin, laid the foundation for the side's eight-wicket win in Grenada by restricting Pakistan Women to 74 for 9, a total the hosts…

(BBC) - It's four days since I won the world championship in Austin on Sunday but I'm still not sure whether it has properly sunk in yet. Life kind of just moves on. I stayed in Austin on Sunday night. The team had a celebration that I…

(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) - Former NBA star Lamar Odom's dad is calling a flagrant foul on the Kardashians for blocking him from the hospital where his son is recovering. A TMZ videographer spotted a clearly agitated Joe Odom leaving Los…

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was elected on Thursday to serve as the next speaker of the House — a vote that followed weeks of uncertainty and came on the heels of the House passage of a sweeping two-year bipartisan budget deal.…

China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced more than three decades ago. The announcement followed a four-day Communist party…

In an effort to expand its economic partners, Suriname has forged strong ties with the Islamic world by accelerating its engagement with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the past five years. Paramaribo has now positioned…

CARICOM climate change negotiators and ministers began a two-day meeting in St. Lucia today, to revise and improve the region`s negotiating artillery in preparation for the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United…

(ZIZ News) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris is in Hong Kong on the second leg of an Asian visit to raise the international profile of the country’s reformed Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme. Since…

(ZIZ News) – A group of locally-based companies have reaffirmed their commitment to St. Kitts and Nevis’ National Carnival. On Wednesday evening, representatives of the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank, Fast Cash, ZIZ Broadcasting…