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April 2017

Mohammed, Nurse ace West Indies’ highest successful chase

This is one way to nail a 300-plus chase, a method no cricket manual, traditional or modern, would recommend. West Indies themselves may have not planned to finish it off this way, but they did. Jason Mohammed, played the innings of his…

Syria war: US strikes a resolute signal from Trump

Both the scope and the method of the US attack on Syria's Shayrat airbase suggest that this was a punitive and limited strike intended to deter the Syrian government from using chemical weapons in the future. The Pentagon says that the…

Suriname Islamic bank selects Kuwaiti technology partner

Suriname-based Trustbank is one step closer to open its doors to customers interested in Islamic banking products after it signed a new licensing deal with the Kuwait based Islamic software vendor, Path Solutions, to implement Islamic…

Nunes steps down from US election Russian hacking probe

The head of a key US congressional investigation into alleged Russian hacking has temporarily stepped down amid an ethics inquiry into him. House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes is now himself under investigation by the House…

Caribbean Outlets Mostly Spared As Payless Axes 400 Stores

Payless ShoeSource outlets in the Caribbean – except for one US Caribbean territory – have not been listed among 400 stores to be immediately shut down by the discount shoe chain. After weeks of speculation, the footwear retailer…