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October 2017

Woman arrested in NY death of 91-y-o Jamaican

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman has been arrested following the killing of a 91-year-old Jamaican man who died from injuries he sustained after robbers invaded his home in Brooklyn, New York. According to media reports, 45-year-old Suzette…

Myeshia Johnson: Widow of dead soldier hits out at Trump

The widow of a dead US soldier says Donald Trump could not remember her husband's name when he phoned to offer condolences. Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president's "stumbling" had "hurt her the…

British IS fighters ‘must be killed’, minister says

The "only way" to deal with British IS fighters in Syria is "in almost every case" to kill them, the minister for international development has said. Rory Stewart said converts to so-called Islamic State believed in an "extremely hateful…

Windies women complete T20I series whitewash over Sri Lanka

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Windies women completed a double series whitewash over Sri Lanka after they won the third and final T20 International by 31 runs at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua yesterday. The victory was extra…

Simona Halep beats Caroline Garcia in Singapore

World number one Simona Halep overcame Caroline Garcia in their opening round-robin match on day two of the WTA Finals in Singapore. France's Garcia, number eight in the rankings, had beaten Halep to win the China Open title earlier this…

Fifa doesn’t care about women’s football

Fifa has shown it does not care about the women's game by naming a little-known striker on its female player-of-the-year shortlist, World Cup-winner Megan Rapinoe says. The nominees are US midfielder Carli Lloyd, Dutch forward Lieke…

Dominicanewsonline.com apologizes to Prime Minister Harris

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 23rd, 2017 (PRESS SEC) – Dominicanewsonline.com has apologized “without reservation” to the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, for republishing a spurious report titled…

National Defence Council holds inaugural meeting

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 22, 2017 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The National Defence Council, established under the National Defence Council Act of 2008, convened its inaugural meeting on Saturday, 21st October,…