December 8, 2017

The US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused the UN of damaging the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The organisation "has outrageously been one of the world's foremost centres of hostility towards…

England's Jonny Bairstow says he will "take matters further" if Australia's sledging in the Ashes "crossed the line" again. Wicketkeeper Bairstow, 28, said he was targeted during the first Test in Brisbane but did not reveal the nature…

Some four years after then leader of the opposition in Saint Lucia, Stephenson King, wrote to the governor general, Dame Pearlette Louisy, seeking clarification regarding an oil exploration licence purportedly granted to Colorado oilman…

At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN's Monusco mission said the peacekeepers were attacked by suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces…

Lewis Hamilton says he does not believe he will stay in Formula 1 long enough to beat Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles. Hamilton won his fourth title this year to move within one of Juan Manuel Fangio, but said he was…

A plane crash near the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on Thursday night left all five occupants of the aircraft dead, The Consortium can confirm. Police Commissioner Delroy Richards told The Consortium that the aircraft, a private chartered…

(SKNIS): The over EC$700 million Appropriation (2018) Bill, 2017, which was introduced in the Federal Parliament for the upcoming fiscal year was described as tax-free and has been that way for three straight years, said Minister of Foreign…

(SKNIS): Minister of State with responsibility for Health, Senator the Honourable Wendy Phipps, highlighted the development initiatives that the Ministry of Health has been undertaking since 2015 while giving an account of her portfolio at…