February 20, 2018

(SKNIS): The Mental Health Day Treatment Center, which had its soft opening on December 5th, 2016, has now been renamed the Dr. Arthur W. Lake Mental Health Day Treatment Centre after a veteran who has made significant contributions to the…

Briton Elise Christie's hopes of a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics are over after she was disqualified in her 1,000m short track heat. The 27-year-old - who appeared to be in significant pain because of an ankle injury - finished…

Syrian pro-government forces have entered the Kurdish-held border enclave of Afrin, reports say, raising the risk of clashes with Turkey. It comes a day after Syria's state news agency said "Popular Forces" would be sent there to counter…

In a statement last week, the United Nations said it has added Grenada and Dominica to the list of countries, which also includes Suriname and Venezuela, banned from voting in the UN General Assembly because their failure to pay outstanding…

The deaths of Russian fighters in Syria on 7 February exposed the operations of a shadowy group of mercenaries there. Some reports speak of more than 100 Russians killed in one battle; officially it is "several dozen" Russians killed or…

Alex Blackwell, Australia's most-capped female player, has retired from international and state cricket. The 34-year-old batter made her Australia debut in 2003 and went on to play 251 matches across the Test, one-day and Twenty20…

An oil refinery deal for the island of Grand Bahama was signed on Monday between Oban Energies and the government of The Bahamas. The deal is reported to generate up to 600 immediate permanent jobs and ancillary jobs post construction,…

(SKNIS): As OECS (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States) Heads of Government move to finalize a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to better cooperate, collaborate and organize their Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) Programmes on the…