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Paris (AP) -- An assailant opened fire on a police officer on the southern edge of Paris early Thursday, killing her and injuring a nearby street sweeper before fleeing, officials and a witness said. France's interior minister cautioned…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- One hundred and eighty-five packages (bricks) of cocaine, weighing 192 kilograms and worth approximately US$800 million, were discovered on Monday by authorities in Guyana on the MV Delta Dies, a foreign vessel…

St George's, Grenada -- The government of Grenada has concluded a comprehensive agreement to restructure its US$36.6 million (EC$98.8 million) indebtedness to the Export-Import (ExIm) Bank of Taiwan. This landmark agreement, which reduces…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- LICHEL FRANCOIS initially thought the gunshots she heard was the sound of a car rolling over a glass bottle. She was about to berate the driver of the car she was in for waking her one-year-old sleeping child but…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A woman accused of stealing $21,000 from another inside a Western Union branch had her bail extended when she appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday. Rhoda Smikle appeared in court on a…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Jamaican wicket-keeper/batsman Chadwick Walton will captain Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) in the 2015 WICB Nagico Super50 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, January 15-26. There are seven Jamaicans in…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The career of up-and-coming wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran has been put on hold following injuries suffered in a motor car accident. Pooran underwent surgery yesterday after suffering a fractured left ankle…

Sports Page -- A release from Leeward Islands Territorial development officer, Junie Mitcham has indicated that the 2015 launch of the Kiddy Cricket program, will take place on Friday 16th January. The Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket Program and…

Division I Matches in the Division I on Saturday 10th January will be played at the Gardens Playing Field, while the matches on Sunday 11th January will be at the Newtown Playing Field. National Bank Premier League: The first weekend of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts’ newest resort, Belle Mont Farm Resort is being featured in Texas’ Fort Worth Star Telegram. “Until now, Nevis, the smaller of the two islands that make up St. Kitts and Nevis, has cornered the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Corporate travel planners for major United States corporations are having a wonderful time in St. Kitts as they participate in the Opus Group’s 14th Annual Leadership Summit. According to release from the…

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas says the imbalance in the number of inhabitants across the Federation’s constituencies is bad for democracy. Dr. Douglas said, in addition to the clear thinking people who have…

(ZIZ News) -- The Ministry of Homeland Security says the move to upgrade to E-Passports has been progressing smoothly. Over the holiday season there was a call for visiting nationals to upgrade to the new passports while on vacation here.…

(ZIZ News) -- A group of meeting and incentive planners is currently in St. Kitts for the Opus Group’s 14th Annual Leadership Summit. In an interview with ZIZ News, Executive Director of the Summit, Lisa Cherry said the seminar provides an…

(ZIZ News) -- Hensley Daniel, a former Minister of Social Development in the Nevis Island Administration, says the promotion of continued education and training is the only way to eradicate poverty. “Many many people are stuck in low…