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Fifteen regional jurisdictions on EU tax haven blacklist
Brussels, Belgium -- A blacklist of the world's 30 worst-offending tax havens, published on Wednesday by the European Commission, includes 15 countries and territories within the wider Caribbean.
The list includes various well-known havens…
Nicaragua to improve competitiveness in foreign trade
Managua, Nicaragua -- Nicaragua will carry out a program to improve the operations of its border posts and strengthen the competitiveness of its foreign trade, with US$55 million in financing from the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB).…
Argentine suspects in FIFA scandal surrender
Buenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) -- Two Argentine businessmen wanted on US charges of bribing FIFA officials have surrendered, the justice ministry said Thursday.
Father and son marketing executives Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, the owners of…
Gunman on run after nine slain in US black church attack
Washington, United States (AFP) -- A white gunman was on the run Thursday after fatally shooting at least nine worshippers in a historic black church in a southern US city in what police called a hate crime.
Churchgoers had gathered for a…
IMF’s Lagarde says ‘no period of grace’ for Greek debt payment
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (AFP) -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned cash-strapped Greece Thursday it will get no extra time to make a huge debt payment due at the end of the month.
"There will be no period of grace,"…
US Coast Guard repatriates 54 Haitian migrants
Miami, USA -- The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 54 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitian, Haiti, on Tuesday.
While on patrol, a Caribbean Air and Marine Branch aircraft reported a suspicious sailing vessel south of St…
Six Irish die in California balcony collapse
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) -- Six young Irish nationals died in the early hours Tuesday when a fourth-floor apartment balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party in the California university town of Berkeley, authorities said.
At…
Swiss prosecutors probe 53 ‘suspicious’ FIFA cases
Bern, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss prosecutors are investigating 53 cases of possible money laundering as they look into FIFA's handling of bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, officials said Wednesday.
Attorney general Michael Lauber said…
Greek PM says IMF has ‘criminal responsibility’ for country’s crisis
Athens, Greece (AFP) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras charged Tuesday the International Monetary Fund had "criminal responsibility" for Greece's debt crisis and called on the country's European creditors to assess the IMF's policies.…
FIFA’s Blazer agreed to act undercover for US prosecutors
Geneva, Switzerland (AP) -- Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer agreed to act undercover for US prosecutors and has been cooperating since at least 2011 in the government's investigation of soccer corruption.
Blazer's…
‘Black’ activist resigns helm of US civil rights group
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) -- A US civil rights activist resigned Monday from a post at the country's leading African American advocacy group amid allegations she is white but has masqueraded for years as being black.
Rachel…
Millions without essential health services in the C’bean – WHO
New York, United States (CMC) -- A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank shows that millions of people in the Caribbean and the Americas do not have access to essential health services.
The report says six…
Woman caught smuggling cocaine from Jamaica to US inside fried fish
Florida, United States -- United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have nabbed a 38-year-old woman who travelled from Jamaica with over two pounds of cocaine hidden inside fried fish.
The woman, whose nationality and…
UN human rights chief urges Europe to accept more migrants
Berlin (AP) -- The United Nations' human rights chief is urging European nations to accept more refugees and to do more to fight prejudice and discrimination against migrants once they arrive.
Zeid Raad al-Hussein told the UN Human Rights…
FIFA official urges Blatter not to go back on quit promise
Paris, France (AFP) -- The head of FIFA's audit and compliance unit said on Sunday that changes at the top of world football's governing body were "indispensable" following reports Sepp Blatter might go back on his decision to resign.
"For…