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LIAT’s new routes for summer 2015 take effect this week

St John’s, Antigua -- A number of new services and non-stop routes that have been added to the summer schedule of regional carrier LIAT will come into effect on July 15 and 16. From Antigua, customers will now enjoy a new daily service to…

US spacecraft whizzes past Pluto in historic flyby

Laurel, United States (AFP) -- An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency said. Moving…

France explosions: Device found near Berre-L’Etang plant

(BBC) -- An electronic device has been found by investigators near a petrochemical plant in southern France, where two tanks caught fire after explosions on Tuesday, reports say. A malicious act was already suspected by authorities because…

CSS team cops Warner’s One Stop Shop Family Book Feud

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Charlestown Secondary School (CSS) team of Shevonel Williams and her mother Shenel Nisbett, emerged winners of the 6thannual joint School Libraries and Department of Education’s Warner’s One Stop Family Book…

Emmanuel Richards Summer Camp underway

Sports Page -- The 11th Annual Summer Program for the Emmanuel Richards Football Summer Program got on the way on Monday 13th July at the St.Thomas’ Primary School. After the invocation, Mr. Richards started by thanking the sponsors for…

CG Rebels lose to Exodus

Charlestown, Nevis -- Lack of home support might have contributed to Cotton Ground Rebels’ loss at the hands of defending SKNABA Premier League champions, Development Bank Challengers Exodus basketball team in a Premier League game played…

NABA Playoffs head into Game Three

Sports Page -- The local Nevis Amateur Basketball Association League Playoffs will head into game three on Tuesday 14th July. This is due to the fact that the Bronx Crisis team came back in game two to win over Church Ground Massives. The…

Health Minister urges continued vigilance against ZikV

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- While there are no reported cases of the Zika Virus (ZikV) in the island, the Minster of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson is imploring the public to continue to be vigilant in destroying breeding sites for the Aedes…

Former Dominican attorney general freed for second time

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- A magistrate Monday threw out a case against former attorney general Bernard Wiltshire after indicating that the court had “bent over backwards” to accommodate the prosecution that had been unable to prepare its…

UN chief says world on way to ‘generation free of AIDS’

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the world was headed for a "generation free of AIDS", after UNAIDS reported a 35-percent drop in new HIV infections from 15 years ago. The positive news was also…

White House says Greece deal ‘credible step’

Washington, United States (AFP) -- The White House hailed a bailout deal between the eurozone and Greece on Monday as "a credible step" on the long path to economic growth and debt sustainability in the hard-up country. But Josh Earnest,…