Gayle force continues to deliver Somerset win

Cricinfo -- Chris Gayle took his run tally in three NatWest T20 Blast innings for Somerset to 328 as his side beat Hampshire by eight wickets in front of a sell-out 6,500 Taunton crowd. The hosts reached a modest target of 168 with nine…

Drone is latest weapon against cheating on China school exam

Beijing (AP) -- The latest weapon in the fight against cheating on China's all-important college entrance exam is a six-propeller drone. The contraption flew over two testing centers in Luoyang city in central China's Henan province to…

Mexico’s ruling party wins Congress election: official

Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's party won congressional elections on Sunday, retaining its simple majority despite protests and falling approval ratings, according to preliminary results. The…

Illegal J’can, Haitian migrants detained in Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- Bahamian officials say they have intercepted a small speed boat with three "irregular" Haitian migrants on Sunday, bringing to eight the number of illegal migrants apprehended over the weekend. The authorities said…

Lisa Hanna involved in car collision, no serious injuries

Kingston, Jamaica -- Reports have reached OBSERVER ONLINE that the Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna was involved in a three-vehicle collision last night along Highway 2000. A police source told the Observer that Hanna was…

Call for national unity alliance in Saint Lucia

Castries, St Lucia -- Following the success of such coalitions in Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, two senior members of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) have called for a similar national unity alliance in Saint Lucia.…

Caribbean media group connected to FIFA money laundering

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The Trinidad Express has reported that a director of its ultimate parent company, One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM), is the owner of a Trinidad-based business that laundered money through black market currency…