Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC) is to receive an additional 100 buses in July. Vaz, who is attending the inaugural Caribbean Spectrum Management Conference being held in Montego Bay, St James, told...
The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has been barred by a Supreme Court order from convening its July 10 annual general meeting to select its next president. Justice Tracy-Ann Johnson ordered today that the injunction must remain in force until...
Two people are dead and at least five others have been rushed to hospital after a taxi transporting students slammed into a parked truck near Blueberry Hill in Buff Bay, Portland, on Tuesday. A police source told The Gleaner that the incident...
Career-diplomat Julia Hyatt has been appointed to head Jamaica's diplomatic mission in Mexico City. The new ambassador-designate to Mexico was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, in a...
Minister of Transport and Member of Parliament for Portland Western, Daryl Vaz, is bemoaning the deaths of two Titchfield High School students in a traffic crash in the parish on Tuesday afternoon. They died after a blue Toyota Picnic...
Les préparatifs de la grande journée de cohésion des écoles primaires ont débuté aux Marquises. Ce «Matavaa des écoles» aura lieu le 27 juin prochain.
The 8.5ft-tall oil on canvas by Jonathan Yeo was revealed to the public and the Royal family at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace today.
Armed officers swarmed on a north London neighbourhood this evening after a woman in her 30s was shot in the leg near Reizel Close, Stamford Hill at about 7.40pm.
The couple, who left Abuja yesterday following a three-day visit, were pictured being whisked away by a car at Los Angeles International Airport's 'Private Suites' facility.
ChrysCapital invests $100 million in New Delhi's Centre For Sight (CFS), acquiring 30.8% stake from Mahindra Holdings. Founded by Dr Mahipal S Sachdev in 1996, CFS has 83 centres in 15 states including Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Telangana.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western leaders have refused to respect “civilizational and cultural diversity” Read Full Article at RT.com
The Russian President pointed out that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS group «have well established themselves as key pillars of the emerging multipolar world order»
Trade relations between Moscow and Beijing are developing at a fast pace, the Russian President noted
The city’s Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev noted that there had been no reports of damage to civilian infrastructure
Moscow prioritizes increasing people’s well-being in terms of economic development, the Russian President said in an interview with the Chinese news agency Xinhua
Little Ditebogo Phalane Jr was gunned down outside his home in Soshanguve, near Pretoria, South Africa, on May 10.
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The casualties in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse in Mumbai rose to 14, with 74 injured. Bhavesh Bhinde, responsible for the hoarding, faces charges for negligence. Investigations revealed unauthorized installation and non-compliance. The NDRF is leading rescue operations to recover bodies.
According to US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, an Indian astronaut would most likely travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on an American mission this year. The US envoy also stated that the joint Indo-US satellite NISAR, which is regarded the world's most expensive satellite, will be launched before the end of the year.
Punjab Police's AGTF dismantles a terror module in Chandigarh led by a foreign mastermind. Four members, including Gurwinder Singh (Shera), Gurpreet Singh, Ranjit Singh (Sonu), and Jagjit Singh (Jashan) were apprehended with pistols, cartridges, and a Mahindra Scorpio car. Shera, previously arrested in 2022, was instructed by mastermind Iqbalpreet Singh (Buchi) to plan target killings in Punjab.
Piyali Das of BJP Mahila Morcha was sent to judicial custody by Basirhat court after surrendering to obtain bail following a complaint from a 'rape survivor'. The action is seen as part of the ongoing tensions between BJP and Trinamool in Sandeshkhali, related to the Sandeshkhali Movement.
S Jaishankar defends India's Chabahar port agreement with Iran amid US sanctions warning. India and Iran seal a 10-year deal with IPGL committing $370 million for infrastructure development, aiming to transform Chabahar into a dynamic regional hub for trade transit.
The accused in Singapore’s $3 billion money laundering case who faced the most number of charges has also forfeited the most amount of assets seized to the state. Vang Shuiming, 43, was sentenced to 13 months and six weeks’ jail after pleading guilty on May 14 to two counts of money laundering and one count of submitting a forged document to a bank. Nineteen other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. Vang agreed to forfeit about $180 million of the more than $199 million worth of assets, cash, vehicles, properties and luxury items belonging to him and his wife which were seized by the police. This is the highest amount forfeited by an accused person in this case, so far. Five others convicted had forfeited between $5.9 million and $165 million in assets. Vang forfeited about $122 million in bank, portfolio and wealth accounts, 15 properties worth $29.6 million in total, and three luxury cars – a Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Toyota Alphard and a Bentley Flying Spur – worth $3.38 million in all.
The UK cannot imagine any agreement between Russia and Ukraine and opposes any concessions on Kiev’s part, Grant Chapps has said Read Full Article at RT.com
France has announced additional military aid to Ukraine as President Emmanuel Macron vows to provide “all the necessary support” Read Full Article at RT.com
The EU wants Israel to stop the settlers in the West Bank from attacking and disrupting the deliveries of humanitarian aid to Gaza Read Full Article at RT.com
Israel has pegged the civilian death toll in Gaza at 16,000, saying Hamas vastly overestimated the casualties Read Full Article at RT.com
Minneapolis (HOL) — A recently surfaced video captures a violent shooting incident in Dinkytown, near the University of Minnesota campus, that occurred shortly after midnight on Monday, May 6. The video, which seems to have been recorded by one of the assailants, shows a young man retreating as he is taunted and threatened by a group of teens, moments before gunfire erupts.
Saskatchewan RCMP have revealed that a historic sexual assault investigation has led to the discovery of alleged crimes against children dating back to 2005.