UK – Assange arrested Barbados Today11/04/20190389 views LONDON – British police entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Thursday, forcibly removing the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on a US extradition warrant and bringing his seven-year stint there… Read more
USA – ‘Dangerous storm’ Barbados Today11/04/20190423 views Blizzard warnings were posted from Colorado to Minnesota on Wednesday and wildfires were a concern in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma as the second so-called “bomb cyclone” storm in less… Read more
USA – Barbadian grandmother slain in triple shooting in Boston Barbados Today07/04/201934595 views SOURCE: Boston Herald – A grandmother from Barbados is dead and two other victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a triple shooting on Mattapan Street late Saturday afternoon, Boston police said.… Read more
UK’s May concedes Brexit deal won’t pass ‘in near future’ Barbados Today06/04/20192266 views THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – British Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged that the government’s strategies to get her Brexit deal approved in Parliament failed, saying there’s little prospect lawmakers will… Read more
Iran floods: Fresh evacuations with more rain forecast Barbados Today06/04/20192618 views BBC – Flood-hit Iran is evacuating more towns and villages, with further rain expected on Saturday. Three weeks of heavy rainfall have left much of the country submerged and cost… Read more
WORLD – Mental health tests for New Zealand attack suspect Barbados Today04/04/201910314 views CHRISTCHURCH – The man accused of killing 50 people in last month’s attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has been ordered to undergo mental health tests. Australian Brenton Tarrant,… Read more
UK: Four people hurt in ‘random attacks’ Barbados Today31/03/20190285 views BBC – Four people have been stabbed in a spate of “cowardly and senseless” attacks in north London that police believe could be linked. Over a period of nearly 10… Read more
Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘did not conspire with Russia’ Barbados Today24/03/201922326 views BBC – President Trump’s campaign “did not conspire” with Russia during the 2016 election campaign, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report says. A summary of Mr Mueller’s report released on Sunday… Read more
Ethiopian Airlines: ‘Clear similarities’ with Indonesia crash Barbados Today17/03/20192374 views BBC – Flight data from the Ethiopian Airlines disaster a week ago suggest “clear similarities” with a crash off Indonesia last October, Ethiopia’s transport minister has said. Both planes were… Read more
Man charged with mosque murders in Christchurch had white supremacist symbols on guns Barbados Today16/03/201936322 views Sky News – A 28-year-old Australian man has been charged with murder after a terror attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand left 49 people killed. Brenton Tarrant, handcuffed… Read more