More than 1,000 dead after strong Morocco earthquake Barbados Today09/09/20230101 views (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 1,000 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of… Read more
This summer broke the world record for the highest temperature officially recorded Barbados Today06/09/20230295 views GENEVA (AP) — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the… Read more
UK to introduce an ETA form in October Barbados Today06/09/20230222 views Persons travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) will soon have to complete an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) form being introduced by the UK Government beginning October 2023. The Ministry of… Read more
‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76 Barbados Today02/09/2023086 views (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularised beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavoured song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and… Read more
Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on Jan. 6 gets 10 years in prison, then declares, ‘Trump won!’ Barbados Today01/09/2023082 views WASHINGTON (AP) — A former member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group who smashed a window at the U.S. Capitol in the building’s first breach of the Jan. 6, 2021,… Read more
Trump DC trial set for March 2024, in thick of GOP presidential fight Barbados Today28/08/2023086 views (Reuters) – Donald Trump will stand trial in March 2024 for trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat, one day before Republican voters in more than a dozen U.S.… Read more
White shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida hate crime as Washington celebrates King’s dream Barbados Today27/08/20230152 views (AP) — A masked white man carrying at least one weapon bearing a swastika fatally shot three Black people inside a Florida store Saturday in an attack with a clear… Read more
Trump campaign raises $7.1M following historic Georgia mugshot Barbados Today27/08/20230112 views (BBC) — Donald Trump’s election campaign says it has raised $7.1m (£5.6m) since his police mugshot was taken at a prison in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday. Much of the money… Read more
Immigrant advocates welcome NY Governor’s call for work authorisations, support and shelter for Caribbean asylum seekers Barbados Today26/08/20230128 views CMC – Immigration advocates on Friday welcomed New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s call on United States President Joe Biden to take executive action and direct additional federal resources to the… Read more
Former UK neonatal nurse sentenced to life for murder of 7 babies Barbados Today21/08/20230185 views LONDON (AP) — A former neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life… Read more