Madrid gets Chelsea, City to meet Bayern in Champions League Barbados Today17/03/20230388 views SOURCE: (AP) — Real Madrid’s path to another Champions League title will have to go through Chelsea in the quarterfinals for the second straight year. Friday’s draw takes Madrid coach… Read more
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Freezing weather adds to despair as quake toll passes 22,000 Barbados Today10/02/20230305 views SOURCE: BBC – More than 22,000 people are now known to have died in Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria – though the UN warns the disaster’s full extent is… Read more
Ghana soccer player Atsu’s well-being, whereabouts unknown Barbados Today09/02/20230453 views SOURCE: AP – Ghana international soccer player Christian Atsu is missing after the earthquake in Turkey, his club and agent said Thursday, following earlier reports he was rescued from the… Read more
WORLD – Europe reaches deal for price cap on Russian diesel Barbados Today04/02/20230284 views BRUSSELS – European Union governments tentatively agreed Friday to set a $100-per-barrel price cap on sales of Russian diesel to coincide with an EU embargo on the fuel — steps… Read more
Pope says homosexuality not a crime Barbados Today25/01/20230292 views SOURCE: AP — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the… Read more
World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118 Barbados Today18/01/20230325 views SOURCE: AP — A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person but had been reportedly growing weary of the burdens of age has died a few… Read more
No summer break: 35 million in EU can’t afford holidays Barbados Today02/08/20210457 views ASSOCIATED PRESS: The majority of low-income families in the European Union can’t afford a summer holiday, according to a study by the the European Trade Union Confederation. The organization, which… Read more
WORLD: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective Barbados Today23/11/20200420 views SOURCE: BBC- The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 symptoms, a large trial shows. Interim data suggests 70% protection, but… Read more
Paris ‘gas explosion’ kills three in city centre Barbados Today12/01/20192573 views BBC – Two firefighters and a Spanish woman have been killed after a huge blast at a bakery in France’s capital, Paris. The emergency services were responding to a gas… Read more
German mass data attack ‘known for weeks’ by cyber officials Barbados Today05/01/20191733 views BBC – Germany’s cybersecurity authorities have been criticised after it emerged they knew about a mass data attack on hundreds of politicians for weeks, but did not tell the police.… Read more