Ecuador earthquake: 77 killed, hundreds injured
(CNN) A major earthquake hit Ecuador's central coast, killing at least 77 people as it buckled homes and knocked out power in a...
Another close call
Russia denies wrongdoing after jet barrel-rolls over U.S. aircraft
Washington (CNN) - A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane was barrel-rolled by a Russian jet over...
Japan earthquake: Rescuers in ‘race against time’ as storm hits
Update from BBC:
Rescuers are in a "race against time" to find survivors of a powerful earthquake amid forecasts of heavy rain and cold overnight,...
New earthquake rocks Japan
Reprinted from the BBC
A powerful earthquake has struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least...
Slain cricketer’s family hoping to pull Gayle for memorial game
The family of slain cricketer, Adrian St John, hope to have West Indies superstar Chris Gayle available to play in a memorial match, which...
U.S. cautions Caribbean countries offering economic citizenship
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New figures confirm EU has kept place as world’s leading aid donor in 2015
The European Union and its Member States have once again kept their place as the world's leading aid donor, providing more than half of...
Plane turned around for couple to visit dying grandson
(BBC) A pilot allowed an elderly couple to get off a plane moments before take-off so they could visit their dying grandson in hospital.
They...
‘Longest-ever’ captured python dies in Malaysia
A giant python found on a Malaysian building site, that may be the longest ever caught, has died, officials say. The estimated eight-metre long...
Canada emergency over suicide attempts
(BBC) - An indigenous community in northern Canada has declared a state of emergency after 11 people attempted to take their own lives in...
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The British Chamber of Commerce in Guyana...
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