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Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020

Trump blasts 'prophets of doom' in attack on climate activism

Trump blasts 'prophets of doom' in attack on climate activism

Trump blasts 'prophets of doom' in attack on climate activism

Comment came as Greta Thunberg demanded immediate action in Davos

Project Teams Discuss Border Management System

Project Teams Discuss Border Management System

Immigration Department and Canadian Bank Note (CBN) project teams are pictured as they met on Wednesday, January 15 to discuss the best way forward in the implementation of the Border Management and Electronic Visa System at entry ports ...

Prison educator takes on role of mom, sister, confidant to dispirited inmates

Prison educator takes on role of mom, sister, confidant to dispirited inmates

When Annie Codner-White stands before her classroom of convicts in a small cottage at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, unfamiliar outsiders might only reasonably see a ‘teacher’. But the inmates under her pedagogy see something more.

Alvera Maduro-Caines joins the VIP!

Alvera Maduro-Caines joins the VIP!

Opposition legislator Alvera Maduro-Caines has joined the governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP). Maduro-Caines -who is a longstanding member of the National.

Recently-refurbished basketball court in West End vandalised

Recently-refurbished basketball court in West End vandalised

Premier Andrew Fahie has condemned the vandals who defaced the West End basketball court not long after it was refurbished.

UN report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work

UN report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work

Study also shows global unemployment due to rise for the first time in a decade

Angola vows to force return of Isabel dos Santos by 'all possible means'

Angola vows to force return of Isabel dos Santos by 'all possible means'

Pledge comes as former ruler’s daughter denounces Luanda Leaks investigation

Apple CEO calls for global corporate tax system overhaul

Apple CEO calls for global corporate tax system overhaul

Though it's one of the world's largest beneficiaries of favorable Irish tax minimization strategies, Apple is now calling for reform of the global loophole.

Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card

Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card

Technology giant Amazon is working to allow customers to connect their credit card information to their hands, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Quote of the Day

Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.
Jeffrey Zeldman

Drone footage shows massive dust storm sweeping across central New South Wales

Drone footage shows massive dust storm sweeping across central New South Wales

Drone footage shows massive dust storm sweeping across central New South Wales

Drone footage over the central New South Wales town of Parkes has captured a huge wall of dust moving across the landscape. Damaging winds produced by thunderstorms across the state whipped up the dust storms, turning daytime into night ...

Well that’s one way to close a door

At list at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$1.5M touchless car wash & gas station opens this week

$1.5M touchless car wash & gas station opens this week

$1.5M touchless car wash & gas station opens this week

$1.5M touchless car wash & gas station opens this week

The Virgin Islands (VI) branch of Petrus Plaza, a highly anticipated Belonger owned touchless drive-thru car wash and gas station is said to be opening by the end of this new week.

Also in UK: Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession

Also in UK: Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession

Sixty-three cases were reported to solicitors’ governing body last year, figures show

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

Nepal has its rugged terrain to thank for being saved from enforced Western ‘civilisation’. The king of Thailand played a clever diplomatic game to keep his nation from foreign domination

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

The New York-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the documents relating to the former Angola president’s daughter. Isabel dos Santos claims they are part of a groundless political vendetta

The complex ties between mothers and their domestic helpers

The complex ties between mothers and their domestic helpers

The complex ties between mothers and their domestic helpers

Megan K. Stack’s memoir Women’s Work takes an unflinching look at the relationship between an expat journalist and the Asian migrant women who helped raise her children.

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

.Top social media influencers are being propositioned daily by strangers with offers of thousands of pounds in return for sex, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. One said social media had become "a catalogue" for men to sel...

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Children as young as 14 can easily buy class A drugs using Snapchat, a BBC investigation has found.

A Kidnapped Teen Was Rescued After Using Snapchat To Tell Her Friends Where To Find Her

A Kidnapped Teen Was Rescued After Using Snapchat To Tell Her Friends Where To Find Her

A Kidnapped Teen Was Rescued After Using Snapchat To Tell Her Friends Where To Find Her

Police arrested three men in connection with the kidnapping and assault of the 14-year-old girl.

Waive taxes for USVI visitors coming for Sunday's horse races

Waive taxes for USVI visitors coming for Sunday's horse races

President of the BVI Horse Owners Association, Lesmore Smith, wants the taxes to enter the BVI to be waived for horseracing fans from the US Virgin Islands who are attending the upcoming races on Tortola.

New technology: Are we trading our privacy for convenience?

New technology: Are we trading our privacy for convenience?

How the same devices we happily carry in our pockets are being weaponised against us.

TOI 700 d: Earth-sized planet found relatively nearby

TOI 700 d: Earth-sized planet found relatively nearby

TESS discovers Earth-sized world orbiting a star about 100 light years from Earth, NASA announces.

Yes, the UK media’s coverage of Meghan Markle really is racist

Yes, the UK media’s coverage of Meghan Markle really is racist

The UK press’s continued denial of racism just shows how entrenched these attitudes are.

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

9 habits that can instantly destroy your reputation, according to these self-made millionaires

As billionaire Warren Buffett once said, "It takes 20 years to build a reputation, and five minutes to ruin it."

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