ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) — A tech-savvy US teenager who was prolific on Twitter pleaded guilty yesterday to using social media to aid the Islamic State group, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Ali Shukri Amin, 17, who sent more than 7,000...
FLORIDA, United States (AFP) – Deaths from using synthetic marijuana, or spice, have tripled so far this year and the number of emergency calls to US poison centers have soared, officials said Thursday. From January until May, 15 people were reported dead from synthetic cannabinoid use,...
[caption id="attachment_6058" align="alignleft" width="300"] Australia's Steve Smith reacts after scoring 100 runs, on the first day of the second cricket Test between Australia and the West Indies. (Photo: AFP)[/caption] KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Australia, sent in to bat by West Indies, reached 258 four at the...
Japan is giving $2 million in aid funding to the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, the country’s government announced this week. The funding comes as the result of the signing of an agreement between the two countries. Foreign Minister Camillo Gonsalves made the disclosure during...
[caption id="attachment_6052" align="alignleft" width="300"] Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Xiao Jianhua, Ambassador-at-Large for Antigua and Barbuda[/caption] ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, Friday June 12, 2015 – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has appointed Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua Ambassador-at-Large for Antigua and Barbuda. In presenting the Letter of Appointment...