[caption id="attachment_15537" align="alignright" width="300"] Trinidad’s 2016 local government electoral map.[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- A nail biting finish to the 2016 local government elections in Trinidad and Tobago saw the People’s National Movement (PNM) government clinching a victory amid losing several districts in a few...
[caption id="attachment_15533" align="alignleft" width="300"] VERBANIA, Italy - This file photo taken on May 14, 2016 shows Emma Morano, 116, posing for an AFP photographer in Verbania, North Italy. An alert and chatty Italian woman, Morano yesterday celebrated her 117th birthday as the last known person...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) —President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified “consequences”, such as jail or a loss of citizenship — a move that was ruled out by the Supreme Court nearly three decades ago. Trump took to...
[caption id="attachment_15528" align="alignleft" width="300"] Rescue and forensic teams recover the bodies of victims of the LAMIA airlines charter that crashed in the mountains of Cerro Gordo, municipality of La Union, Colombia, on November 29, 2016 carrying members of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense Real.[/caption] LA UNION,...
TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Hoping to avoid last-minute financial pressures, Japanese officials said Wednesday they are determined to keep total costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games below 2 trillion yen (US$18 billion) after a three-day debriefing from organisers of the Rio de Janeiro Games. Rio...