Tue | Jul 28, 2026

Search

Jamaica Gleaner

World News

Warrants issued for 42 journalists, 13,000 detained

Published:Monday | July 25, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ANKARA (AP):Turkish authorities issued warrants yesterday for the detention of 42 journalists and took 31 academics into custody, official media reported, as the government pressed ahead with a...

New Zealand gov't to invest US$20m towards ridding country of rats

Published:Monday | July 25, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): Their abilities to travel, multiply and spread disease have always made rats one of mankind's greatest pests. New Zealand says it's time to wipe them out. Every last one of them. Prime Minister John Key on...

Verizon buys Yahoo for US$4.83B

Published:Monday | July 25, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP): Verizon is buying Yahoo for US$4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the Internet. It is the second time in as many years that Verizon has snapped up the remnants of a fallen Internet star as it...

Munich attacker planned shooting for a year

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MUNICH (AP)The teenager behind the deadly shooting rampage at a Munich mall had planned his attack for a year and chose his victims at random, investigators said Sunday.Bavarian investigator Robert...

Afghanistan marks national day of mourning

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 10:10 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)Afghanistan marked a national day of mourning on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 80 people who were taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Kabul. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group....

Ferguson wounds still fresh

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)It has been two years since a white police officer fatally shot black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, touching off days of rioting.But the political repercussions from the incident...

Day of marches before Democratic National Convention

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP)Police officers were posted at street corners in downtown Philadelphia as the first protesters hit the city's sweltering streets yesterday ahead of the Democratic National...

On their convention's eve, Democrats bedeviled anew by email

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- On the heels of a tumultuous Republican convention, Hillary Clinton arrives in Philadelphia eager to show off a forward-looking Democratic Party united behind her steady leadership. To do that, she must overcome lingering...

Cops, protesters gear up for hot day of marches ahead of DNC in Philadelphia

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police officers are posted at street corners in downtown Philadelphia as protesters prepare for a sweltering day of marches and rallies ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Several Sunday demonstrations are planned,...

Trump vs. Clinton: Is a 2017 'peaceful transfer' possible?

Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ATLANTA (AP) -- Hillary Clinton should be in jail. Donald Trump threatens America's very existence. These are not fringe opinions. They are widespread views across the nation's bitter political divide. That means that on Nov. 9, the morning...

Alarm bells due to slippage in AIDS response in the Caribbean

Published:Saturday | July 23, 2016 | 12:00 AM

"Complacency is largely responsible for the slippage in the AIDS response in the Caribbean".This is the view of the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean, Dr Edward Greene, who was speaking from Durban, South Africa...

Death toll from flood rains reaches 154 and climbing

Published:Saturday | July 23, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP):Torrential rains that swept through China have killed at least 154 people and left 124 missing, officials said yesterday.Most of the casualties were reported from a northern province where villagers complained about lack of warning...

President declares day of mourning after bomb attack

Published:Saturday | July 23, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Kabul (AP):Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has declared today a day of national mourning, after at least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a peaceful demonstration in the capital, Kabul.In a live television...

More than 2,250 institutions seized in post-coup crackdown

Published:Saturday | July 23, 2016 | 1:03 PM

ISTANBUL (AP):In a new tactic against suspected coup plotters, Turkey yesterday announced it had seized more than 2,250 social, educational or health care institutions and facilities that it claimed pose a threat to national security.The health...

Warner settles out of court with former Cabinet colleague

Published:Saturday | July 23, 2016 | 1:11 PM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Former government minister Austin "Jack" Warner has agreed to pay a significant sum of money to his one-time colleague, Suruj Rambachan to settle a defamation lawsuit.The details of the agreement were not made public, but Justice...

Manhunt underway for mall shooter in Munich, Berlin

Published:Friday | July 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP): A manhunt is underway for a shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich, killing and wounding several people, a Munich police spokeswoman says. Munich police spokeswoman Claudia Kuenzel told The Associated Press...

10 arrested in alleged Rio Olympics terror plot

Published:Thursday | July 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Brazilian police arrested 10 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on social media and discussed possible attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, officials said Thursday. Justice Minister...

Boris Johnson not sorry about insults

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson refused to apologise yesterday for the withering one-liners he has made about world leaders in the past. He however won the support of Britain's closest ally as the country...

Melania Trump 'quotes' dominate social media after speech

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 12:56 PM

Parts of Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech and the Gettysburg Address are among the quotes mockingly attributed to Melania Trump on social media after her speech to the Republican National Convention Monday under #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes...

Turkey's ambassador warns Greece over military personnel

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Turkey's ambassador to Greece said yesterday that Turkish public opinion is closely watching the case of eight Turkish military personnel who flew to Greece aboard a helicopter during last...

Elephants find new home with massive relocation

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilised by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by truck and crane, to a sanctuary for...

#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes dominate social media after Convention speech

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Social media outlets lit up Tuesday with jokes surrounding the Melania Trump plagiarism allegations, as people mockingly attributed to Mrs Trump such famous lines as Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' and parts of the Gettysburg...

Tulsa officer fatally shoots man who threw screwdriver

Published:Monday | July 18, 2016 | 12:00 AM

TULSA, Oklahoma (AP):Police in Tulsa have released the names of an officer who fatally shot a man who threw a screwdriver at him and of the man who was killed.Police said yesterday that Officer...

Goat drowns trying to escape Alaska crowds taking its photo

Published:Monday | July 18, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SEWARD, Alaska (AP):A mountain goat in Alaska jumped into the ocean to get away from crowds snapping its picture, and the animal drowned when it couldn't get back to land because of the crush of...

Tensions with West rise as gov't continues purge

Published:Monday | July 18, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP):The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions yesterday between Turkey and the West, with the United States and European officials urging restraint, while Ankara insisted Washington extradite an...

Pages