Daily Archives: Jan 10, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians massed in central Tehran on Tuesday for the funeral of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential figurehead of the Islamic Republic whose pragmatism led to a rift with Iran's supreme leader.

A Chinese H-6 strategic bomber flew around the Spratly Islands at the weekend in a new show of force in the contested South China Sea, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community's report concluding that Russia orchestrated hacks during the 2016 presidential campaign was based on a mix of human sources, collection of technical data and open-source information.

Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State fighters back further in Mosul on Tuesday in a renewed effort to seize the northern city and deal a decisive blow to the militant group, though progress was slow in some districts, the army said.

The Dialysis Unit of the MSJMC is expected to benefit from two injections totalling $4.5 million.

The members of at least one stakeholder group in the cruise tourism industry were smiling broadly, yesterday, as Antigua & Barbuda welcomed 13,000 passengers from several vessels.

The new year is off to a bright start for some carnival stakeholders who were waiting to receive their monetary prizes for the 2016 summer festival.

Digicel has submitted an application for its planned 5 per cent increase for postpaid mobile services, but it is unclear if the measure will be approved in time for the February 1 launch date, Minister of Telecommunications Melford Nicholas said after Monday’s Throne Speech.

The minister of agriculture has listed more storage space for farmers, boosting the availability of local meat, and peanut production as his areas of concentration for 2017.

It took almost a three month wait, however, the winners of the 2016 Independence essay competition were all smiles yesterday as they walked away richer and happier following their successful submissions.