Daily Archives: Sep 11, 2018

ROSEAU, Dominica, Sept 11, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday urged citizens to be “fully prepared’” as Dominica was placed on a hurricane watch despite Hurricane Isaac being downgraded to a strong tropical storm.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sep 11, CMC – A 55-year-old man, charged with threatening to kill a former attorney general, has been released on US$10,000 bail.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will meet on Thursday with U.S. Catholic Church leaders who want to discuss the fallout from a scandal involving a former American cardinal and demands from an archbishop that the pontiff step down.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran shares the United Nations’ concern about a potential humanitarian catastrophe in Syria’s Idlib province and will seek to avert it, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, special assistant to Iran’s foreign minister, told reporters on Tuesday.

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 120 at a demonstration on Tuesday on the highway between the eastern city of Jalalabad and the main border crossing into neighboring Pakistan, officials said.

The U.S. Open finals umpire whom Serena Williams called “a thief” has been defended by tennis’ governing body.

A Shimron Hetmyer half-century and a stunning cameo from Man-of-the-Match, Sherfane Rutherford, fired Guyana Amazon Warriors to a commanding six-wicket win over reigning champions, Trinbago Knight Riders, in the final preliminary round match of the Caribbean Premier League here Sunday night.

England’s Justin Rose has become world number one for the first time after finishing in second place at the BMW Championship in Philadelphia.

Players will have the final say on plans to play Girona’s ‘home’ match against Barcelona in Miami, according to the Spanish players’ union (AFE).