World/Local News

The history of Harlem, the troubled inner-city New York neighbourhood, is often overshadowed by its poverty, drug crime and social problems. But Sheryl Ragland’s Promise Academy II is no ordinary school. While other public schools […] […]

Several people have been taken into custody over an alleged plot to kill Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani. Police said the suspects claimed to be getting orders from a militant in the country’s volatile […] […]

Couples will be able to get married at McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong from next year. McDonald’s says it has decided to offer the service because of public demand. The idea first came about after […] […]

North Korea’s media on Saturday threatened a “1,000-fold” military buildup as the United States ruled out lifting sanctions to try to coax Pyongyang into resuming talks aimed at its nuclear weapons programs. Last year, North […] […]

THE US Government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online access if people don’t fix the […] […]

NEW YORK, USA — Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s announcement of a commission of enquiry into the Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke/Manatt, Phelps & Phillips issue has resonated well with Jamaican nationals living here. Individuals and organisations with […] […]

Awaits outcome of immigration bond application AFTER spending the last 10 months behind bars in the US, an eager Buju Banton said after being offered bail yesterday that he can’t wait to sleep in his […] […]

THE first three of Chile’s rescued miners left hospital yesterday as details emerged of violent clashes between the men during their 70-day ordeal. The miners began their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes and got […] […]

LONDON—U.S. Gen. David Petraeus has confirmed that NATO has provided safe passage for top Taliban leaders to travel to Kabul for face-to-face negotiations with the American-backed Afghan government. Petraeus declined to provide details of the […] […]

RISING SUN, Ind.—An Indiana teenager who admitted he strangled his 10-year-old brother and told police he identified with a fictional TV serial killer will find out Friday how long he’ll spend behind bars. Andrew Conley, […] […]