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The US is to start charging UK travellers nearly £10 to apply for permission to enter the country. From September 8, people will have to pay 14 dollars (£9) to use the compulsory Electronic System […] […]

CNN changed the media landscape by becoming the first network to provide 24-hour rolling news. Now it’s the victim of another revolution. The place was the Al-Rashid hotel in downtown Baghdad. The year was 1991. […] […]

GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen says Jamaica is still faced with many daunting prospects, among them the global economic situation which continues to haunt the nation, which today celebrates the 48th anniversary of independence. But […] […]

By Sandra: MY GRIPE Today marked the 48 anniversary of Jamaica independence, and will no doubt be celebrated in Jamaica and around the world. As we celebrate Jamaica independence let us not forget the people […] […]

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands—Fashion icon Naomi Campbell countered allegations that former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor gave her a fistful of diamonds as a flirtatious gift, telling his war crimes trial Thursday that a pouch of “very small, […] […]

In a ruling that could have broad ramifications for workers who sue employers for age bias, the California Supreme Court has cleared the way for a former Google executive who was fired to move forward […] […]

THE Iranian lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery has fled to Turkey. There he was arrested and has applied for asylum. Back in Tehran, Mohammed Mostafaei’s wife, Fereshteh Halimi, […] […]

SCHOOL dinners for thousands of pupils in Britain will contain only halal meat from next month. The move comes despite anger from parents who are opposed to the religious slaughter of animals Meat from animals […] […]

Prince Andrew’s home was raided by a masked gang while he was on holiday with the Queen in Scotland. But the prince has not let the attack on the Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, […] […]

SEVEN puppies have died after flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet. American said it contacted the shipper who put the puppies on a Tuesday morning (local time) flight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, […] […]