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  • England to tour West Indies in February

    England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

  • Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team

    World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in world athletics. The Grenadian quarter-miler has identified three of the country's overseas-based athletes who he believes can form a quartet with himself to compete against the best in the world, reports CMC. They include Rondell Bartholomew who has ...

  • In Bahamas US Embassy issues crime warning for Americans in islands capital

    NASSAU, Bahamas - The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast. A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and travelling to the islands to be on heightened alert to avoid being a crime victim. It says "armed robbery remains a major threat" facing Americans in ...

  • US Warns of Armed Robbery Threat in Bahamas

    NASSAU, Bahamas -- The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east ...

  • NYPD hunts gunman in fatal bus shooting

    New York police said they were looking for an unidentified gunman who shot and killed a teenage girl Saturday as she boarded a city bus in Queens. The 14-year-old victim was on her way home from a birthday party at a neighborhood club when someone on the sidewalk opened fire on the bus at a stop in the Jamaica section of the borough. The girl, whose name was not released, was struck in the ...

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Sunshine

Sunshine

The title of Sunshine, a sci-fi thriller that marks the third collaboration of director Danny Boyle, writer Alex Garland, and producer Andrew Macdonald, is wonderfully misleading. The word sunshine suggests warmth, happiness, and comfort, but throughout the film it is intense, all-consu ... ...

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  • Orlando native heading to Haiti to make a difference

    As senior vice president of convention sales and services at Visit Orlando, Tammi Runzler would seem to have it all. But she's leaving it all behind to head to ...

  • Three killed three injured in Puerto Rico shooting

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three people have been killed and three others injured during a shooting at a gas station in Puerto Rico.Police say several men opened fire on the group early Saturday in the eastern town of Las Piedras. It is unclear what prompted the shooting.The U.S. territory had already seen five similar shootings reported this year in which at least three people ...

  • Sea turtles make comeback in Caribbean

    The number of leatherbacks on this tropical beach in Trinidad has rebounded in spectacular fashion, with some 500 female turtles nesting each night during the peak season in May and ...

  • Puerto Rico rally to beat Cuba at Beilun womens volleyball tournament

    Puerto Rico staged a spirited comeback to beat Cuba in a dramatic five-setter (25-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-11) at the Beilun International Women's Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday.Yoana Mendoza Palacio and Ana Yilian Cleger each scored 22 points for Cuba. Karina Ocasio led Puerto Rico with 19 points, while Yarimar Rosa added 18.With 2-0 ahead in sets, the Cubans loosened in ...

  • Resolution of Cuba’s debt problem to boost its financial investment rating

    MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - The entry into force of the agreement on the settlement of Cuba’s debt will boost its financial and investment rating, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko said upon arrival in Moscow on Saturday, May 18, after a visit to ...

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