ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) — A tech-savvy US teenager who was prolific on Twitter pleaded guilty yesterday to using social media to aid the Islamic State group, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Ali Shukri Amin, 17, who sent more than 7,000...
FLORIDA, United States (AFP) – Deaths from using synthetic marijuana, or spice, have tripled so far this year and the number of emergency calls to US poison centers have soared, officials said Thursday. From January until May, 15 people were reported dead from synthetic cannabinoid use,...
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The World Bank says the Caribbean and other developing countries face a series of tough challenges in 2015, including the looming prospect of higher borrowing costs ,as they adapt to a new era of low prices for oil and other...
U.S. rapper “The Game” turned himself in to Los Angeles police on Monday after hitting an off-duty officer during a pickup basketball game earlier this year, a police official said. Jayceon Terrell Taylor, a native of Compton, California, surrendered around noon over the March 29 incident...
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. June 9, 2015: Hollywood actor, comedian and writer, turned reggae musician Eddie Murphy has made it on reggae’s top selling annual compilation this summer. Murphy’s ‘Oh Jah, Jah, Jah,’ features on Reggae Gold 2015, which is dubbed as the latest...