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Highlighting international sports stars at IU

Highlighting international sports stars at IU

Editor's note: This story was originally published in the International Student Guide 2025, an IDS special publication. With over 6,500 international students, Indiana University’s campus and sports teams have felt the impact from IU’s...

Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025 Troupe to participate in August Monday Parade

- Gov’t inviting young people to join Emancipation Festival Troupe; Registration ends July 18 ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Young people ages 8 to 17 are being invited to take a stand against crime by joining the Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025...

Meeting with OTs Minister was 'engaging & productive'- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Premier of the Virgin Islands, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has reaffirmed the territory's commitment to international cooperation in the fight against illicit finance. Premier Wheatley expressed his...

Bahamas Set to Host U14 Girls International Friendlies vs U.S. Virgin Islands

Bahamas Set to Host U14 Girls International Friendlies vs U.S. Virgin Islands

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Football Association (BFA) will host the U14 Girls International Friendlies between The Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands on July 25 & 26, 2025 at Roscow A.L. Davies Field in Nassau. The event features four matches...

Minister Alexa Lightbourne Visits Jamaica

Minister Alexa Lightbourne Visits Jamaica

Minister of Home Affairs Alexa Lightbourne recently concluded a successful visit to Jamaica, reinforcing Bermuda’s regional leadership at the 49th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting. A Government spokesperson said, “The Minister of Home Affairs,...

What the government evidence list tells us about the unreleased Epstein files

What the government evidence list tells us about the unreleased Epstein files

(NEW YORK) — Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in February released what was then described as the “first phase of the declassified Epstein files.” That initial release — which was delivered to a group of prominent...

IInstitute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean installs new President

IInstitute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean installs new President

PRESIDENTS OF THE professional accounting bodies in the Caribbean. INSET: SIXTO COY, ICAC President 2025-2027 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), said it successfully concluded the 42nd Annual Caribbean Conference, at...

Russian lawmaker says WhatsApp should ‘prepare to leave’ the country

Russian lawmaker says WhatsApp should ‘prepare to leave’ the country

WhatsApp should “prepare to leave the Russian market,” Anton Gorelkin, deputy head of the State Duma’s Information Policy Committee, said on Friday. Gorelkin warned that the Meta-owned messaging app is “very likely” to be added to a list of...

Southwest to serve St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island, beginning in early...

Airline begins adding new destinations to its network for the first time since 2021 DALLAS, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) intends to grow its network in 2026 initially with new service at Cyril E. King...

Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around Oregon state government

Oregon insiders: Who’s who in and around Oregon state government

Published 6:15 pm Thursday, July 17, 2025 OREGON CAPITAL INSIDER - Carpet in the Oregon governor's ceremonial office in the state Capitol in Salem Attorney General Dan Rayfield added a top executive at the Oregon Department of Justice and...

‘May every day be a secret’: As Trump’s name appears on birthday note to Epstein, he threatens WSJ with lawsuit

‘May every day be a secret’: As Trump’s name appears on birthday note to Epstein, he threatens WSJ with lawsuit

In a report published by The Wall Street Journal, a 2003 album created for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday allegedly contained a letter bearing Donald Trump’s name. The album, according to the Journal, was assembled by Ghislaine Maxwell and...

US Virgin Islands stops recreational bird hunting to protect local and migratory species

US Virgin Islands stops recreational bird hunting to protect local and migratory species

The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) in the United States Virgin Islands is taking new steps to protect birds across the territory. On June 4, 2025, Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol announced that no recreational hunting of...

Southwest to launch 1st new destination since 2021, with nonstop US Virgin Islands flights

Southwest to launch 1st new destination since 2021, with nonstop US Virgin Islands flights

Southwest Airlines is expanding in the Caribbean, with plans to serve its first new destination in nearly half a decade. The Dallas-based carrier on Monday announced it will launch nonstop service to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The new...

How to Watch France vs. Germany From Anywhere for Free: Stream UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Soccer

How to Watch France vs. Germany From Anywhere for Free: Stream UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Soccer

In-form France take on eight-time champions Germany in a mouthwatering Women's Euro 2025 quarterfinal clash at St. Jakob-Park Stadium on Saturday. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch this match as it happens,...

Teen charged with murder in killing of paddleboarder in small Maine town

Teen charged with murder in killing of paddleboarder in small Maine town

Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond that is a popular summer destination. The body of Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St. George, was found this...

Cuban minister criticised for saying country has no beggars

A general view shows the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana, Cuba, on August 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Tomas Bravo REUTERS HAVANA, Cuba--Cuba's labour minister denied there are beggars in the poor, Communist-run country in official testimony,...

115 INDIVIDUALS GRANTED BOTC STATUS IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE CEREMONIES

115 INDIVIDUALS GRANTED BOTC STATUS IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE CEREMONIES

115 persons are now British Overseas Territories Citizens following two ceremonies held at Government House on June 16 and 17. During the ceremonies, the newly naturalised individuals heard congratulatory remarks from His Excellency the Governor,...

States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices

States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices

More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person's brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person's health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning....

Virgin Islands Veterans Now Eligible for Mainland Medical Travel Reimbursement Under New Law

Virgin Islands Veterans Now Eligible for Mainland Medical Travel Reimbursement Under New Law

Eligible veterans residing in the Virgin Islands can now receive full reimbursement for up to two medically related trips to VA facilities on the U.S. mainland or Puerto Rico each year, following the enactment of Act 8991, signed into law on June...

Closest national parks to Phoenix

Closest national parks to Phoenix

ronnybas frimages // Shutterstock Closest national parks to Phoenix Approximately 331 million people visited American national parks in 2024, representing a 2% year-over-year growth and the fourth straight year of growth. President Woodrow Wilson...

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