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December 12, 2025
Trinidad secures US permission to negotiate gas deal with Venezuela
The United States has granted Trinidad & Tobago permission to negotiate a gas deal with neighbouring Venezuela without facing any US sanctions, the Caribbean nation’s attorney general has said.…
December 12, 2025
AI chipmaker Nvidia becomes first US$5-trillion company
Nvidia has become the first US$5-trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the US$4-trillion barrier. Hitting the new benchmark puts more…
December 12, 2025
EFresh weathers Melissa, aiming for new growth
Food distributor Everything Fresh Limited confirmed that its operations are intact post-hurricane, albeit that its plant at Bog Walk in St Catherine has to be operating on generator power. “There has…
December 12, 2025
Haiti transitional government adopts key law to hold general election
Haiti’s transitional presidential council has backed an electoral law in the latest step towards holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade. The approval late Monday means that…
December 12, 2025
Police pull over a self-driving Waymo for illegal U-turn, but can’t ticket
Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket.…
December 12, 2025
IMF more upbeat about global growth
The United States and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration’s tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International…
December 12, 2025
ECB leaves key rate unchanged as businesses weather US tariffs
The European Central Bank, ECB, left its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday as inflation remains under control and European businesses weather the impact of higher American tariffs better than…
December 12, 2025
Most major US airports among 40 to cut flights amid government shutdown
Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among 40 of the busiest across the United States where flights will be cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list…
December 12, 2025
AI’s impact could worsen gaps between world’s rich and poor, says UN report
Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world. A new report by…