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December 19, 2025
by Raymond Graham
Top high school netballers clash for all-island supremacy
The 2025 champions of high school netball will be crowned today when the all-island finals take place at G. C. Foster College. Urban champions Wolmer’s Girls, the defending junior title holders, will…
December 19, 2025
Japan exports climbed in November
Japan’s exports climbed 6.0 per cent in November from a year earlier, with shipments to the United States rising for the first time since March as uncertainties over tariffs abated following a trade…
December 19, 2025
How a Trump Media US$1 billion deal with crypto firm exposes potential conflict of interest
Crypto.com was under siege. For more than a year, the firm had been investigated by President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration, part of an aggressive push to regulate the largely unregulated…
December 19, 2025
Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media…
December 19, 2025
Blue Power plans fourth-quarter ‘turnaround’
Blue Power Group, a leading soap maker, has announced a turnaround plan aimed at restoring growth and profitability after being hurt by Hurricane Melissa and the imposition of duties on raw materials.…
December 19, 2025
Latham, Conway humble WI on day of dominance
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC): A green-tinged Bay Oval strip at Mount Maunganui promised a bowler’s paradise. Still, by stumps on Day One, it was the site of a West Indian nightmare, expertly…
December 19, 2025
by Yasmine Peru
Jimmy Cliff celebrated in musical tribute at National Indoor Centre
When trumpeter and singer, Dwight Richards drew for Reggae Night from the catalogue of his good friend Jimmy Cliff, the spontaneous reaction from some inside the National Indoor Sports Centre was to…
December 19, 2025
Illinois secures US$1.5 billion to elevate bus and trains
Illinois’ public transit systems got a US$1.5-billion annual infusion on Friday as Governor JB Pritzker signed a law overhauling Chicago’s web of buses and trains, sparing it from devastating service…
December 19, 2025
Quarterly ‘tankan’ survey shows slight improvement as Bank of Japan weighs a rate hike
A quarterly survey of major Japanese manufacturers released Monday shows business sentiment improving to its best level in four years, even after President Trump raised tariffs on goods from the…