Stories from 17 April 2016
Jamaicans Aren't Feeling the Neighbourly Love From Trinidad and Tobago's Airport Border Control
There is supposed to be free movement of CARICOM nationals throughout the region, but Jamaicans keep getting denied entry -- particularly in Trinidad.
Ecuadorians Turn to Social Media as Powerful Earthquake Rattles the Country's Coast
"Some of my students there are in shock, they have no strength, they can't even speak [...] They say Pedernales is destroyed."
At a Paris Restaurant, ‘Freegans’ Fight Waste by Cooking Up Food Diverted From the Dumpster
Researchers say roughly a third of all the food we produce is never eaten. In Paris, a new restaurant is taking a small slice out of all that waste.
Georgian Fashion: The Next Big Thing?
Known to fashionistas simply as Avtandil, Tskvitinidze, 42, never left his hometown, and has no desire to do so: “Europe and the US are overcrowded.”
If Kazakhstan Made Valentine's Day Cards…
The cards mark Kazakhstan's National Day of Lovers on April 15, created by the government as an alternative to the Western celebration.
Tanzania's Cybercrime Act Makes It Dangerous to “Insult” the President on Facebook
Tanzanian netizen Isaac Habakuk Emily is accused of posting a controversial Facebook message "insulting" the president of Tanzania.
Community Fights to Protect Cherished Mangrove in Cancun, Mexico
"The people, especially the young people, are trying to save the mangrove. The government lied to us. The destruction they left behind is a disgrace."
