The New York Times has asked the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends to apologize for a “malicious and inaccurate segment” about the newspaper, intelligence leaks and Islamic State that aired on Saturday, apparently prompting a critical tweet from Donald Trump.

The Times published a story on Sunday that said Trump was in error when he tweeted on Saturday morning that the “failing” New York Times “foiled” a government attempt to kill Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Trump’s full tweet read: “The Failing New York Times foiled US attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi. Their sick agenda over national security.” The Times noted that the Department of Defense issued a news release more than three weeks before the Times article that could have tipped off al-Baghdadi. The paper also said the Pentagon “raised no objections” with it before the 2015 article on the intelligence gleaned from the raid was published. Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said she had requested an “on-air apology and tweet” from Fox & Friends.(theguardian)…[+]

Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, when a man carrying a chainsaw stormed an office building in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen on Monday morning.

The old town of Switzerland’s northernmost city has been sealed off as police continue to search for the perpetrator. Officials told the Swiss news portal 20 Minuten that the incident was not being treated as a terrorist attack. According to the Swiss newspaper Blick, the male suspect was described as approximately 1.9m tall male, bald and of “unkempt appearance”, driving a white Volkswagen Caddy vehicle with a number plate from the canton of Graubünden. Earlier in the day the owner of a shop in the area told Blick that a man with a chainsaw was walking the streets, and that pedestrians and residents had been asked to leave shops and apartments.(theguardian)…[+]

Barbados – The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved funding of USD25 million (mn) to replace existing streetlights in Jamaica with high efficiency light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. The funds are being provided to the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPSCo), and will facilitate the replacement of approximately 105,000 high pressure sodium and mercury vapour streetlights.

Jamaica is on track to achieve its renewable energy target of 30 percent by 2030. However, to do it, the country must reduce its expenditure on imported petroleum products. In 2016, spending on street lighting was USD20 mn per year.

The lamps in existing street lights have an approximate lifespan of six years, and a failure rate of 20 percent per year. The Streetlight Retrofitting Project will include the supply and installation of the high-efficiency LED streetlights and related smart controllers. The controllers will allow JPSCo to be aware of, and respond to, street light failures in a timely manner. In addition, a climate risk assessment will be done during implementation, which will assess any vulnerabilities to climate change impacts, and provide recommendations to address them. The Project aligns to the Bank’s Strategic Plan 2015-2019 and Energy Sector Policy and Strategy, in which it highlights energy efficiency and renewable energy as priority investment areas for CDB. This is the fifth street lighting retrofitting project approved by CDB for its Borrowing Member Countries.(CDB)…[+]