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A home sits near a coal-fired power plant, April 14, 2025, in Cheshire, Ohio.
December 9, 2025

Climate-fighting efforts show slight gain but still fall far short – UN report

All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming,…
A sign for the Seattle office of Getty Images Inc in Seattle.
December 9, 2025

Stability AI largely wins copyright battle against Getty Images

Artificial intelligence company Stability AI mostly prevailed against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British court battle over intellectual property. Seattle-based Getty had accused Stability AI of…
Gafoor believes that true wellness includes caring for others. She’s thankful to her team and students who embraced that vision, helping make last weekend’s classes a successful fundraiser for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Rollesha Laing

Blūma Studio and Café moves for a cause

Since opening its doors in mid-October, Blūma Studio and Café has focused on creating a space where movement restores not just the body, but the mind. Every class, every teacher–student exchange, and…
Timothy Snyder
December 9, 2025

Timothy Snyder | The big lie behind Trump’s boat strikes

When announcing an aggressive policy, US President Donald Trump typically offers some grotesque justification – a nonsensical fiction that is supposed to stick in our minds as a rationale for…
Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Dr Lisa Indar (second left) standing with high-level delegates from the agency, the Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology follow
December 9, 2025

CARPHA providing Hurricane Melissa response to Jamaica

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it has mobilised an immediate response to support Jamaica following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. The hurricane brought catastrophic…
Rising underground water, which occurred after Hurricane Melissa in a section of Content, Williamsfield, Manchester, has flooded several houses and the roadway, making it impassable. On Wednesday, persons were drawn to the community to witness the strange
December 9, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | After Melissa: Have we weathered the storm and passed the worst?

LAST WEEK in this column, we were anticipating the arrival of the unknown quantity for Jamaica, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, and lamenting our national disregard for consistent, proper maintenance of…
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (second left), with Mayor of Black River Richard Solomon (left), along with other key stakeholders. survey the extensive damage to the Black River Market in St.Elizabeth, following t
December 9, 2025

Gov’t to review and restructure Jamaica’s disaster preparedness framework

The Government will undertake a comprehensive review and restructuring of Jamaica’s disaster preparedness and response framework, in light of the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa on…
EU Ambassador Dr Erja Askola delivers remarks during Monday’s handing over of emergency supplies following Hurricane Melissa. Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith (right) and European partners look on.
December 9, 2025

John Azar | Transparent and inclusive approach needed to aid distribution

EVEN AS we give thanks that Kingston and other areas in Jamaica were spared the worst of Hurricane Melissa, the scale of devastation elsewhere is heartbreaking. It is far worse than even the most…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a campaign rally for Gus Bilirakis, a Republican who is running for the Tampa Bay area congressional seat his father is vacating in Tampa, Florida July 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)
December 9, 2025

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarising vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in United States history and a leading advocate for the invasion of…