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May 8, 2026
Cuba - A solar-powered charging station brings life to a darkened island
Yudelaimys Barrero Muñoz used to spend up to three hours on the side of a highway under the blazing sun waving money at drivers as she attempted to hitch a ride from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Santa Clara,…
May 7, 2026
Hungary - Seized cash, gold shipment worth US$82m returned to Ukraine
A shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth about US$82 million that Hungary seized earlier this year has been returned to Ukraine’s state Oschadbank, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
May 7, 2026
Two charged after alleged chopping in St Mary
Two persons have been charged after a 65-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were injured in a reported chopping incident along the Annotto Bay to Islington main road in St Mary on Wednesday, the…
May 7, 2026
FIFA triples price to J$5 million for best available tickets to the World Cup final
FIFA tripled the price of its best available tickets to the World Cup final, making US$32,970 (J$5.2 million) seats available Thursday for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New…
May 7, 2026
McKenzie: All hurricane shelter residents moved out of schools
Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie says the Government has met its May 8 deadline to relocate all persons previously housed in school shelters following Hurricane…
May 7, 2026
US court rules against Trump's new global tariffs
(AP) — A United States federal court has ruled against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
A split three-judge panel of the Court…
May 7, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
20-year-old freed of unlawful wounding after complainant admits to lying
A 20-year-old man was freed of unlawful wounding in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court after the complainant admitted during cross-examination that she had lied about the incident.
Oniel Facey…
May 7, 2026
Mother who kept children after vacation to Jamaica ordered to return them to Britain
A mother who brought her two young children from the United Kingdom to Jamaica on what she told their father was a one-month vacation, but later enrolled them in school, has been ordered to return…
May 7, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Man shot dead after allegedly pulling gun on police during St Catherine operation
A 41-year-old man was shot and killed after allegedly brandishing an illegal firearm at police during an early morning operation in Gordon Pen, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday.
The…