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AP A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, California, in April 2025.
August 9, 2026

Court orders Instagram, Meta to pay US$567M to address kids’ mental health online

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay US$567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial. Judge Bryan…
Yaneek Page
August 9, 2026

Yaneek Page | Extraordinary wealth in a small economy – a confession

Every extraordinary fortune tells a story, especially in a small economy where wealth is easier to see than to understand. The question then is whether we have the collective courage to read it. In…
An ICE Special Response Team member stands guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, while protesters gather outside to denounce the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations, in downtown Los Angeles.
August 9, 2026

Kay Osborne | Negotiating from strength: What Jamaica owes itself

Jamaica does not need to stand up to America. Jamaica needs to stand up for Jamaica. This distinction lies at the heart of an essential conversation about sovereignty, foreign policy, and good…
August 9, 2026

Sean Major Campbell | Ancestors calling for independence

Our African ancestors have questions. The Old Testament reading set in Deuteronomy Chapter 8 is raising questions in the mind. To be more precise, the pericope is verses 11-20. However, the wider…
Health workers at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak protest over unpaid wages at the provincial governor’s office in Ituri, eastern Congo, on Thursday.
August 9, 2026

He’s doing it unpaid

BUNIA, Congo (AP): Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. At an Ebola treatment hospital in the eastern…
AP Hiring sign for sales professionals is displayed at a store, in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
August 9, 2026

US job market stalled in July as employers cut 23,000 jobs, delivering political blow to Trump

The US job market stalled unexpectedly last month, delivering a political blow to President Donald Trump three months ahead of midterm elections and complicating decision-making for the inflation…
AP A Falcon rocket by SpaceX lifts off at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, February 6, 2018.
August 9, 2026

SpaceX shares rise even as company insiders get a chance to sell for the first time

Stock in Elon Musk’s space company rose Thursday even after many SpaceX insiders were freed up to sell for the first time. Investors in SpaceX have pushed the shares down sharply in recent days in…
Contributed VM Group Chairman Michael McMorris addresses shareholders at the annual general meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.
August 9, 2026

Women run the workforce, while men lead at the board level, VM Group data shows

Women account for nearly three-quarters of the workforce at VM Group – among the island’s oldest financial entities – but that ratio flips at the board level, according to the company’s 2025 annual…
Nature in perfect harmony. Photo taken at Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Canada
August 9, 2026

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