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Realtor Elizabeth Oliver (left) joins mother-daughter duo Shari Clarke and little Arya Soman at the second Pink Power weekly workout session.
15 Oct, 2026 0

Something Extra | Thursday

Jamaica Reach to Recovery (JR2R) brought the energy to Emancipation Park in New Kingston for the second instalment of its Pink Power weekly workout sessions. Held every Thursday throughout October,…
A horse and carriage are seen in the snow in Central Park on January 16, 2024, in New York.
15 Oct, 2026 0

New York to ban Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages

NEW YORK (AP): New York City lawmakers plan to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park, ending their more than 150-year run as an iconic, old-timey tourist attraction, following decades of…
Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella
15 Oct, 2026 0

Police given greater power to break up street protests

BOGOTA (AP): Colombia’s government has modified a set of guidelines that dictate how police should react to street protests, giving officers greater leeway to break up demonstrations in which…
Dwayne Vernon
15 Oct, 2026 0

Dwayne Vernon | NaRRA: Hubris on the waterfront

The ancient Greeks had a word for the moment a powerful man starts believing his own press releases: hubris. They also had a word for what comes next: nemesis. Between the two lies a long history of…
FILE - An entrance to the New York Stock Exchange is shown on June 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
15 Oct, 2026 0

US stocks sink as inflation gets worse

Worries about worsening inflation are weighing on Wall Street Wednesday and pulling the US stock market further from its record. The S&P 500 dropped 1.1 per cent and was on track for a fifth loss…
People salvage the contents of their destroyed mini mart in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in Milton, Florida, Saturday, October 10, 2026.
15 Oct, 2026 0

Dalila Gonçalves/Nahuel Arenas | Investing in resilient infrastructure:

It takes less than two minutes to lose a home – and with it, a lifetime of hard work and savings. Viviana Gil knows this firsthand. On August 10, a 7.4 earthquake in Colombia destroyed the apartment…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, Wednesday, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
15 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | The politics of an execution

America’s planned livestreaming of the firing-squad execution of Muslim-American former Army officer Nidal Hasan in December seems, in the context of a liberal democracy in the 21st century, a…