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(From left): Igal Scott, Nickoy Binnie, Aaliyah Innis, Emeka Maxwell and Troy Cardwell pose for a photo after the beach clean-up exercise at Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach in St James.
December 9, 2025

FWCF joins International Coastal Cleanup for cleaner seas

The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) hosted the sixth annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activity at the Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach, joining millions of volunteers across the…
December 9, 2025 by Samuel Cornell Brooke Nickel and Sean Docking

A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’

If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products, they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers…
Jamaica's 4x400-metre women, from left: Dejanea Oakley, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey-Ann Williams, and Andrenette Knight celebrate the silver medal they won at the World Athletics Championships. The Jamaicans clocked 3:19.25.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaica's 400m women mine silver

Jamaica splashed their way to another silver medal in horribly wet conditions in Tokyo at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Sadium. Like their male counterparts, the island’s…
A young member of the Afro-Bolivian community dances the ‘saya’, a traditional dance performed with drums and chants, as part of the celebrations to mark the National Day of Afro-Bolivian people, in La Paz.
December 9, 2025

Afro-descendants fight invisibility with dance and memory

YUNGAS (AP): Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet, before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña – where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives – she had rarely…
Jamaica’s Jashauna Dennis (right) hands over to Rusheen McDonald (second right) during the men’s 4x400-metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Jamaica finished seventh in 3:03.46.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaican men miss out on 4x400m medal

Jamaica’s hopes of gaining a medal in the men’s 4x400m relay were washed away in monsoon-like conditions at Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo. The Island went with nearly the same team, which…
Tourists visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt.
December 9, 2025

Outrage after ancient Pharaoh's bracelet stolen and melted down

CAIRO (AP) Egyptians reacted with outrage this week after officials said that a 3,000-year-old bracelet that had belonged to an ancient Pharaoh was stolen from Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum…
In this 2021 photo, a gate is seen at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
December 9, 2025

Taliban reject Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base

JALALABAD (AP): The Taliban government on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling…
A costumer walks with her dog as she leaves the Dog Relais, a hotel for dogs at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport.
December 9, 2025

Rome’s airport opens luxurious dog hotel with pampering services

FIUMICINO (AP): Dog owners often face a dilemma before travelling: leave your beloved pet with a sitter or at a kennel? Both require quite some planning and logistics, which can be stressful and…
In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Wasting time?

The aspiration for rapid economic growth has been the theme of post-election speeches. This follows a well-worn pattern. Compare what was said the time before and the time before that if you need…