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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi prior to their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday.
September 4, 2026

China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast

CAIRO (AP): On the surface, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt this week is a run-of-the-mill opportunity for two countries to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties. But there is deep…
Mount Tumbledown stands tall behind Stanley on the Falkland Islands, also known as Islas Malvinas, March.
September 4, 2026

Trump raises doubts over US support for Britain in Falklands dispute

BUENOS AIRES (AP): US President Donald Trump raised doubts about whether the United States would support Britain in another conflict over the Falkland Islands in an interview with a British…
Hasan Nawaz scored 76 to lead the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons to an eight-wicket win over the Trinbago Knight Riders.
September 4, 2026

CPL: Nawaz, Cornwall push Knight Riders to brink of elimination

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Hasan Nawaz starred with the bat before Rahkeem Cornwall’s excellent spell sealed Antigua and Barbuda Falcons’ eight-run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders to push the…
A wildfire burns through a forest in Jijel, Algeria, August 27.
September 4, 2026

President seeks death penalty for arson as country battles wildfires

ALGIERS (AP): Algerian firefighters are struggling against an unprecedented wave of deadly and devastating wildfires that have prompted the president to call for reinstating the death penalty for…
Jamaica Kingsmen players (from left) Hunain Shah, skipper Rovman Powell and Keemo Paul celebrate the fall of a wicket during the Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket match against St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Warner Park, St. Kitts on Thursday, August 2
September 4, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Kingsmen ready for Warriors showdown

The Jamaica Kingsmen are riding a wave of confidence as they prepare for their biggest test of the Caribbean Premier League season. That test comes tonight as they clash against the undefeated Guyana…
Nordia Barrett-Lewis (centre), founder and chief executive officer of the Atlanta, Georgia-based Barrett Immigration, with the four University of the West Indies students who received $1 million in scholarships that she recently presented to them on August
September 4, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

$1m lift for UWI students

WESTERN BUREAU: The upcoming September school term has been made easier for several students of The University of the West Indies (UWI) in western Jamaica, who recently received scholarships valued at…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green.
September 4, 2026

Water at last - Essex Valley irrigation nears finish

WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says farmers in Essex Valley, St Elizabeth, should begin receiving irrigation water by the end of September, as the Government moves to complete a…
Florence Harrison (centre) with former students at the launch of a tribute book in her honour at the Blackhurst Cultural Centre in Toronto, Canada.
September 4, 2026 by Neil Armstrong

J’cans publish tribute book to teacher who shaped their lives in Canada

Years after his former teacher Florence Harrison retired, O. Dane Lawrence set out to find her. He found it hard to believe he was the only student whose life she had touched so deeply. “I realised…
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September 4, 2026

Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds

NEW YORK (AP): Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the…