7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (909+ words) China often leans into its “developing country” status, portraying itself as a defender of the Global South’s interests and cultivating a close alliance with the Group of 77, which includes 134 countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But some…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1025+ words) Sweltering nights. Water and power shortages. Dwindling fuel and crumbling homes. Limited public transportation and weak cellphone signals. The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is pushing many to their breaking point on the island of nearly 10 million people,…...

20+ hour, 14+ min ago   (170+ words) Two men and a woman were shot and killed by the security forces in St Andrew early Sunday morning during what the police say was a confrontation with armed thugs. The identities of the three people killed have not yet…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1032+ words) Jamaica’s allegedly sovereign Government crossed the Atlantic, cap in hand, to beg (oops, sorry, “petition”) our enslavers’ King for slavery reparations. Have we no shame? Are we so accustomed to “negotiating” on our knees with the Empire’s former fellow colony…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (481+ words) Depending on who you ask, Copacabana Beach in Bull Bay, St Andrew,can either be a beach lover’s dream or a nightmare. The black-sand beach on the southern end of the eponymous community is among 60 beaches designated ‘public’ by the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (727+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community last week for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine. At the end of August, Russia launched a week of nighttime and daylight…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (403+ words) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was acquitted last Friday in a case related to a marine’s drowning death in a rare reprieve in one of the criminal cases brought against him following his ouster for imposing martial law....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (192+ words) Liberty Business has launched a partnership with Amazon Web Services in Jamaica, giving local companies and government agencies access to AWS cloud services through the telecommunications provider’s own network, data centres and support teams. “Our ambition is to help Jamaican…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (14+ words) Jamaica Gleaner Needling for change: the surprisingly political history of knitting...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (312+ words) By nightfall, search and rescue operations were halted but were to resume in the morning. So far, 43 people have been rescued, coast guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said. The ferry MV June Aster was afloat but listing off the town…...