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When next you drive across the White River bridge at the St Ann and St Mary border, take some time out and go have a look under the bridge; you will be pleasantly surprised. There you will see ordinary Jamaicans trying to make a living on a daily...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): Four Zimbabwean cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the past two weeks, highlighting a resurgence of the disease that is sweeping through this southern African country. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the...

Broadcasting giant Larry King dies at 87 Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died yesterday. He was 87....

DUBAI (AP): Twitter said on Friday it had permanently banned what it called a “fake” account thought to be connected to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shortly after a posting that seemed to threaten former United States President Donald...

SEOUL (AP): Last year was a disaster for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He helplessly watched his country’s already battered economy decay further amid pandemic border closures while brooding over the collapse of made-for-TV summits with former...

WEST PALM BEACH (AP): His presidency over, Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years. “So just a goodbye. We...

WASHINGTON (AP): Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, summoning American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises and urging people to come together to end an “uncivil war” in a nation deeply...

HAMILTON (CMC): Former Premier Dr Ewart Brown was on Wednesday charged with 13 counts of corruption in the Magistrates’ Court. Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions, Cindy Clarke, said the charges against the former leader, who appeared...

WASHINGTON (AP): President-elect Joe Biden predicted he would take office amid a “dark winter”, and the outlook is only getting bleaker. No matter his first acts in the White House, the raging coronavirus pandemic could take another 100,000...

CARACAS (AP): The Trump administration issued a parting shot to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday, announcing a sweeping round of stiff financial sanctions that target a network accused of moving oil on behalf of the president’s...

ROME (AP): Pope Francis is honouring civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr. on the commemoration of his birthday, saying his message of equality through peaceful means remains more timely than ever. Francis sent a message of prayer Monday to...

PARIS (AP): Frenchwoman Jeanne Pouchain has an unusual problem. She’s officially dead. She has been trying for three years to prove that she is alive. The 58-year-old woman says she lives in constant fear, not daring to leave her house in the...