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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
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LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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SYDENEY, Australia (AFP)—Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue childre...
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Liberian sprinter among seven athletes joining Enhanced Games
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Liberian sprinter among seven athletes joining Enhanced Games
December 8, 2025
LAS VEGAS, United States — As the new sporting spectacle prepares to launch in May 2026 seven new athletes have joined the Enhanced Games including Li...
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100 abducted Nigerian children handed over to state officials
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MINNA, Nigeria (AFP)—Around 100 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria last month were handed over to state officials Monday, AFP ...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, challenging a ...
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WHO says 114 killed in strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization said Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in "senseless" strikes on a ho...
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Trump reignites ‘soccer vs football’ debate at World Cup 2026 draw
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WASHINGTON, United States — United States (US) President Donald Trump has revived the longstanding debate over whether the sport known in the US as “s...
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Trump wins FIFA’s new peace prize
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump became the first ever recipient of FIFA's new peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw Friday ...
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max in US$80 billion deal
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Netflix has signed a deal to acquire movie company Warner Bros, including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO in a deal with a total ente...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Former Trinidad footballer Shaka Hislop reveals he has prostate cancer
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Former Trinidad footballer Shaka Hislop has revealed that he is battling with prostate cancer. Hislop made the revelation in a video on his Instagram ...
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Mom charged for death of  pregnant daughter in Michigan
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Jamaica-bound hurricane relief container robbed in Canada
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TORONTO, Canada — Canadian police are investigating what volunteers say is a heartbreaking robbery after thieves emptied out a container of donated it...
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Trump’s immigration stance contradicting World Cup ‘unity’ message
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WASHINGTON, United States — With the World Cup draw set for Washington this Friday, United States (US) President Donald Trump is expected to feature h...
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Son of Mexican crime lord ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in drug case—reports
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CHICAGO, United States (AFP)—A son of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded guilty Monday in Chicago to a narcotics traffic...
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Venezuela does not want ‘a slave’s peace’: Maduro on US military threat
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Caracas, Venezuela (AFP)—Venezuela does not want "a slave's peace," President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters Monday of a US military depl...
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Brazilian teen killed after climbing into lion enclosure at zoo
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Asia floods death toll tops 1,100 as troops aid survivors
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PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and In...
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Arsenal held by 10-man Chelsea, Isak ends drought to fire Liverpool
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a heavyweigh...
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Pope arrives in Lebanon with message of peace
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Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
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