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11 Jul, 2026 0

Hurricane-hit western Jamaica shines - Tensing Pen tops nation in prestigious Travel + Leisure awards

WESTERN BUREAU: Just months after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica’s tourism heartland, international travellers have delivered a powerful vote of confidence in the island. More than 661,000…
FILE – CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman talks to CEO of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis, not seen, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France.
11 Jul, 2026 0

Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence…
11 Jul, 2026 0

Global oil demand dropping, but US drivers keep buying more gas

Global oil demand is set to decline this year for the first time since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a report from the International Energy Agency. The drop, which the…
11 Jul, 2026 0

Volkswagen sales plunge as German automaker lays out plan to slash number of brands

Volkswagen reported weak sales numbers on Friday, a day after the giant German automaker announced plans to slash the number of models by nearly half as sales plunged, particularly in China. The…
Yaneek Page
11 Jul, 2026 0

Yaneek Page | The missing scorecard: Jamaica needs a national electricity affordability target

Every controversial refereeing decision at the World Cup eventually comes back to one thing: the scoreboard. Fans can argue about penalties, substitutions, and VAR calls for weeks, but the only…
11 Jul, 2026 0

Montego Bay sports complex banks on daily wellness, pickleball revenue

The developers behind the Montego Bay sports complex being rebuilt at Catherine Hall say the facility will operate as a daily health and wellness destination rather than a match-day venue, a model…
11 Jul, 2026 0

Meta appeals landmark jury verdict that found it to blame for social media addiction for young users

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, challenging the jury’s determination that the company designed…
Business
11 Jul, 2026 0

JSE posts 11% first-half gain, matching Wall Street but split widens between main and junior boards

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) closed the first half of 2026 as one of the exchange’s strongest half-year performances since the pandemic. The JSE Main Market ranked 40th out of 100 indices…
Sports
11 Jul, 2026 0

Fans bring World Cup colour across the globe

While the stadiums in the United States, Mexico, and Canada became colourful masterpieces of multiculturalism, the support for the World Cup through creative ways of expressing national pride, and the…