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Passengers wait in the hall of Madrid train station on Sunday, January 18, 2026, following the announcement of the suspension of service due to an accident in which two trains derailed in Cordoba. ( Carlos Luján/Europa Press via AP)
January 18, 2026

High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 10 people

MADRID (AP) — A high-speed train derailed in southern Spain on Sunday, jumping onto the track in the opposite direction and hitting an oncoming train, the Spanish rail operator Adif said. Emergency…
January 18, 2026

Yaakov Raskin | When is it okay to question G-d?

Many people think faith means staying quiet. If life hurts, you accept. If things get worse, you tell yourself “G-d knows best” and you move on. But the Torah paints a different picture — one that…
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January 18, 2026

Dwight Fletcher | Your expectations inform your experience

If you’ve been with me over the past few weeks, then I pray that by now you’ve started to recognise that one of the things you need this year is greater resilience. We live in a microwave society…
January 18, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | Alpha and Omega

God is perfectly in control. Stop panicking! The right understanding of God’s authority over the affairs of all creation will always enhance our relationship with him, and also inspire our confidence…
January 18, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Faith from the desolate pit

The world has moved into a difficult season. There are more questions than answers. The resource of religious faith is also tested in the face of natural disaster, the threat of pandemic, and the…
January 18, 2026

Hello mi neighbour | Ways to experience behaviour change

Today’s piece is intentional. I don’t want you to miss the message. Sing these words with me: If I can help somebody, as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song, If I can show…
Protesting nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James.
January 17, 2026 by Adrian Frater

Doctors join nurses in distress

Western Bureau: For the second time in recent months, the medical staff at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has gone public in registering their disgust with the…
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie (left) in discussion with employees of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation.
January 17, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

McKenzie commits container offices for displaced StEMC

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has given a commitment to the representatives at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC) that he will provide them with four…
Earl Jarrett, chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference’s planning committee.
January 17, 2026 by Lester Hinds

11th Diaspora Conference set for Montego Bay in June

The 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference has been set for June 14 to June 18 at the Montego By Convention Centre in St James, with Diaspora Day – a day of service – scheduled to take place on June 16. …