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Iran’s players sing the national anthem, holding pictures of children allegedly killed in US and Israel strikes in Iran, before a friendly football match against Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, yesterday.
01 Apr, 2026 0

Iran players meet FIFA boss ahead of World Cup

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP): FIFA President Gianni Infantino yesterday promised to “continue to support” Iran’s preparations for the World Cup as he met the Iranian national team for the first time since the…
Italy’s players react during a penalty shoot-out during the World Cup qualifying playoff final football match against Bosnia and Italy in Zenica, Bosnia, yesterday.
01 Apr, 2026 0

Italy miss third World Cup on the trot

AP: One of football’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low. Four-time champions Italy failed to qualify for a third straight World Cup after getting beaten in a penalty shoot-out with…
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01 Apr, 2026 0

Freed police sergeant complained of sexual harassment, attorney says

A police sergeant, who has been freed of drug-related charges, previously filed multiple complaints internally about sexual harassment by high-ranking police officers and victimisation, her attorney…
Women of Resilience Honorees 2026 (from left): Tiffany Grant, Pastor Mary Wildish, Tricia-Ann Bicarie, Tamika Williams, Dr Marcia Graham, and Katrin Casserly with their citations during the Women of Western Jamaica Brunch held last Sunday at the S Hotel Mo
01 Apr, 2026 0

The women who held the west together

WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Mary Wildish turned her church into a war room. Tamika Williams opened her home as a lifeline for battered communities. And five months’ pregnant Tiffany Grant introduced…
Mylène Ferriera (left), president, Alliance Française de la Jamaïque, and Dr Kevin Brown (second left), president, University of Technology, Jamaica, cut the ribbon to officially open the new offices of the Alliance Française at the Technology Innovati
01 Apr, 2026 0

A French connection

The Alliance Française de la Jamaïque has opened its new location at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) Papine Campus, forecasting a 20 per cent rise in teaching and cultural activity…
From left: Mandy Melville, founding chair of the Creative Language Based Learning Foundation; Deleen Powell, public affairs and communication manager, North Caribbean Region, Scotiabank; Mitzian Turner, executive director of The MultiCare Youth Foundation
01 Apr, 2026 0

Haile Selassie students to benefit from literacy, life‑skills programme

Forty students and six teachers at Haile Selassie High School in Payne Land, Kingston, will benefit directly from the one-year Scotiabank Teach to Transform project. The initiative, however, seeks to…
Alicia Sewell is every bit alluring in an off-the-shoulder top paired with jeans.
01 Apr, 2026 0

Something Extra | Wednesday

Campari kicked off the carnival season in high gear with its lyme and mixology experience at 23 Dominica Drive in New Kingston last Thursday, blending cocktails, culture and carnival energy in true…
Kadeen Finn-Miller (left), programmes administrator at the NCB Foundation, listens keenly as Bridgette Small, a registered nurse and Grant a Wish beneficiary, shares a reflective moment at the recently held handover.
01 Apr, 2026 0

NCB Foundation grants $11.1m in support to 45 J’cans in need

For Bridgette Small, the simple act of leaving her bed had been out of reach for far too long. Paralysed by illness and without a functioning wheelchair, she had missed school moments with her child…
Brown demonstrates the hip thrust exercise, with shoulders on a bench and weight placed on the hips, lifting the hips upward in a controlled motion.
01 Apr, 2026 0

Six carnival road-ready exercises you should know

The mission to sculpt carnival-ready bodies has pushed a slate of personal fitness countdowns into full-throttle mode over the last three months. The Carnival in Jamaica Road March is serious…