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 Rev Gabriel Agbo
26 Jul, 2026 0

Gabriel Agbo | Something from nothing

Something out of nothing? Yes! How? It is natural that something is formed from another thing or that a process has a trace or, at least, a beginning. But when something begins to happen without a…
26 Jul, 2026 0

Dwight Fletcher | Keep believing while you wait for healing

Have you ever prayed for healing with great faith, only to wonder why the answer seemed to take so long? Waiting can be one of the hardest parts of the Christian life. We often celebrate testimonies…
Bharati Thapa, a former HIV outreach worker who turned to sex work to survive after losing her job amid the US foreign aid cuts, poses for a portrait outside the office of her former NGO.
26 Jul, 2026 0

Sex work or starve - Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive

HETAUDA, Nepal (AP): She paces the side of the darkened highway in central Nepal, just enough light from the trucks roaring past to illuminate her painted face to the men rolling in on rickshaws and…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
26 Jul, 2026 0

Brazil’s government denies visas to US officials over upcoming elections

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two United States State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest…
Elaine Escoe
26 Jul, 2026 0

Jamaican woman wanted in alleged US$32 million COVID-19 fraud scheme in US captured, extradited

A 41-year-old Jamaican woman who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been captured in Jamaica and extradited to the United States. In custody is…
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26 Jul, 2026 0

Egg farmers count millions in losses as heat stress takes toll on chickens

The higher temperatures affecting Jamaica are taking a toll on the country's egg farmers, with bird deaths mounting and egg production declining, says the president of the Jamaica Egg Farmers…
Passengers walk into the Departures entrance at the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport near Crawley, just south of London, on July 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
26 Jul, 2026 0

Water outage at UK’s Gatwick airport leaves toilets out of order and restaurants closed

LONDON (AP) — A power outage at a water treatment plant in south east England left toilets out of order and forced the closure of restaurants at Gatwick Airport on Sunday. The airport, south of…
26 Jul, 2026 0

$500,000 bail for Spanish Town man charged over car with altered chassis number

A St Catherine man charged with driving a car bearing a tampered chassis number was on Friday granted $500,000 bail in the parish court. Michael Williams, 32, of a Spanish Town address, is answering…
26 Jul, 2026 0

21-year-old Hanover man charged with rape of young girl

The police in Hanover have charged a 21-year-old man for allegedly entering a house and raping a young girl. The police report that about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, Andre Hemans, who is a…