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Sarah Paulson, styled by Karla Welch, wears a three-piece silk-chiffon ensemble from Ferragamo’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, featuring gold embroidery, crystal drops and antique gold sequins.
23 Oct, 2026 0

Diotima, Ferragamo spotted on red carpets

Actress Whitney Peak wore a design by Jamaican designer Rachel Scott’s Diotima at the 2026 Academy Museum Gala last Saturday. Sarah Paulson, Andrew Garfield and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II also stepped out…
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Rhys Harries in a scene from ‘Clayface’.
23 Oct, 2026 0

Movie Review | ‘Clayface’ arrives as a pretty good revenge thriller-horror romance

Someone rather bluntly popped up on X recently to ask Hollywood writer-producer James Gunn a pointed — and here sanitised — question: “Who asked for a ‘Clayface’ movie??” Gunn, the guy behind the…
A group of undocumented migrants is deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge in McAllen, Texas, March 13.
23 Oct, 2026 0

Deportations fall short of White House target

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, a new report released yesterday shows, as arrests ramp up across the country…
In this photo taken Sunday, April 15, 2018, children look on from behind a wire fence that separates their town from the current airport, in Agadez, Niger.
23 Oct, 2026 0

Two European women freed after 18 months in captivity

NIAMEY (AP): Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed in Niger after spending more than a year and a half in captivity, officials and local media reported Thursday. The Austrian woman,…
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
23 Oct, 2026 0

President launches mission to rescue four soldiers kidnapped in Haiti

SAN SALVADOR (AP): El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday he had launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti, warning of a…
A man checks his cellphone at a waterfront shelter as commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran on October 6.
23 Oct, 2026 0

War fears grow as tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz

TEL AVIV (AP): Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions…
William Craig (left) with Davit Karapetyan, secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
23 Oct, 2026 0

William Craig named Armenia’s honorary consul to Jamaica

William Craig, executive chairman and chief executive officer of BCMG Insurance Brokers, has been confirmed and ratified as honorary consul of the Republic of Armenia to Jamaica, a move expected to…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (second left) takes the tour with (from left) Phillip Paulwell, member of parliament for Kingston East and Port Royal; Richard Lake, director of Sherbourne Limited; and Lisa Hanna, wife of Richard Lake, after cutting the ri
23 Oct, 2026 0

25% of units remain at K2 waterfront apartments, no problem selling units

Three-quarters of the apartments at Kingston2 (K2), the $2.1-billion residential development overlooking the downtown Kingston waterfront, have been sold, according to the project’s developers.…
A climate change banner is unfurled by Greenpeace during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau.
23 Oct, 2026 0

Editorial | Climate accountability

While Jamaica, like most small island developing states, hasn’t contributed much to the carbon emissions that cause global warming, Kingston’s promise to pass climate accountability legislation is a…