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02 Aug, 2026
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Discarded SpaceX rocket on high-speed collision course with moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP): A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago. The rocket’s upper stage will…
02 Aug, 2026
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Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure over child safety mounts
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually…
02 Aug, 2026
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‘None of this is normal’ - Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico beaches swathed in record levels of seaweed
PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP): Swaths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking…
02 Aug, 2026
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More than workers - Immigration crackdown threatens Haitian caregivers and the seniors who rely on them
NEW YORK (AP): Who will be there each morning with Solange French’s eggs at breakfast, and who will be ready with soup or fish at lunch? When the 91-year-old needs help in the shower, who will rush to…
02 Aug, 2026
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The secret of success - In-demand PEP prep educator Eulie Mantock shares how great grades are made
Eulie Mantock’s reputation precedes her.
The veteran educator is a trusted name for anxious parents looking for their children to score solid results in their high school entrance examinations. For…
02 Aug, 2026
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Take Two! - Sheldon Shepherd and Storm Saulter on filming, friendship
For Sheldon Shepherd and Storm Saulter, an implicit trust guides their working dynamic as actor and director. Theirs is a decades-long artistic partnership that began with the filming of the latter’s…
02 Aug, 2026
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P.J. Patterson | Garry Sobers – the greatest cricket has ever seen
At the age of 17, Garry Sobers was recruited to the Barbados team as a replacement for the medium pace bowler Frank King. It was as a left arm spin bowler, when Alfred Valenine was injured, that this…
02 Aug, 2026
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Dennis A. Minott | The gospel according to the thirst trap
By any reasonable metric of post-colonial progress, Emancipation and Independence week in Jamaica should be a period of solemn reflection and patriotic fervour. Instead, as we wave the black, green,…
02 Aug, 2026
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Gordon Robinson | Emancipate Jamaica from the British way
So, what else has been happening behind my back since I was missing in action presumed dead? Muddled, linear, non-emancipated thinking was rampant. One of the best examples was a Gleaner endorsed call…