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Former United States Vice President Kamala Harris greets people before she speaks on October 17, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama.
December 9, 2025

Kamala Harris leaves door open for 2028 US presidential run

(AP) - Former United States Vice President Kamala Harris is not ruling out another run for the presidency. In an interview with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a woman will be…
The cone from the National Hurricane Centre contains the probable path of Hurricane Melissa's centre at 10 a.m. on October 26, 2025. It does not show the size of the storm. Hazardous conditions can occur outside of the cone.
December 9, 2025

Hurricane Melissa slows slightly as Jamaica braces for direct hit

Hurricane Melissa has slowed its crawl south of Jamaica, heightening fears of prolonged and dangerous weather conditions as the powerful Category 4 system edges closer to the island. At 10 a.m. the…
The FOUMA container ship at the Kingstown Port.
December 9, 2025

New Kingstown Port inaugurated

KINGSTOWN (CMC): The new Kingstown Port opened on Saturday with the first ship calling at the facility shortly after the formalities, two days before St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) celebrated…
In this 2009 photo students are seen holding posters of Raul Castro and Fidel Castro, and chanting slogans during a march to mark the 48th anniversary of the triumph of Cuban forces during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, in Havana.
December 9, 2025

Lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during Cuban missile crisis

Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by staring down Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev over the Cuban missile crisis. At…
Heavy rains and tropical-storm-force winds are affecting eastern parishes, including Portland, St Thomas, and sections of Kingston, St Andrew, and St Catherine, as Hurricane Melissa moved closer to the island on October 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Eastern Jamaica feeling Hurricane Melissa’s growing fury

Jamaica has begun to experience the effects of powerful Hurricane Melissa, which strengthened overnight into a Category 4 system, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. Heavy rains…
The police had made a public appeal to Maine, a taxi operator, to report to the nearest police station.
December 9, 2025

Police hunt driver in fatal Portmore hit-and-run

The St Catherine South police are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash on Sunday that claimed the life of an 80-year-old man. The deceased has been identified as Roy Pickersgill…
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) attends the première of ‘Caught Stealing’ at Regal Union Square on August 26, 2025, in New York.
December 9, 2025

Bad Bunny top winner at Billboard Latin Music Awards

MIAMI (AP): His presence had remained a mystery, but Bad Bunny was there in person Thursday night to receive all the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards that were given to him, including the special…
Police officers look for clues by a basket lift used by thieves at the Louvre museum in Paris.
December 9, 2025

Louvre theft could make stolen Crown Jewels as famous as Mona Lisa

PARIS (AP): The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels – long admired at home, little known abroad – to global fame. One…
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern Iraq.
December 9, 2025

Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey

QANDIL (AP): A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq, as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered in…