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This combination of images shows Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada, left, and United States President Donald Trump on October 7, 2025, in Washington.
January 25, 2026

Carney says Canada has no plans to pursue free trade deal with China as Trump threatens tariffs

(AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China. He was responding to United States President Donald Trump’s threat to…
Manchester United's Patrick Dorgu (left) celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester United in London on January 25, 2026.
January 25, 2026

Man United and Matheus Cunha stun Arsenal with 3-2 win

(AP) — Manchester United's Matheus Cunha blew the English Premier League football title race wide open with a stunning winner as his team beat Arsenal 3-2 on Sunday. The Brazil international…
President Donald Trump  watches as Rev Mariann Budde arrives at the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 in Washington.
January 25, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | Faith in Donald Trump

Say what you may, many Christians are maintaining that President Donald Trump is an answer to prayer. He is protecting their favourite doctrines, he loves the Bible, and he is God’s chosen. This is a…
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January 25, 2026

Dwight Fletcher | Have you drawn strength from God?

We’re in the last week of January, and the last week of our discussion on resilience. I pray that this has been a series that has given you time to reflect and prepare for all that 2026 has in store.…
Rev Dr Wendell Gibbs, senior pastor of First Baptist Church Toronto, standing in the Penny Hodge Heritage Room.
January 25, 2026 by Neil Armstrong

Historic Baptist churches played pivotal role in liberation

TORONTO: Two historic Baptist churches that are miles away from each other in different countries and have been around for two centuries were major centres in the liberation struggle of black people…
January 25, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | Move a little farther!

“ On the third day of the journey, Abraham saw the place in the distance. ‘Stay here with the donkey’, Abraham told the young men. ‘The boy and I will travel a little farther” Genesis 22:4-5
The deep pit initially caused by land caving in at The Estuary housing scheme, in St James.
January 24, 2026 by Adrian Frater

Estuary on edge

Western Bureau: With the 2026 hurricane season just months away, some residents of Phase Two of the Estuary Housing Scheme, in St James, are worried about the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on a…
January 24, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘Quite frankly, I was afraid’

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green testified on Thursday that fear had prevented him from giving an immediate statement to investigators following a fatal 2013 police shooting along Arcadia Road in…
Leighton Johnson and La Sonja Harrison, former presidents of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
January 24, 2026 by Sashana Small

Former JTA head loses lawsuit against teachers’ body

The wage agreement for a 20 per cent minimum increase in basic salary after tax, between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has been upheld after the Supreme Court dismissed a…