World News
January 24, 2026
Nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold-mining sweep
BOGOTA (AP): Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in…
January 23, 2026
US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has finalised its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment,…
January 23, 2026
Trinidad to undertake registration of undocumented migrants
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it will begin registering all undocumented migrants in the country from next week and warned those who fail to register could…
January 23, 2026
TikTok finalises deal to form new American entity, avoids ban that would have affected 200 million users
TikTok has finalised a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now used by more than 200…
January 22, 2026
Resilience through science
Renée Peters will graduate on January 31 from the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica with first class honours, a GPA of 4.04, and the title of valedictorian for the Faculty of Science and…
January 22, 2026
Bustamante High gets modern technology labs
Nearly two years after a fire severely damaged two Information Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories at Bustamante High School, the Clarendon-based institution has received new state-of-the-art…
January 22, 2026
37 cartel members extradited to the US
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexico sent 37 cartel members to United States at the request of the US Justice Department, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying Wednesday that it was a “sovereign decision” by…
January 22, 2026
US gov’t warns it will take action if Haitian politicians destabilise country
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US warned the transitional council in charge of Haiti against making changes to the troubled country’s government late Wednesday, as pressure mounts for the unelected…
January 22, 2026
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose access to emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks…