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PARIS – Rue de Rivoli, a boulevard running through the heart of Paris, has been developed in fits and starts. Napoleon Bonaparte initiated construction in 1802, after years of planning and debate, but work stalled following the emperor’...

This week The Gleaner again looked at the issue of abuses in the nation’s prisons. But this time around, the organisation, took a deep dive into Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Matthew Samuda’s response...

Ricky Skerritt famously ousted Dave Cameron in his run to the presidency of Cricket West Indies, but with just one term under his belt, maybe his administration is coming apart at the seams with challenges springing up with the claim he has not...

Jamaica looks set to inoculate the entire population against the coronavirus, despite initial estimates, it only intended to do so for about 16% of the population this year. That is good news despite the sharp spike in positive cases the country...

The debacle at Munro College where the part administrators played in a COVID-19 breakout brought into stark reality, the part leaders at organisations must play in order to help curtail the spread of COVID-19. MUNRO ANGER Administrators blamed for...

When one mentions the word netball in Jamaica, right off the bat, and in this case, the ball, Molly Rhone's name comes to mind. Rhone has taken the sport of Netball locally to the global stage, first as a player and then in later years as an...

Back in the 1960s, being black in Britain came with many adversities, as racial tensions reached the highest it has ever been across the Western world. Being black and being on television was almost unthinkable in the UK in those days, but that is...

This motion picture theatre was opened on January 17, 1951. Located in Old Harbour St. Catherine, it was owned by Mr. Stanley Vaz. A modernistic, open-air structure, the Reo had ample covering on the wings in case of rain, a seating capacity of 500...

The University of the West Indies started as a College and had to wait for its status as a recognised University like everybody else. The Gleaner was there when the institution made its biggest step towards earning its status in 1949. Interestingly...

The world's longest ice hockey game has come to an end after 252 hours. The game began on February 4 in Canada and hoped to raise money to fund cancer research. Organisers said the event ended with a final score of 2,649 goals for Team Cure and...

A police investigation has been launched after a woman claimed she became pregnant by a gust of wind. Siti Zainah gave birth to a baby daughter in Indonesia last week, just an hour after she felt the wind surround her body but officers are keen to...

The world's first flying car has been approved for take-off. The Terrafugia Transition 'roadable aircraft' has been granted an airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) that allows it to take to the skies ahead...