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TEL AVIV – October 7, 2023, is a date that will forever haunt Israel. The events of that day were grisly: Hamas carried out a vile attack on Israel, killing some 1,200 Israelis and taking another 251 hostage. But Hamas’s attack soon led...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more.  Take a look at this week's past line-up of cartoons as...

Education leaders are warning that the Government’s new anti-bullying initiative must move beyond slogans to become a sustained national response. Both the Jamaica Teachers’ Association and the Jamaica Association of Principals of...

Court of Appeal President Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop has stressed that the Constitution empowers judges to ensure fairness even when it means overriding rigid sentencing laws. Delivering the Mona Law Distinguished Lecture, she explained that...

Twelve-year-old Tamara Noble, once told that she would never walk again after a devastating accident, is now defying the odds. Following recent surgery funded by a generous benefactor, Tamara has regained movement in her legs and can even wiggle...

The quiet community of Commodore in Linstead has been left shattered after a mass shooting claimed five lives, including that of four-year-old Shannon Gordon and 19-year-old Jushane Edwards. The brazen attack, carried out by gunmen dressed in...

More than 10,000 people from parishes across Jamaica converged on Lawrence Park, St Ann’s Bay on October 17, 1976 to witness the unveiling of a life-size statue of National Hero Marcus Garvey. Despite heavy rain that disrupted parts of the...

Jamaica marked a historic milestone on October 7, 1964, when Prime Minister the Rt Hon Sir Alexander Bustamante and Baron Mullenheim-Rechberg, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, signed the nation’s first bilateral agreement since...

Researchers claim that the so-called planetary health diet, set out in a new report from the 2025 Eat-Lancet Commission, is linked to a 27 per cent reduced risk of premature death and lower rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic...

A study by electronics retailer Currys revealed that one in five people believe they have struck up a real friendship with their virtual assistant. Nearly half (49 per cent) admitted turning to AI for advice on personal issues rather than...

Researchers have discovered that live ants can be used to ferment milk into yoghurt. Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) found that red wood ants contain natural bacteria, acids and enzymes that can turn milk into a tangy,...

CAMBRIDGE: When the United Nations emerged from the rubble of two world wars 80 years ago, it represented humanity’s most ambitious attempt ever to turn catastrophe into cooperation. But while the scarred world of 1945 had hope following the...