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Golding says Opposition will champion transparency, accountability in 2026
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Golding says Opposition will champion transparency, accountability in 2026
January 1 11:52 AM
Reflecting on the challenges of the past year, Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging Jamaicans to live with kindness while promising that the Peopl...
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Leftist Mamdani begins first day as New York mayor
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Leftist Mamdani begins first day as New York mayor
January 1 11:37 AM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Zohran Mamdani, the young star of the United States (US) left, started his first day as New York mayor on Thursday for...
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In New Year’s message, PM reflects on overcoming challenges while staring down crises
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In New Year’s message, PM reflects on overcoming challenges while staring down crises
January 1 11:01 AM
In his New Year's message on Thursday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness reflected anew on the challenges he has navigated with Jamaica during his leaders...
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
January 1 10:44 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew will be imposed in sections of Manchester, effective from 6:20 pm on Thursday, January 1, 2026, to 6:20 pm on S...
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Residents protest New Year’s killing in Granville
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Residents protest New Year’s killing in Granville
January 1 10:37 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Residents took to the streets on New Year’s Day in Granville, St James, following what they said was the killing of three individu...
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
January 1 10:05 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Three individuals, including a child, are reportedly dead following an incident involving the security forces in Granville, St Jam...
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‘Several dozen’ presumed dead after fire at ski resort New Year party
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‘Several dozen’ presumed dead after fire at ski resort New Year party
January 1 09:10 AM
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AFP) — Several dozen people are presumed dead and around 100 injured after a fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxu...
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Coach Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea
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Coach Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea
January 1 08:28 AM
London (AFP) – Enzo Maresca has left his role as Chelsea head coach after 18 months in charge, the Premier League club announced Thursday. "Chelsea Fo...
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World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island
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World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island
March 4, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparin...
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UN says new plastics pollution talks set for August
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UN says new plastics pollution talks set for August
March 3, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on reducing global plastics pollution will be held in Geneva in August, ...
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UN warns nations at climate science meeting ‘time is not on our side’
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UN warns nations at climate science meeting ‘time is not on our side’
February 24, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Tense negotiations on the timing and content of the United Nations' (UN) next blockbuster assessment of global warming science o...
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Groups launch first green lawsuits against new Trump administration
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Groups launch first green lawsuits against new Trump administration
February 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Green groups on Wednesday launched the first environmental challenges against the new Trump administration, targetin...
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Regional youth urged to apply for funded training
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Regional youth urged to apply for funded training
February 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In an effort to build community resilience to natural hazards, such as hurricanes and earthquakes, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk ...
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Conservation efforts can shift nature loss to more vulnerable regions — study
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Conservation efforts can shift nature loss to more vulnerable regions — study
February 13, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Could restoring the environment in one place — say by turning farmland in Europe into a nature reserve — harm plants and animals...
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Gov’t strengthening environmental safeguards, says Johnson Smith
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Gov’t strengthening environmental safeguards, says Johnson Smith
January 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith says the Government is strengthening monitoring and enforcement...
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India’s 2024 was hottest year since 1901: meteorological office
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India’s 2024 was hottest year since 1901: meteorological office
January 1, 2025
India's meteorological department said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year since 1901, with sizzling temperatures in the world's most populous na...
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Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
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Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
December 23, 2024
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered...
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Three ‘transformations’ for nature, according to UN experts
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Three ‘transformations’ for nature, according to UN experts
December 18, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Human societies need a radical overhaul to stop the destruction of the planet, according to the United Nations (UN) biodiversity...
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Tackling climate, nature separately risks worsening crises — UN
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Tackling climate, nature separately risks worsening crises — UN
December 17, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Overconsumption and unsustainable farming are fuelling overlapping crises in nature and the climate, putting crucial ecosystems ...
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IATA chief says sustainable plane fuel supply not enough
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IATA chief says sustainable plane fuel supply not enough
December 10, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The head of the world aviation industry body complained Tuesday that the current supply of new low-carbon aircraft fuels r...
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Flow Jamaica transitions to eBilling–promoting digital convenience and sustainability
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Flow Jamaica transitions to eBilling–promoting digital convenience and sustainability
December 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Telecommunications company Flow has completed its transition to 100 per cent eBilling which becomes effective on January 1, 2025. ...
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Trade Winds Citrus says no monetary compensation involved in Rio Cobre pollution case settlement
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Trade Winds Citrus says no monetary compensation involved in Rio Cobre pollution case settlement
December 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Trade Winds Citrus Limited (TWCL) has denied rumours and speculations of monetary compensation being involved in a controversial d...
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UN urges leveraging carbon markets to help poorest countries
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UN urges leveraging carbon markets to help poorest countries
November 4, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) suggested Monday that the world's poorest nations could benefit far more from carbon offset projec...
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Thousands take to London streets demanding cleaner water
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Thousands take to London streets demanding cleaner water
November 3, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Thousands of people marched through central London on Sunday demanding action on cleaning up Britain's rivers and seas....
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Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970 — WWF
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Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970 — WWF
October 9, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 per cent in the last half-century, according to the latest e...
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Drought reduces Amazon River in Colombia by as much as 90% — report
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Drought reduces Amazon River in Colombia by as much as 90% — report
September 26, 2024
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) — The Amazon River has seen its levels in Colombia reduced by as much as 90 per cent, a government agency said Thursday, as Sou...
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World’s oceans near critical acidification level — report
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World’s oceans near critical acidification level — report
September 23, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate, a new report ...
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Amazon forest has lost an area the size of Germany and France
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Amazon forest has lost an area the size of Germany and France
September 23, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforesta...
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Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants amid food shortages
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Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants amid food shortages
September 17, 2024
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has led to food shortages, a move that will also a...
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June-August 2024 were hottest ever recorded — EU monitor
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June-August 2024 were hottest ever recorded — EU monitor
September 6, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023's high and making this year likely Earth's ...
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
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