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Forex: $158.08 to one US dollar
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Forex: $158.08 to one US dollar
May 27 04:53 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, May 27, ended trading at $158.08, up 18 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily...
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Reggae Boyz qualify for Unity Cup final after beating India 2-0
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Reggae Boyz qualify for Unity Cup final after beating India 2-0
May 27 04:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz qualified for back- to- back finals in the 2026 Unity Cup after beating debutants India 2-0 in their semi-fi...
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Beryllium says explosion at nearby garage, not operational facilities
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Beryllium says explosion at nearby garage, not operational facilities
May 27 04:21 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Security company Beryllium says its operational facilities remain unaffected following an explosion and fire at a nearby garage fa...
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Westmoreland police to intensify traffic enforcement operations
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Westmoreland police to intensify traffic enforcement operations
May 27 04:10 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to intensify traffic enforcement operations across the parish...
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Faulkland, Reggae Youths to contest St James FA  Major League final
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Faulkland, Reggae Youths to contest St James FA Major League final
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27 03:42 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Faulkland Football Club (FC) and Reggae Youths confirmed their places in Saturday’s final of the St James Football Association/San...
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Matthew Perry assistant imprisoned over fatal drug injections
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Matthew Perry assistant imprisoned over fatal drug injections
May 27 03:20 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The personal assistant who repeatedly injected Matthew Perry with ketamine before he died was sentenced to prison o...
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Jahriffe encourages strength, spiritual awareness with inspiring new single ‘Shine Bright’
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Jahriffe encourages strength, spiritual awareness with inspiring new single ‘Shine Bright’
May 27 02:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — United States-based reggae singer Jahriffe is spreading positivity and spiritual encouragement with his uplifting new single “ Shi...
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Samuels-Smith and Clarke set for Reggae Boyz debuts in Unity Cup
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Samuels-Smith and Clarke set for Reggae Boyz debuts in Unity Cup
May 27 02:20 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Odin Samuels-Smith and Courtney Clarke have been handed debuts for the Reggae Boyz as they take on India in the semifinals of the ...
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Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change — UN
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Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change — UN
May 27, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe ...
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Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe
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Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe
May 26, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Residents of western Europe turned to fans and fountains as they sweltered through a record-breaking heatwave Tuesday, ...
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Four teenagers drown in England since Sunday amid heatwave — authorities
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Four teenagers drown in England since Sunday amid heatwave — authorities
May 26, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Four teenagers have drowned in lakes in England since Sunday amid a heatwave, police said. The school-age children drow...
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Mideast war ‘starting to weaken Europe’, says Erdogan
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Mideast war ‘starting to weaken Europe’, says Erdogan
April 22, 2026
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The United States-Israeli war against Iran is "starting to weaken Europe", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Germ...
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Take Trump seriously on Greenland, Vance warns Europe
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Take Trump seriously on Greenland, Vance warns Europe
January 8, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US Vice President JD Vance warned Europe on Thursday to take Donald Trump "seriously" on Greenland as the president ra...
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‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump slams European allies in UN address
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‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump slams European allies in UN address
September 23, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump blasted the United Nations (UN) and Europe on his return to the world ...
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer—study
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Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer—study
September 22, 2025
Paris, France (AFP)—More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the ...
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Record number of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in Europe
August 20, 2025
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Europe has registered a record number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses such as chikungunya and West Nile virus this ...
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June was hottest on record in western Europe—EU monitor
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June was hottest on record in western Europe—EU monitor
July 8, 2025
Paris, France (AFP)-Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing ...
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Caribbean delegation lauds ‘productive’ reparation talks after Europe visit
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Caribbean delegation lauds ‘productive’ reparation talks after Europe visit
July 3, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) –  Several activists and researchers in the reparations movement from across the region have hailed two successful days of ...
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Denmark to conscript women for armed services
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Denmark to conscript women for armed services
July 3, 2025
Denmark will begin to conscript women to its armed services, an extension of the lottery conscription system already in place for men, according to me...
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World will have to learn to live with heatwaves  — UN
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World will have to learn to live with heatwaves — UN
July 1, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The world will have to learn to live with heatwaves, the United Nations' weather and climate agency said Tuesday, as much ...
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Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave as continent warms
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Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave as continent warms
June 28, 2025
Marseille, France (AFP)-Southern Europeans braced Saturday for their first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermo...
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‘Reggae revival’ stalls: Renowned promoter says ‘movement’ found wanting
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‘Reggae revival’ stalls: Renowned promoter says ‘movement’ found wanting
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
May 12, 2025
The recent death of veteran roots reggae star Max Romeo has underlined the crisis of identity and continuity that haunts reggae. Who will carry the ma...
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Is reggae music ‘almost dead’ in Europe?
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Is reggae music ‘almost dead’ in Europe?
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
May 11, 2025
Barcelona-based reggae promoter, Julian Francisco Garcia Mancebo, who has been promoting and developing Jamaican acts and culture since 1991, has a di...
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to connect Guyana to Europe starting June 2025
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to connect Guyana to Europe starting June 2025
March 6, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to begin operations in Guyana on June 4, marking a significant milestone for the country’s ...
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Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership – authorities
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Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership – authorities
March 3, 2025
TOULOUSE, France (AFP) --A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor's office said Monda...
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Fantan recovers from heart problems, tours Europe
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Fantan recovers from heart problems, tours Europe
January 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae star Fantan Mojah says he has made a "nice recovery" from the heart condition that left him hospitalised last year. "I have...
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Richie Flo targets European market with ‘Bounce’
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Richie Flo targets European market with ‘Bounce’
November 15, 2024
For most of his career, Richie Flo has worked with producers in Jamaica and Canada, where the singer has lived since 2011. He changed course for Bounc...
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
November 5, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the ...
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US stocks retreat from records, following Europe lower
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US stocks retreat from records, following Europe lower
June 14, 2024
New York, United States (AFP) -- Wall Street stocks retreated early Friday as a tech-focused rally showed signs of fatigue and investors monitored dec...
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Measles cases surging again in Europe: WHO
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Measles cases surging again in Europe: WHO
May 28, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP)— Measles cases are surging across Europe for a second straight year and will soon exceed the already-high number recorded in...
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Forex: $158.08 to one US dollar
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Forex: $158.08 to one US dollar
May 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, May 27, ended trading at $158.08, up 18 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily...
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Reggae Boyz qualify for Unity Cup final after beating India 2-0
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Reggae Boyz qualify for Unity Cup final after beating India 2-0
May 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz qualified for back- to- back finals in the 2026 Unity Cup after beating debutants India 2-0 in their semi-fi...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Beryllium says explosion at nearby garage, not operational facilities
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Beryllium says explosion at nearby garage, not operational facilities
May 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Security company Beryllium says its operational facilities remain unaffected following an explosion and fire at a nearby garage fa...
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Westmoreland police to intensify traffic enforcement operations
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Westmoreland police to intensify traffic enforcement operations
May 27, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to intensify traffic enforcement operations across the parish...
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Faulkland, Reggae Youths to contest St James FA  Major League final
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Faulkland, Reggae Youths to contest St James FA Major League final
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Faulkland Football Club (FC) and Reggae Youths confirmed their places in Saturday’s final of the St James Football Association/San...
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