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Police urge caution on roads after pedestrian killed in Huddersfield crash
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Police urge caution on roads after pedestrian killed in Huddersfield crash
May 16 01:19 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica—Huddersfield main road claimed another life on Thursday, May 14, after a pedestrian was struck by a motor truck. Dead is 28-year-old ...
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Dr Patricia Smith presents Tourism Minister with copy of her book ‘I Persist’
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Dr Patricia Smith presents Tourism Minister with copy of her book ‘I Persist’
May 16 12:58 PM
Kingston, Jamaica—Home care entrepreneur, hotelier and author, Dr Patricia Smith recently presented a signed copy of her book I Persist to Minister of...
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Jamaica completes draft 10-year National Agricultural Development Plan with FAO, says Green
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Jamaica completes draft 10-year National Agricultural Development Plan with FAO, says Green
May 16 12:50 PM
Kingston, Jamaica— The Jamaican Government, with the help of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has completed the draft...
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Transformation taking root at St Andrew Prep with support from Express Canteen Services
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Transformation taking root at St Andrew Prep with support from Express Canteen Services
May 16 12:32 PM
Kingston, Jamaica— A quiet but deliberate transformation is unfolding at St Andrew Preparatory School, where Principal Dr Carol Blanchard’s push for h...
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Time for Jamaica to command a larger share of US$3 trillion creative economy, says Burchell
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Time for Jamaica to command a larger share of US$3 trillion creative economy, says Burchell
May 16 12:00 PM
Kingston, Jamaica— It is time for Jamaica to claim a larger share of the US$3 trillion global creative economy, says Opposition Spokesperson on Cultur...
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Powerful 6.0 earthquake rattles Eastern Caribbean
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Powerful 6.0 earthquake rattles Eastern Caribbean
May 16 11:52 AM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Several islands in the eastern Caribbean were rocked by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake Saturday morning . The affected countr...
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Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 to win FA Cup
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Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 to win FA Cup
May 16 11:39 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday to win the FA Cup and complete a domestic cup double. Antoine Semenyo scored...
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UN warns blackouts, shortages disrupt healthcare across Cuba
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UN warns blackouts, shortages disrupt healthcare across Cuba
May 16 11:31 AM
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)–Senior United Nations officials warned on Friday that blackouts and shortages are disrupting healthcare in Cuba. Edem Wosornu of ...
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Palestinians to vote in first elections since Gaza war
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Palestinians to vote in first elections since Gaza war
April 24, 2026
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP)—Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza head to the polls Saturday for municipal elections in...
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 13
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 13
April 24, 2026
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP)—Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory on Friday killed at least 1...
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Trump tells Hamas to proceed with ‘Full and Immediate’ disarmament
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Trump tells Hamas to proceed with ‘Full and Immediate’ disarmament
February 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Hamas to move forward with disarmament under his plan for ...
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Netanyahu says Gaza war not over until Hamas disarms
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Netanyahu says Gaza war not over until Hamas disarms
October 18, 2025
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday that the war in Gaza would not be over until ...
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UN, Red Cross demand opening of all Gaza crossings to let in aid
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UN, Red Cross demand opening of all Gaza crossings to let in aid
October 14, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The United Nations and the international Red Cross called on Tuesday for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow despe...
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Palestinian prisoners to be freed after all Gaza hostages confirmed to be in Israel
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Palestinian prisoners to be freed after all Gaza hostages confirmed to be in Israel
October 12, 2025
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP)—Israel will begin releasing Palestinian prisoners once it has confirmation that all hostages held in Gaza have arrived in t...
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Israel says ‘all parties’ signed phase one of Gaza deal
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Israel says ‘all parties’ signed phase one of Gaza deal
October 9, 2025
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) — Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, adding ...
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UN experts warn Trump’s Gaza peace plan could cause more oppression
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UN experts warn Trump’s Gaza peace plan could cause more oppression
October 3, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Dozens of United Nations (UN) experts cautioned Friday that key elements of United States (US) President Donald Trump's pe...
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Johnson Smith dismisses ‘false’ allegations that gov’t has been silent on Palestine
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Johnson Smith dismisses ‘false’ allegations that gov’t has been silent on Palestine
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, is refuting accusations from the Opposition People’s ...
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PNP criticises govt’s silence on Palestine at UN
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September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has condemned the Government for what it describes as a failure to show solidarity wi...
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Palestinian leader tells UN no role for Hamas in state
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Palestinian leader tells UN no role for Hamas in state
September 25, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United Nations (AFP) — Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday rejected any future role for Hamas and condemned antisemitism, as h...
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UK, Australia and Canada recognise Palestinian state
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UK, Australia and Canada recognise Palestinian state
September 21, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain, Australia and Canada on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state in a seismic shift in decades of western foreign...
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Trump says he disagrees with UK’s Starmer on Palestinian state
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Trump says he disagrees with UK’s Starmer on Palestinian state
September 18, 2025
CHEQUERS, United Kingdom (AFP)—US President Donald Trump said Thursday he disagreed with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Britain's plan to recognise ...
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Protesters refer to Trump as ‘Hitler of our time’ at DC restaurant
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Protesters refer to Trump as ‘Hitler of our time’ at DC restaurant
September 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States — United States (US) President Donald Trump was confronted by protesters at a Washington, DC restaurant in a brief but tense...
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US to refuse visas to Palestinian officials at UN summit on state
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US to refuse visas to Palestinian officials at UN summit on state
August 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)-The United States said Friday it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month's UN Gen...
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Israeli minister calls to annex Gaza if Hamas doesn’t surrender
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Israeli minister calls to annex Gaza if Hamas doesn’t surrender
August 28, 2025
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday called on the government to begin annexing parts of the Gaza Strip...
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UK to help dozens of Gazans study at British universities
August 26, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain's interior ministry has agreed to adapt immigration arrangements to help several dozen students from Gaza take ...
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‘Far too late’: Palestinians despair after UN declares famine in Gaza
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‘Far too late’: Palestinians despair after UN declares famine in Gaza
August 23, 2025
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, (AFP) — Desperate Palestinians clutching pots and plastic buckets scrambled for rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza ...
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Israel approves major West Bank settlement project
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Israel approves major West Bank settlement project
August 20, 2025
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has wa...
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Hundreds march in London against UK recognising a Palestinian state
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Hundreds march in London against UK recognising a Palestinian state
August 10, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Several hundred people marched on Sunday in London to demand Hamas release the Israeli hostages held by the Palestinia...
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Netanyahu defends Gaza war expansion during press conference
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Netanyahu defends Gaza war expansion during press conference
August 10, 2025
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out his vision for victory in Gaza during a press conference in Jerusalem...
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Salah criticises UEFA for ‘Palestinian Pele’ tribute: ‘Tell us how he died’
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Salah criticises UEFA for ‘Palestinian Pele’ tribute: ‘Tell us how he died’
August 10, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has criticised Europe's football governing body UEFA for posting a tribute to "Palestinian P...
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Kingston, Jamaica—Home care entrepreneur, hotelier and author, Dr Patricia Smith recently presented a signed copy of her book I Persist to Minister of...
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Kingston, Jamaica— The Jamaican Government, with the help of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has completed the draft...
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Transformation taking root at St Andrew Prep with support from Express Canteen Services
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Transformation taking root at St Andrew Prep with support from Express Canteen Services
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Kingston, Jamaica— A quiet but deliberate transformation is unfolding at St Andrew Preparatory School, where Principal Dr Carol Blanchard’s push for h...
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Time for Jamaica to command a larger share of US$3 trillion creative economy, says Burchell
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Time for Jamaica to command a larger share of US$3 trillion creative economy, says Burchell
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