Jamaica's Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has failed in her bid to become Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations. Johnson Smith was beaten by the incumbent Baroness Patricia Scotland of Dominica 27 votes to 24 after heads of government failed...
Former mayor of Morant Bay, St Thomas, Hanif Brown, has died. Brown who was also a longstanding trade unionist, had been ailing for some time. The government has hailed Brown for his services to industrial relations. Brown served as mayor of Morant Bay and chairman of...
Head of the World Trade Organization, WTO, says a food crisis kicked off by the Ukraine war could last for years without intervention. WTO director general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says African countries could be hit hard by wheat and fertilizer shortages. Millions of...
Jamaica had two second place finishes at the Ostrava Golden Spike World Athletics Continental meet in the Czech Republic this morning. Olympic finalist Candice McLeod logged 50.38 seconds for the runner up spot in the women's 400m. Natalia Kazmarek of Poland won in...
President of the World Bank David Malpass has warned of a global recession as the price of food, energy and fertiliser jump. Malpass told a US business leaders event yesterday that it is difficult to see how the world can avoid a recession, mainly as a result of...
US President Joe Biden says America will intervene militarily to protect Taiwan if China should launch an attack. Speaking in Japan, Biden appeared to contradict long-standing US policy in the region, although the White House insisted there had been no departure....
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has denied claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. Business Insider reported late yesterday said Musk’s SpaceX paid $250,000 in 2018 to settle a sexual harassment claim from...
A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty today to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. Thomas Lane admitting that he intentionally helped restrained Floyd in a way that created an unreasonable risk...
At least 60 people are missing and feared dead in the debris of a burned-out school after a Russian air raid in eastern Ukraine. The governor of the Luhansk region, said on today that two people were confirmed dead after Russian forces dropped a bomb on the school,...
British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie has had his US $500,000 bond put on hold, after Prosecutors lodged an appeal against the judge's decision. Fahie made his first appearance in court on Wednesday morning on money laundering and drug trafficking charges. In a...