9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (909+ words) China often leans into its “developing country” status, portraying itself as a defender of the Global South’s interests and cultivating a close alliance with the Group of 77, which includes 134 countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But some…...

22+ hour, 8+ min ago   (170+ words) Two men and a woman were shot and killed by the security forces in St Andrew early Sunday morning during what the police say was a confrontation with armed thugs. The identities of the three people killed have not yet…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1032+ words) Jamaica’s allegedly sovereign Government crossed the Atlantic, cap in hand, to beg (oops, sorry, “petition”) our enslavers’ King for slavery reparations. Have we no shame? Are we so accustomed to “negotiating” on our knees with the Empire’s former fellow colony…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (967+ words) At one end, we have the black nationalist who believes that he’ll never be black enough to attain his real value. At the other end are those who believe that the white Europeans were the most pragmatic and saw economic…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (712+ words) Today, as Jews around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, we have entered the year 5787, counted from the creation of the world according to the Jewish calendar. If you are Jewish and in Jamaica, I encourage you…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (608+ words) Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended American national security. The…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (403+ words) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was acquitted last Friday in a case related to a marine’s drowning death in a rare reprieve in one of the criminal cases brought against him following his ouster for imposing martial law....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (14+ words) Jamaica Gleaner Needling for change: the surprisingly political history of knitting...

4+ day, 44+ min ago   (312+ words) By nightfall, search and rescue operations were halted but were to resume in the morning. So far, 43 people have been rescued, coast guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said. The ferry MV June Aster was afloat but listing off the town…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (625+ words) Norway bade its final farewell to Harald V yesterday as crowds lined the streets and foreign royals and leaders converged on Oslo for the funeral of the long-serving king, who was remembered as a popular monarch with a down-to-earth touch....