CHARGÉ d’affaires at the United States Embassy in Kingston Scott Renner on Thursday urged students to seriously examine the possibility of doing their tertiary education outside of Jamaica. Renner made the call during his address to scores of students from schools across the island who turned out for the 2026 staging of the EducationUSA College Fair at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel. The fair, which was hosted by the United States...

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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)—A 7.2 magnitude earthquake off Vanuatu triggered a tsunami warning on Saturday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. "Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters... hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 KM of the earthquake epicenter," the Hawaii-based monitor warned after the shallow quake in waters around the island nation of Vanuatu.

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—Havana on Friday mocked the "desperation" of the United States after it called for Cubans to collaborate with the CIA, as Washington intensifies its pressure on the communist island. "Now the United States is resorting to public recruitment for the CIA," Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio wrote on X. "There must be a great deal of desperation or misery within the agency for it to...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Meteorological Service of Jamaica has upgraded a flash flood watch to a flash flood warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St Mary, Portland, St Thomas, Kingston and St Andrew. The flash flood watch is maintained for St Ann, St Catherine and Clarendon until Saturday, October 24, 2026. According to the MetService, a broad trough across the western Caribbean continues to produce unstable weather across Jamaica. It said...