Schools shut, flights axed as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong, southern China

HONG KONG, China (AFP)-Hong Kong and parts of southern China ground to a halt on Tuesday evening as Super Typhoon Ragasa ...

St Andrew man wanted for murder surrenders to police

A man who was featured on the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Wanted Wednesdays has been charged with murder after ...

Suriname’s first woman president says her election broke the ‘glass ceiling’

Suriname's President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons says her election as the first woman president of Suriname has broken the ...

Bahamas judge sentences deacon to 20 years for molesting 10-y-o girl

A Bahamas High Court judge has sentenced a 59-year-old deacon to 20 years in jail after he was found guilty of molesting a 10 ...

Jamaican man deported to Eswatini repatriated, says Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith says Orville Etoria, a Jamaican man who was deported from ...

Man charged with shining laser pointer at Trump helicopter

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)-US authorities charged a man who shone a laser pointer at the presidential helicopter as it departed the White House with President Trump aboard, according to a court ...

WHO sees no autism links to Tylenol or vaccines

Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, following comments from the United States (US) president and his ...