World Cup buzz: Trump reveals FIFA 2026 draw location, date

US President Donald Trump confirmed that the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place in Washington, D.C., on December 5, at the Kennedy Center. Standing alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the White House, Trump hailed the...

Flesh Eating Parasite Warning Issued By CA Health Officials

California health officials are warning residents about the appearance of a parasitic fly that feeds off of living flesh in humans and animals. The California Department of Health said it is called the New World Screwworm, a rare previously...

Munroe says Bahamas' location is key reason it appears on US drug list

The Bahamas’ geographic location is the key reason it continues to appear on the United States’ list of major illicit drug transit or producing countries, Minister of National Wayne Munroe said yesterday. The US named The Bahamas one of 23...

Deputy Secretary Landau co-hosts a High-Level Event on Support for Haiti with Kenyan President Ruto

Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau co-hosts a High-Level Event on Support for Haiti with Kenyan President William Ruto in New York City, New York. VIDEO INFO Date Taken: 09.22.2025 Date Posted: 09.24.2025 09:22 Category: Briefings Video ID:...

The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe

On April 14, 1936, twenty-year-old Orson Welles directed his first major play. The production was an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast. Debuting in Harlem’s storied Lafayette Theatre on Seventh Avenue at 132nd...

Cuba reaffirms its scientific and humanitarian commitment to Haiti

Haiti - Health : Cuba reaffirms its scientific and humanitarian commitment to Haiti 17/09/2025 09:53:03 The Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti will organize the 23rd National Scientific Conference, from October 3rd to December 3rd, 2025, with the...

Lan Ramen reopens in new downtown location; Caribbean Tings food truck

When it closed the doors at its 250 S. Washington St. location this summer, a sign was posted that promised Lan Ramen & Aqua Tea would reopen — and it has: at 217 W. Sixth St., where Nourish and Brilliant Coffee Company once operated. Lan Ramen...

Irish kidnap victim in Haiti: "I was petrified one of us would be used in a human sacrifice"

Speaking for the first time since her release on August 29, Ms Heraty said: "A lot of these gangs, they will tell you themselves, they’re working for the devil. I was petrified that any one of us could be used in a sacrifice. That some witch...

Che Rodriguez reflects on a lifetime of Caribbean storytelling

Exhilarating and surreal. That’s how veteran actor, director and filmmaker Che Rodriguez describes the feeling that overcame him when he stood before President Christine Kangaloo on Republic Day to receive the Chaconia Medal (Silver) for his...

What to know about the life and legacy of wildlife advocate Jane Goodall

Famed primatologist Jane Goodall, renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees, dedicated her life to helping all wild animals — a passion that lasted until her death this past week. She spent decades promoting humanitarian causes and the...

In the News… quick recap of the week. Oct. 4, 2025

New RIPTA schedule in effect HealthSourceRI individual subscribers (not Medicare) could see premiums rise as much as 85% Newport, RI named #4 in the top places to live on the East Coast by Travel & Leisure Barrington School Committee announces the...

The Cascadia Fault: An Inconvenient Truth

Pacific Northwest Earthquake | BCBusiness Now. Or now. Next Thursday. Tomorrow while you sleep. One morning as you’re crossing the Alex Fraser Bridge or inching through the George Massey Tunnel, thinking about time and traffic and lunch options...

iciHaiti - Carrefour-Shada : Inauguration of the new premises of the ONA annex

iciHaiti - Carrefour-Shada : Inauguration of the new premises of the ONA annex 27/09/2025 10:41:11 On Thursday, September 25, 2025, the National Old Age Insurance Office (ONA) held the inauguration and blessing of its new premises at the...

Public art and walkable, bike-friendly streets make cities better. This film fest focuses on these efforts.

It’s one thing to marvel at a work of public art. It’s another when that art invites passersby to actively engage with it. In Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, there’s an interactive musical sculpture/seating area that is meant to “spark...

Miami Circles

Approximately 2,700 years ago, it can be estimated with a high degree of certainty that a 16-year-old Tequesta boy held his bone flute as he stood outside the freshly built Miami Circle, overlooking the place where the sweet waterway that would...

Nazi corrective called ‘model of moral fortitude’

CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The premier atlas of human anatomy for a half-century had an unfathomable stain: the atrocities of the Holocaust. The atlas, developed at a Nazi-led medical school in Vienna, utilized the bodies of nearly 1,400 individuals who...

Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died at 91

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute said in post on Instagram Wednesday that the renowned...

Digicel expands solar project

Digicel Jamaica is rolling out solar power at over half its sites, aiming to keep services running during outages and disasters —not to raise rates, but to ensure reliable, climate-resilient connectivity across all parishes. (Photo: Karl McLarty)...

5 St. Cloud-area ethnic markets to try

From Jamaican jerk to hot pot and tacos, St. Cloud hosts many unique markets offering flavors from around the world. Those looking for flavorful meals and a new shopping experience have no shortage of local stores to choose from, including these...

What you need to know about immigration trends in Wisconsin 

Of the roughly 6.6 million immigrants who landed in the federal immigration court system over the past decade, at least 41,000 listed addresses in Wisconsin. Those immigrants, many of them new arrivals, are now in the spotlight. A small fraction...