UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador Dennis Francis was elected as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly, the 193-member world body
Read moreUN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence
JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — The executive directors of two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread
Read moreCuba Ends Russia Trip With Agreements on Oil, Wheat and Renewed Tourism
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said it is reaffirming its alliance with Russia through a series of agreements considered key for the island nation, including on
Read moreWhy Rastafari Smoke Marijuana For Sacramental Reasons and The Faith’s Other Beliefs
ST. JOHN’S — Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But
Read moreCops Seek Cubs Prospect Josefrailin Alcántara For Murder In A Dispute Over $2,747.68
SANTO DOMINGO — Police in the Dominican Republic are searching for a former Chicago Cubs minor leaguer suspected of shooting a 26-year-old man dead in
Read moreTropical Storm Cindy Moves West; Bret’s Gone, Gone, Gone
SAN JUAN (Reuters) — Tropical Storm Bret dissipated as of the 5:00 p.m. advisory on Saturday, after first passing Aruba. The remnants of Bret were 160
Read moreUSVI Men’s Basketball Team Falls To Cuba 72-63
MANAGUA — The U.S. Virgin Islands’ men’s national basketball team failed its first test at the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Pre-Qualifiers in Nicaragua on Friday. The
Read moreTropical Storm Bret Swirled Near St. Vincent; Tropical Storm Cindy Sweeps North
SAN JUAN (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands were
Read moreTropical Storm Bret Could Still Bring Needed Rain To U.S. Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN — Despite Tropical Storm Bret’s current center distance well south of local islands, indirect impacts from Bret are affecting or are expected to
Read moreTropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to hurricane season
SAN JUAN (AP) — Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret, in the first case of two storms in the tropical Atlantic in
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