PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence
Read moreKing Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said today the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role
Read moreOscar brings winds, heavy rains to eastern Cuba after striking the Bahamas
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island already beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after brushing
Read moreHurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas, heads towards Cuba
NASSAU — Hurricane Oscar made landfall early today in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading towards Cuba. Oscar, which the hurricane center characterized as “very
Read moreGangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti’s capital in new wave of violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Multiple gangs attacked several communities in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, setting fire to homes and a church as bullets
Read more‘Fish storm’ Tropical Depression 7 could be a tropical storm today, NHC says
MIAMI — Just one day after Tropical Depression Seven formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center says the system could become a tropical
Read moreBahamas readies Caribbean’s next ‘debt-for-nature’ swap
NASSAU — The Bahamas is to join a growing trend where countries promise better protection of precious ecosystems in return for having their debts reduced.
Read moreCanada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission
KINGSTON — Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized
Read moreCarnival Freedom Cruises Cancelled After Fire
NASSAU – Carnival Cruise Line is canceling the two upcoming cruises onboard the Carnival Freedom after a fire incident onboard the ship. Affected sailings include the
Read moreBiden rejects U.S. troop deployment to Haiti as crisis spirals
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will not send U.S. troops to Haiti to help its national police respond to a rapidly evolving security crisis, as
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