PARIS : The ongoing war in Ukraine and the fighting in Gaza following Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack must not distract the world from our collective priorities: reducing our CO2 emissions, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, preserving...
Ngaire Woods is dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. OXFORD: More than 70 national elections are scheduled for 2024, including in eight of the ten most populous countries. But one group is likely to be...
CAMBRIDGE: Following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election in 2016, many pundits predicted a worldwide breakdown of democracy, and some warned of civil war. But, aside from Africa’s Sahel region, military coups remain...
CAMBRIDGE: The Pulitzer-nominated play Other Desert Cities, set in Palm Springs, California, tells a tale about a fractured family’s struggles to establish dialogue across political divides. More than a decade after the play premiered in 2011...
NEW YORK: In my old job at the US State Department, colleagues often asked me what was likely to happen in this or that situation. Often, there was no way of knowing, and I reminded questioners that I was Director of Policy Planning, not of...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more. Take a look at this week past's line-up of cartoons as...
Jamaican banks and customer dissatisfaction Despite recent data from JETS Limited and the central bank indicating high levels of customer satisfaction with Jamaica's automated banking machines (ABMs), anecdotal evidence suggests a strained...
The director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Danielle Archer, is advocating for the prompt prosecution in 2024 of politicians under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment. Archer highlighted that at least six members of parliament are...
In response to widespread public outrage over a significant increase in Internet scams resulting in substantial financial losses, Jamaican commercial banks are preparing to implement more stringent and robust measures for specific transactions....
In a noteworthy intervention, the St Catherine North police effectively liberated a Spanish Town entrepreneur who had been abducted by armed attackers. The individual was taken from his business on Brunswick Avenue, with the kidnappers purportedly...
After the recent revelation of 31 arrests related to the original Clansman Gang in St Catherine, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey issued a stern warning that the police will intensify their fight against gangs in the coming year....
The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is reporting that motorcycle-related fatalities continue to be a major concern, with 129 motorcyclists killed in traffic accidents. The total number of road fatalities reached 415, compared to 480 in the...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang expressed condolences over the tragic loss of 26-year-old policewoman Donique Anderson, who passed away on Christmas Eve due to liver disease. Chang pledged that the Jamaican Government, through the...
Novellete Fuller, a survivor of the tragic December 2008 truck accident in Portland's Rio Grande Valley, continues to grapple with nightmares from the incident that claimed 14 lives. Fuller, a market vendor, lost her livelihood due to a phobia...
Published:Thursday | December 28, 2023 | 8:04 AMBANG Bizarre
A new study has revealed that even fresh snowflakes have a lethal cocktail of tiny rocks, pollution, bacteria, viruses and road salt. Skiers have been warned about the hidden risks of quenching their thirst in snowy conditions this winter. The...
Published:Thursday | December 28, 2023 | 7:57 AMBANG Bizarre
The unnamed patient – who is in his 30s – was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee in agony after he pinched his nose and closed his mouth in a bid to prevent the sneeze. Scans revealed that he had suffered a 2mm tear in his windpipe...
Published:Thursday | December 28, 2023 | 7:48 AMBANG Bizarre
Doctors argue that bottles should have screw caps as corks can shoot out at 50mph and cause possible blindness to anybody struck in the eye. They have also advised revellers to take precautions such as pointing the bottle at a 45-degree angle away...
Published:Thursday | December 28, 2023 | 7:43 AMBANG Bizarre
Researchers say that putting the little blue erectile dysfunction pill in a fir's water supply keeps its branches erect for longer. Viagra boosts blood flow in male intimate areas by increasing production of nitric oxide – the same...
Published:Thursday | December 28, 2023 | 7:38 AMBANG Bizarre
Humans and dogs are the only species that shed tears when overcome with emotion and experts at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have found that they contain social signals that act as a "chemical blanket" to protect the person...
BERLIN: Mining giant Glencore has been extracting copper in the Peruvian province of Espinar for more than a decade. During that time, the presence of toxic metals in the local environment and people has been well documented. But only recently has...
NEW YORK: The advantage historians have over journalists is that the passage of time offers them a perspective not available to those with immediate deadlines. But the year is about to end, which constitutes a firm deadline if the goal is to put...
NEW YORK: On March 5, 2024, the people of Colorado will vote in a “primary election” to determine which candidates can compete for the US presidency in November. The question now looming is whether former President Donald Trump...
MADISON, WISCONSIN: Earlier this month, the ratings agency Moody’s cut its outlook on China’s sovereign credit rating to negative, citing risks from a deepening property crisis and a prolonged growth slowdown. In fact, Moody’s now...
NEW YORK: Although artificial intelligence has been quietly helping us for decades, with progress accelerating in recent years, 2023 will be remembered as a “big bang” moment. With the advent of generative AI, the technology has...
In the heart of Kingston, King Street illuminates with the Christmas message. On Christmas Eve, joyous crowds stroll along the festively adorned street. Children delight at the Hunts Bay Police Station's annual Christmas treat, while jubilant...
