VB restaurant concerned for family impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As Hurricane Melissa makes its way through Jamaica, many people in Hampton Roads have concerns for their families back home. This includes Leroy Grant, the owner of De'Flavour Caribbean Restaurant off of Virginia Beach...

How the Philippine Airlines came out from the brink

Fresh capital, debt financing To keep the lights on during the process, Philippine Airlines’ majority shareholder — the conglomerate owned by billionaire Lucio Tan — agreed to inject fresh money: $55 million in equity and debt financing, along...

Canada May Lose Measles Elimination Status as Cases Rise

Canada is reportedly on the verge of losing its “measles elimination” status due to an outbreak spreading from New Brunswick that began exactly one year ago on Monday. Canada was certified by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) as a nation that...

The Hague Group: Global South states mobilise to end genocide in Gaza

On 26 September in New York, amid the high-stakes atmosphere of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, the Hague Group — consisting of Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa — convened a high-level...

US Senators Sound Alarm Over Hezbollah’s Expanding Operations in Latin America

As Iran grapples with mounting international sanctions, US lawmakers have warned that Lebanese Hezbollah, the Iranian regime’s chief proxy force in the Middle East, is turning more to its overseas financial networks to finance illicit operations,...

How Cuba Is Becoming Beijing’s Caribbean Outpost

Just ninety miles from Florida, China has begun its most audacious experiment in the West. On October 23, 2025, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reaffirmed that Beijing “firmly supports the Cuban people in safeguarding sovereignty and dignity, and in...

This Is The Top Breakfast In The US, According To Report

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Stop us if you've heard this before, but word on the street is breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Though that may merely be a slogan thought up by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg as a...

Watch video of Hurricane Melissa generating…

Hurricane Melissa weakened slightly, but it was still a powerful Category 4 after making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, as the strongest-ever storm to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people. According to the...

Retaliatory tariffs could hurt Virginia soybean farmers

Some soybean farmers think high-tariff pains won’t hurt over long term By Drew Thompson, VCU Capital News Service RICHMOND, Oct. 24 — The number of soybean exports from the U.S. to China hit zero in September for the first time in seven years,...

Former WorldTour rider Vinicius Rangel Costa banned for 20 months over whereabouts failures

The UCI announced on Tuesday the suspension of Brazil's Vinicius Rangel Costa, 24, due to failures to report his whereabouts for anti-doping controls. Rangel, who raced with the Movistar team from 2022 to 2024, last competed at a sanctioned event...

‘Bodies strewn across streets’ after huge police operation in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas as 2,500 cops storm gang’s HQ

AT least 64 people were killed and 81 arrested as 2,500 heavily armed police and soldiers stormed Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the city’s largest-ever anti-gang operation. Gun battles raged for hours on Tuesday across the Alemão and Penha...

The Stunning Hypocrisy of US Foreign Policy

The US invaded, bombed, and sanctioned nations worldwide. It armed militias and launched regime change operations. Prior to 9-11 the US fought proxy wars and launched coups throughout Latin America, supporting autocratic regimes. In Indonesia it...

Costa Rica’s Green Energy Strategy: Pioneering Sustainability in Central America

Costa Rica has emerged as a global leader in renewable energy and sustainable development, demonstrating that economic growth and environmental preservation can go hand in hand. The country’s ambitious “green energy” strategy, rooted in a deep...

Uruguayan art expo opens at Katara

Katara Cultural Village, in collaboration with the embassy of Uruguay, has inaugurated an art exhibition titled “South Wind” by Uruguayan artist Emilio Mederos, marking the bicentennial of Uruguay's independence. The exhibition in Building 47...

Shadow banking: a ticking time bomb under the US economy

For months, the most peculiar situation has been playing out in front of our eyes. On the one hand, global capitalism has clearly entered a prolonged phase of crisis which is expressing itself at all levels. On the other hand, the US stock market...

‘Almost Every Roof’ Blown Off In Black River As Hurricane Melissa Slams Jamaica With 185 MPH Winds

Hurricane Melissa made its devastating landfall Tuesday afternoon along Jamaica’s southwestern coast, blasting the Caribbean nation with powerful winds, heavy rain and life-threatening storm surge. Landfall took place at 1:00 p.m. ET around New...

In New York’s Mayoral Showdown, Puerto Rican Voters Could Tip the Scales

Amid the drumbeats and flags of this year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Zohran Kwame Mamdani rode down Fifth Avenue on a float pulled by a black Jeep Cherokee. At its front, a banner proclaimed in bold letters: “PUERTO RICO IS NOT FOR...

Netflix Confirms New Series Adapting on One of the Best Sci-fi Authors of All Time Is Happening

Netflix has been tapping into sci-fi more and more over the last few years, and now comes word that the streaming service is already in production on a new series, inspired by iconic sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s dystopian novel The World Jones...

Belém faces its social and natural demons as host to COP30

Deforestation and the city’s historic shift from rivers to roads led to a massive influx of people into low-lying baixadas, where 57% of residents lack services, such as sewage, and are highly prone to flooding. The lack of trees in one of the...

How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Nation & World News Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, tying for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...