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Central American Games: Belize’s Men’s Volleyball Team break 28-year drought, reach semifinals
Central American Games Volleyball – Belize sweep Panama 3-0 to reach semi-finals unbeaten

Central American Games Volleyball – Belize sweep Panama 3-0 to reach semi-finals unbeaten

Views: 29 Views: 28 Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025. 8:44 am CST. Belize -white- win 3-0 over Panama and and advance to Central American Games Volleyball Championship semifinals on Sunday, October 19, 2025, in Guatemala City. Photo Credit:...

Owner:  Larry Waight
Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2025. There are 65 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest...

Owner:  Walter E. Hussman Jr.
COMMENTARY: Trump applies his strongman approach to Latin America

COMMENTARY: Trump applies his strongman approach to Latin America

Other than frustration at surging migration, Latin America has not merited the same level of attention in Washington as the Middle East, Europe or Asia in recent history. That indifference has ended with the second Trump administration, but the...

Owner:  Walter E. Hussman Jr.
Mottley condemns U.S. military buildup in Caribbean

Mottley condemns U.S. military buildup in Caribbean

Oct 27, 2025 News – warns of “dangerous and untenable” situation (Kaieteur News) – Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has issued a blistering condemnation of the United States’ military buildup in the Caribbean, warning that the region...

Owner:  Glenn Lall
Hurricane Melissa Bound for Bermuda as Jamaica, Cuba Continue Recovery

Hurricane Melissa Bound for Bermuda as Jamaica, Cuba Continue Recovery

Forecast track of Hurricane Melissa as it heads towards Bermuda on Oct. 30, 2025. NOAA/NWS/NHC Hurricane Melissa left the Caribbean behind on Oct. 30 and, with renewed speed and strength, headed toward Bermuda in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. After...

Owner:  John Tang
What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples

What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples

BOGOTA, Colombia -- From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state...

Owner:  The Walt Disney Company
Clapcich makes history in Transat Café L'OR

Clapcich makes history in Transat Café L'OR

by Team Francesca Clapcich 26 Oct 09:29 PDT 26 October 2025 At 1430 local time [1330 UTC], Italian American pro sailor, Francesca Clapcich crossed the startline of the Transat Café L'OR in her 60-foot foiling IMOCA, 11th Hour Racing, becoming only...

Owner:  Mark Jardine & Rory Heron
NEW YORK’S HIDDEN OECS NATION: OVER 300,000 EASTERN CARIBBEAN NATIONALS CALL THE BIG APPLE HOME

NEW YORK’S HIDDEN OECS NATION: OVER 300,000 EASTERN CARIBBEAN NATIONALS CALL THE BIG APPLE HOME

An in-depth analysis of migration, identity, and community among OECS citizens in New York City — the unofficial capital of the Caribbean diaspora. A CITY BUILT BY ISLANDS When you walk through Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue on a summer evening, you...

Owner:  Non-transparent
Patasar honoured with UWI doctorate for contribution to Caribbean music

Patasar honoured with UWI doctorate for contribution to Caribbean music

Hum­ming­bird Gold Medal re­cip­i­ent Mun­gal Patasar has re­ceived an hon­orary doc­tor­ate from the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies’ Fac­ul­ties of Hu­man­i­ties, Ed­u­ca­tion, and Sport. The renowned mu­si­cian, known for pi­o­neer­ing a...

Owner:  ANSA Investment Ltd
Antiviral Approach Uses Decoys To Block Lethal Viruses

Antiviral Approach Uses Decoys To Block Lethal Viruses

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified central routes that two deadly viruses take to invade human cells and have designed decoy molecules that block the infections. The discoveries — published this...

Owner:  Bob Kafato
What is Donald Trump planning in Latin America?

What is Donald Trump planning in Latin America?

Since Donald Trump began his second term, he has put increasing pressure on multiple Latin American nations – including US allies. And the seemingly haphazard nature of his attacks is raising questions about his motives. The US president has...

Owner:  Future PLC
BTS' RM to speak on Korean culture's soft power at APEC CEO Summit

BTS' RM to speak on Korean culture's soft power at APEC CEO Summit

SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- RM, the leader of global K-pop sensation BTS, will deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming APEC CEO Summit, a business gathering held alongside the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea,...

Owner:  Korea News Agency Commission
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 30 –November 9

This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 30 –November 9

The interstellar comet! Can you see it in your scope? Starting in mid-November, as Comet 3I/ATLAS emerges from behind the Sun, indeed you can. . . if you have a large amateur telescope with which you can detect an 11th- or 12th-magnitude faint...

Owner:  American Astronomical Society
ÀṢÉ10: A Reign of Peace, Culture & Unity — Celebrating a Decade of Yoruba Heritage and Global Reconnection
Democrats Excluded From Congressional Briefing on Boat Strikes, Warner Says

Democrats Excluded From Congressional Briefing on Boat Strikes, Warner Says

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) speaks during a hearing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Democrats were kept out of an Oct. 30 congressional briefing concerning recent lethal U.S....

Owner:  John Tang
Hurricane Melissa: Caribbean countries brace for catastrophic floods, landslides

Hurricane Melissa: Caribbean countries brace for catastrophic floods, landslides

Washington DC [US], October 27 (ANI): Authorities in atleast five different countries have been working to evacuate low-lying areas in preparation for record amounts of rain expected due to Hurricane Melissa, which has been upgraded to a category...

Owner:  The Tribune Trust
Barbados PM Warns Against Escalation and Unilateral Force in the Caribbean
Insigneo to Acquire Accounts of $4B IBD Focused on Latin American Wealth

Insigneo to Acquire Accounts of $4B IBD Focused on Latin American Wealth

Insigneo Financial Group, an independent broker/dealer and registered investment advisor, has signed an agreement to acquire the accounts of VectorGlobal Wealth Management Group and its RIA. The deal will add over $4 billion in client assets to...

Owner:  Informa PLC
Hezbollah turns to Latin America networks as Iran faces pressure, US senators told

Hezbollah turns to Latin America networks as Iran faces pressure, US senators told

“Hezbollah has a long history of turning to its diaspora networks when it’s facing financial stress,” analyst Matthew Levitt said. He told senators that while Iran continues to support the group, “it is having a much harder time getting that money...

Owner:  Adel AbdulKarim Alabdulkarim

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