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Indian legend Kohli retires from Tests
by By Devika Ragoonanan on May 24, 2025 at 10:00 am 
India’s great Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on May 12 after playing 123 matches in his glorious 14-year red-ball career. The 36-year-old Kohli’s retirement comes only days after Rohit Sharma announced that he will also be stepping down from Test cricket, taking two senior batters out of selection for India’s tour to … Read More
China: A trusted partner, not a colonizer, in the Caribbean
by By Bert Wilkinson on May 23, 2025 at 5:31 pm 
This week, China hailed its growing relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), noting the dramatic increase in trade in the past decade and its ongoing fight for hearts and minds with the US in the region. In remarks celebrating 28 years of diplomatic relations with The Bahamas, Ambassador Yan Jiarong used the opportunity … Read More
AGs win court order stopping dismantling of Department of Education
by By Nelson A. King on May 23, 2025 at 4:08 pm 
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general won a court order on Thursday, May 22, stopping the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED). On March 13, Attorney General James led the coalition in suing the administration after it announced plans to eliminate 50 % … Read More
Guyana begins 59th Independence festivities with Diplomatic Reception in Queens
by By Tangerine Clarke on May 23, 2025 at 3:27 pm 
Guyana’s diplomats raised their glasses last Wednesday, May 21, in a celebratory toast to the nation’s 59th Anniversary of Independence during a reception imbued with honor and patriotism. Consul General Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson, against a backdrop of the country’s symbolic national colors at the Jamaica Performance Arts Center (JPAC), hailed the celebration of Independence … Read More
Schomburg Center celebrates 100 years of contributions to Black Culture
by By Milette Millington on May 23, 2025 at 1:54 pm 
On May 8, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library (NYPL) hosted its hybrid kickoff of a yearlong celebration in honor of the 100th anniversary of its founding. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was born in 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He was the son of Mary Joseph, a freeborn … Read More