HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cuba said Tuesday it is reaffirming its alliance with Russia through a series of agreements considered key for the island nation, including on the supply of oil, the sale of wheat and the resumption of flights between both countries that were halted by the war in Ukraine. The agreements between two… Read More

St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred added three more collegiate titles to her name in winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, June 10, the day of her 22nd birthday, according to World Athletics. It said that to top off the birthday celebrations, Alfred’s victories played “a big part”… Read More

The appalling allegations had been making the rounds on social media for about a week before authorities asked senior Guyanese Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel D. Dharamlall to make himself available to police as an official probe into allegations that he had raped and sodomized an under aged indigenous schoolgirl were put… Read More

Antigua Opposition legislator Kevin “Shugy” Simon submitted his letter of resignation to the Speaker of Parliament recently and will contest a by-election in a bid to thwart efforts by the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to challenge his victory at the general election earlier this year. Prime Minister Gaston Browne had led the… Read More

“Rich White Men: What It Takes to Uproot the Old Boys’ Club and Transform America” by Garrett Neiman, foreword by Robin DiAngelo, introduction by Allen Kwabena Frimpong c.2023, Legacy Lit $29.00 384 pages   One step ahead, three steps behind. That’s how your life feels sometimes. You make movement forward and something comes along to… Read More

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential rains that are forecast. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was moving across the Atlantic Ocean at 21 mph (33 kph),… Read More

When you’re in the mood (as was I) for a delicious slice of Pineapple Upside Down Cake but you dislike baking (too precise for my liking) nor do you have the time to make one from scratch, you reach for a boxed cake mix and get busy in the kitchen. Do you enjoy your Pineapple… Read More

10 luoghi vedranno la musica nuovamente protagonista in città. Dal 22 al 25 giugno a Torino torna, dopo tre anni di assenza, la Festa della musica. Sul palco saliranno oltre 500 musicisti per 150 concerti gratuiti, all’insegna della tradizione popolare, ma anche del rock, pop, gospel, folk, jazz, dalle grandi orchestre alle scuole di musica.… Read More

The rent in New York City may just go up, again. New York City renters lined up around the block on June 15 near St. Francis College, Downtown, Brooklyn to advocate for themselves at a meeting with the Rent Guideline Board, a panel that regulates the rent-stabilized apartment market in New York. After a three… Read More

Pamela Dias, the bereaved grandmother of four children could not contain her emotions when she appeared on daytime TV talk show The View to talk about the daughter she buried on June 12. According to the distraught matriarch, her first generation American-born Jamaican off-springs were playing in a park near Ocala, Florida when a white… Read More