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West Indies’ Romario Shepherd plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between South Africa and West Indies in Ahmedabad, India yesterday. Shepherd made 52 not out.
February 27, 2026

Ngidi, Markram lead South Africa’s demolition of WI

AHMEDABAD, India (CMC): Lungi Ngidi and captain Aiden Markram starred with ball and bat, respectively, to propel South Africa to a dominant nine-wicket victory over West Indies in the ICC Men’s T20…
Rojay Black (right) of Jamaica College and Excelsior High’s Kishawn Hoffman in a close battle during heat one of the Class One boys 400m hurdles on day one of the Corporate Area Athletics Championships at Ashenheim Stadium last Friday. Black won in 51.4
February 27, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Gibson Relays boys’ 4x400m will be hot

FANS inside the National Stadium at the Gibson McCook Relays tomorrow can expect a grand finale when the Championship High School Boys’ 4x400 metres closes the meet at 8:45 p.m. A titanic battle is…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia Scott Campbell.
February 27, 2026

UN: Human rights situation is backsliding as nation heads into elections

BOGOTA (AP): Colombia is at risk of “reverting to the serious human rights situation” it faced before a peace deal with the nation’s largest rebel group improved security conditions, the United…
Dr Shauna Martin Lee (left) conducts a diabetes test on a patient at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation Health Expo, held on Wednesday at the Jubilee Commercial Centre, West Parade, downtown Kingston.
February 27, 2026

Downtown market vendors benefit from health expo

Vendors and workers within the downtown market area benefited from a health expo, which was aimed at improving access to basic health services for under-served communities. Wednesday’s event, which…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at a media Q&A session during a visit to London on September 17 2025. AP
February 27, 2026

Nvidia beats Wall Street but sellers drag down market

Nvidia’s latest blowout profit report is being waved off by Wall Street on Thursday, and it is dragging the US market down. The S&P 500 fell 0.8 per cent following its swivels earlier in the week,…
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February 27, 2026

JSE Summary and tables

In Thursday’s trading session the following reflects the movement of the JSE Indices: • The JSE Combined Index advanced by 888.78 points (0.25%) to close at 352,983.91 points and the volume traded…
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
February 27, 2026

Early election called after tense US-Greenland standoff

COPENHAGEN (AP): Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday called an early general election for March 24 as the country digests the recent standoff with US President Donald Trump over his…
From left: Senator Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment and commerce; Handel Lamey, construction manager, Derillion; Benjamin Daley, director, Derillion; Rochelle Lewis, manager, Manufacturing, Logistics and Special Economic Zones, JAMPRO; Shullett
February 27, 2026

Battery plant set for St Catherine at US$30m

A British-Jamaican green energy consortium plans to set up a high-voltage battery manufacturing facility in St. Catherine, in what would be the first plant of its kind in the island. Aqvastor…
Exterior view of the head office of ASML, a leading maker of semiconductor production equipment, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on January 30, 2023. (AP Photo)
February 27, 2026

Francis Wade | The five-year plan that killed a 50-y-o company: An AI supplier case study

Your company is doing much right. Your executives, however, are uneasy about the future and what might be waiting over the horizon. These fears are genuine, but do they warrant a hearing? Consider a…