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August 23, 2026
by Janet Silvera
‘We need help’ - Cooper’s Pen residents return to the streets, plead for relocation as demolition threat hangs over community
WESTERN BUREAU: “Where are you, Mr Prime Minister? Where are you? We need help.” It was the anguished cry from Cooper’s Pen, on Saturday morning as residents, some already homeless and others fearful…
August 23, 2026
How to help your kids make friends at a new school
For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? “I’m this much…
August 23, 2026
Cuba says US sanctions blocking efforts to open economy
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United States has demanded that Cuba open up to private investment, and Cuba has passed sweeping reforms to encourage just that. So Cuba’s UN ambassador says he wants to know…
August 23, 2026
What’s in a name? - Why naming storms, military operations and medical maladies matters
The Associated Press: The hurricane season is gearing up. And from Amanda and Boris onward, tropical cyclones’ names in the Pacific region are unfolding quickly. But why the monikers each year? Or at…
August 23, 2026
Now drought is exposing the cost
GÁRDONY, Hungary (AP): A fisherman disembarked from his boat in a small harbor on Lake Velence in Hungary last week, trudging up the dock plank that had become extremely steep as the water receded to…
August 23, 2026
Can he rebuild his relationship with Prince William?
LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, plan to return to the United Kingdom from California in a matter of weeks. They have already enrolled their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess…
August 23, 2026
Harvard agrees to US$53m settlement over body parts stolen and sold
BOSTON (AP): Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay US$53 million to settle class action lawsuits by relatives of body donors whose remains were sold on the black market by its former morgue…
August 23, 2026
Corgis run, bark and sniff their way to glory at a growing int’l race
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP): It’s not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs. There’s a costume parade, the “smartest nose”, and – of…
August 23, 2026
Stolen Picasso etching found by landlord in vacant apartment
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP): Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever. But then police called last week and asked him to look an artwork…