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From left: French conservative Party Les Republicains Bruno Retailleau, co-president of French centre-left party, Place Publique Raphael Glucksmann, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, former French Prime Minister and head of Horizons political party Edouard P
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Election campaign to replace Macron heats up

PARIS (AP): With the end of France’s summer vacation season, the election campaign to replace Emmanuel Macron as president next May is bursting to life. An unusually large and broad field of…
Displaced girls sit at a school converted into a temporary shelter for displaced residents in residents in Bidur, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Tuesday, September 1.
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Mass burials as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

KATHMANDU (AP): Rescue teams with search dogs continued to search through mud, rocks and debris yesterday on the border with Nepal and China for thousands of people still missing following the…
From left: Dr Sherard Little, thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon; Nola Phillpotts Brown, general manager; Diane Edwards, board chair; and Karen Daley, programme coordinator, all of Chain of Hope Jamaica, accept a cheque for $2.1 million from Chloleen Dale
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SVF donates $2.1m to support heart surgery for children

For many Jamaican families, the cost of heart surgery can place life-saving treatment beyond reach. Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) is seeking to ease that burden through a donation of $2.1 million…
Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s national director for government relations.
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Amnesty Int’l calls for end to ‘murderous’ air strikes in Caribbean Sea

NEW YORK (CMC): The international human rights group Amnesty International is calling for an end to the United States military’s “deadly, ongoing and illegal campaign” of air strikes against suspected…
Letters
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Letter of the Day | Development without sustainability is a liability

THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica is entering a defining moment in its development story. Across the island, from Kingston and Mandeville to Montego Bay and other coastal towns, mid-rise and high-rise…
JEP Group’s 2026 tertiary scholarship recipients.
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Jamaica Energy Partners awards over $19m in scholarships

The Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) Group has awarded 68 scholarships with a combined multi-year value of $19.95 million, providing support to students at the secondary and tertiary levels through its…
Royane Green, who began taking dance classes at the age of 16, is a professional dancer and a proud modern contemporary dance fitness instructor.
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Royane Green champions dance fitness for body, mind

Zumba aerobic classes have become a popular fitness option, with workout routines incorporating musical genres such as hip-hop, soca, electronic dance music and even dancehall. But if you once had…
Business
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Jamaica now has more Internet subscriptions than people, latest post-Melissa data reveals

The first official telecoms data released since Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica last October reveals a sector with reduced fixed-line services, but with greater mobile broadband penetration than the…
Chair of the Jamaica Library Board, Nicole McLaren Campbell (right), shares a photo opportunity with the Jamaica Library Service’s (JLS’s) new Reading Ambassador, Renee Wallace, during the JLS 2026 National Reading Competition Awards Ceremony, held at
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Renee Wallace appointed JLS Reading Ambassador

Literary content creator Renee Wallace has been appointed the Jamaica Library Service’s (JLS’s) Reading Ambassador, taking on a role aimed at promoting reading and literacy across the island. The…