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Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez and Romeo Lavia. - AP photo
September 1, 2026

Transfer deadline day sees Man City agree US$169 million move for Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez

AP – Manchester City is closing in on a transfer deadline day deal for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez for what would be a joint-British record 125 million pounds (US$169 million). City has agreed…
Apple's new CEO John Ternus
September 1, 2026

Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years

AP – Apple's new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure during which the company's value skyrocket to $4.6 trillion thanks…
Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s national director for government relations.
September 1, 2026

Amnesty International calls for end to US ‘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…
Lauderhill Vice Mayor Richard Campbell
September 1, 2026

Jamaica-born Lauderhill Vice Mayor Richard Campbell charged in domestic battery case

Jamaica-born Richard Campbell, the Vice Mayor of Lauderhill, Florida, is expected to appear in court on Tuesday after spending Monday night in the Broward County Jail. Campbell, 70, has been charged…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, interacts with participants in the INSPORTS Summer Youth Camp 2026, Allan Parkes (left) and Alliandrea Morris, during the camp's recent Closing and Awards Ceremony at Eltham High School i
September 1, 2026

INSPORTS hosts Summer Youth Camp at Eltham High School

Young people in St Catherine benefitted from the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) Summer Youth Camp 2026, held recently at Eltham High School. Speaking at the closing and awards ceremony, Minister of…
Nepal Army soldiers carry a body of a worker recovered from the site of a hydropower project in Upper Trishuli, Nepal, on Tuesday. - AP photo
September 1, 2026

Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Rescue teams with search dogs continued to search through mud, rocks and debris on Tuesday on the border with Nepal and China for thousands of people still missing following…
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September 1, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Hunter bids farewell to NWA

After 14 years as head of the National Works Agency (NWA), Chief Executive Officer E.G. Hunter bid farewell to the staff yesterday, his final day of employment at the agency. In a letter to the Public…
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, follows through on a shot to Camila Osorio, of Colombia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, yesterday, in New York.
September 1, 2026

Alcaraz returns to US Open with victory, Sabalenka three-peat bid still on

NEW YORK (AP): Carlos Alcaraz was nervous. He was excited. Best of all, he was pain-free. Alcaraz beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 yesterday, showing no ill effects from the right wrist injury that…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi scores his team’s second goal during the group F World Cup football match against Bosnia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 15, 2014.
September 1, 2026

‘We love you, Captain’

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP): Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football yesterday, bringing to an end a 21-year career with the national team that was…