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Jabari Matheson (left) of William Knibb Memorial High with the Montego Bay Convention Centre Sports Boy of the Year Award in Track and Field and Shreya Guwalani of Mount Alvernia High with the St James Municipal Corporation Top Sports Girl of the Year Awa
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Matheson, Guwalani cop Sports Boy and Girl Awards out west

WESTERN BUREAU: JABARI MATHESON, who won two medals for Jamaica earlier this year at the Carifta Games, and Mt Alvernia High School swimming sensation Shreya Guwalani are the Jill Stewart Montego Bay…
South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, sits at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, Friday, following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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South Africa-born jurist wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (AP): Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found…
Japanese chemist Kenso Soai receives a bouquet of flowers from a university staff member before the press conference at Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo, Wednesday, after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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Mirrored-molecule discoveries earn chemistry prize

STOCKHOLM (AP): Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop…
Physicist Francis Halzen reacts in his hotel in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.
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Ghost-particle hunter wins physics prize

STOCKHOLM (AP): Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe…
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are shown on the screen as they are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, as announced during a press conference at the Nobel Forum at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday.
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Trio wins medicine prize for breakthrough in brain research

STOCKHOLM (AP): The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and…
A police officer interacts with a truck driver as he patrols at an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
10 Oct, 2026 0

Ronald Sanders | When promise of a Haitian-led solution begins to fade

Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must…
Sparrow and Tony singing together and making jokes with the people waiting to catch their places for other parts of the Caribbean and beyond.
10 Oct, 2026 0

Tony Deyal | Sparrow is not worried ‘bout tomorrow

The sparrow’s not worried ‘bout tomorrow Or the troubles to come The lily’s not thinking ‘bout the seasons The drought or the flood A tree that’s planted by the water Isn’t fazed by the fire…
Rashaun Small (left) of Portmore United controls the ball ahead of Ky-Mani Campbell of Waterhouse during the Jamaica Premier League match at the Ferdi Neita Park in St Catherine on Thursday.
10 Oct, 2026 0

Waterhouse lead the way in JPL

Waterhouse moved to the top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) standings on goal difference after playing out a 1-1 draw with reigning champions Portmore United at Ferdi Neita Park on Thursday.…
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Six to be honoured at Jamaican Diaspora Impact Awards

TORONTO: Six outstanding individuals will be celebrated at the second annual Jamaican Diaspora Impact Awards (JDIA) Gala, organised by the Consulate General of Jamaica in Toronto.