National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang’s assertion that legal challenges in the United States (US) against its third-country deportation policy are of no concern to Jamaica has drawn criticism from civil society advocate Kay Osborne. Osborne described Chang’s statement as a “convenient deflection”, arguing that it sidesteps the Government’s responsibility to protect human rights under international law, including the obligation not to transfer people to places where they face torture or persecution.

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 other people in the deadliest incident of its kind in the country, authorities and a hospital official said. The children killed or injured at Al-Khair school were between 6 and 12 years old, while the oldest was 14, Lady Reading Hospital spokesman Mohammad Asim said. Some of the injured were in critical condition, he said.

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Sports law attorney Dr Emir Crowne has branded the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association’s (ISSA) amateurism rule “fundamentally backwards”, arguing that it punishes young footballers for reaching the professional level. His comments come amid the controversy surrounding Jamaica College’s removal from the Walker Cup final because of the eligibility status of Jamone Lyle, a minor who holds a professional contract with Jamaica Premier League club Waterhouse FC.

15 Oct, 2026 Kayon Raynor/Group Head of Sports 0

When Mr G decided to brush off the I Shall Be Released riddim and make it glisten in 2026, he was uprooting nearly 60 years of music history. The original foundation rocksteady-reggae adaptation entered the space in 1969 through a song titled I Shall Be Released, sung by the Heptones and produced by Coxsone Dodd of Studio One. However, that original song was written by American singer-songwriter and cultural icon Bob Dylan in 1967.

15 Oct, 2026 Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer 0

Worries about worsening inflation are weighing on Wall Street Wednesday and pulling the US stock market further from its record. The S&P 500 dropped 1.1 per cent and was on track for a fifth loss in the six days since setting its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 171 points, or 0.3 per cent, as of 1:14 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.6 per cent lower.

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