PRETORIA – On the eve of America’s imperial invasion of the Philippines in 1899, the British poet and defender of empire Rudyard Kipling urged the United States to Take up the White Man’s burden – The savage wars of peace...
LONDON: In his Labour Party conference speech in September, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubled down on “growth” as the central mission of his government. At the same time, he drew a sharp moral line between Labour and Reform UK...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, DC : Worldwide, women manage an estimated $32 trillion in annual spending and are projected to control 75% of discretionary spending within the next five years. Yet across nearly every industry, most products fall short of...
TORONTO : While trying to work at a café the other day, I experienced the real war on Christmas. Hoping for the familiar hum of conversation and music, I was surprised upon entering that no one was talking. Still, I sat down with my notebook...
ATHENS : This was the year that the remaining pillars of the late-20th-century order were shattered, exposing the hollow core of what passed for a global system. Three blows sufficed. The first was Russia’s impending victory in Ukraine over...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more. Take a look at this week's past line-up of cartoons as...
As Hurricane Melissa forces tens of thousands of Jamaicans from their homes, the disaster has sharpened national reflection on how displacement is handled — both locally and across the region. The Gleaner argues that Jamaica must now confront...
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reaffirmed her country’s right to chart its own foreign policy course, insisting that her government will not be bound by the political or diplomatic positions of other CARICOM...
Principals across western Jamaica are pushing back on the directive to fully reopen schools in two weeks, arguing that widespread hurricane damage, unclear repair timelines, and limited communication from authorities make reopening unsafe and...
Shaken residents of Frazersfield, Rocky Point, are pleading for urgent psychological support for children who witnessed the brutal killing of three relatives and fled for their lives. As the community mourns domestic helper Annette Lindo, her son...
Western Jamaica is being reassured that electricity restoration will not pause for the holidays as 117 Canadian linemen arrived last week to boost round-the-clock recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa. Energy Minister Daryl Vaz said teams will...
Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce president Jason Russell says Jamaica must prioritise concrete-roofed schools, hospitals and government buildings instead of depending on large, idle storage warehouses for disaster response. Arguing that shelters and...
Residents of Rose Heights, St James, are fiercely rejecting the police’s claim that three men killed on Monday died in a shoot-out, insisting instead that the incident was an execution. They argue the men never fired at officers and that no...
Small Businesses Association of Jamaica President Garnett Reid is calling on Jamaicans to peacefully demonstrate against the seven per cent electricity rate increase approved for JPS, arguing that the timing is unacceptable as the nation struggles...
In this delightful throwback series, photographer Junior Dowie documented the reactions of visitors to the animals — and the animals’ often hilarious reactions right back.
Sixteen under-19 footballers from Brazil, accompanied by five officials and famed coach Vicente Feola, received an enthusiastic welcome as they arrived at Palisadoes Airport for their Jamaica tour. Greeted by Kingston College Old Boys’...
Blurb: Fresh off a successful American tour, the Blues Busters returned home with big news: a four-year recording contract with Capitol Records. The duo, Philip James and Lloyd Campbell, recorded two of their hit songs, Behold and Tell Me Why,...
Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips spent a bustling day in Jamaica, moving from their warm airport welcome to a series of official engagements across the Corporate Area. The Royal couple lunched at King’s House, toured the Lister Mair-...
Sir Alexander Bustamante used his conference address to caution Jamaicans about the dangers he believed Russia posed to the democratic world. Pointing to the Soviet presence in Cuba and its stockpiling of weapons, he insisted that the threat...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:58 AMBANG Bizarre
Published in Clinical Otolaryngology, the review argues that olfactory disorders affect around 20 per cent of the population, with even higher rates in men and people over 60. These diseases include dementia, Parkinson’s, chronic sinus...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:55 AMBANG Bizarre
A South Korean study has found that curcumin - the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory compound that gives turmeric its golden glow - can help flush alcohol from the bloodstream faster. Researchers handed curcumin supplements to 27 men and women before...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:52 AMBANG Bizarre
The trend has taken off online, driven by claims that adding salt makes coffee taste sweeter and helps people cut back on sugar. But specialists say the science simply doesn’t stack up. Psychologist Dr Eleanor Bryant explains that salt can...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:48 AMBANG Bizarre
Theobromine - a chemical compound naturally found in cacao plants and described as a “relatively unexplored dietary phytonutrient" - is in the sweet treat, and it has been loosely linked to longer lifespans. Experts at King’s...
Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 9:43 AMBANG Bizarre
Social media isn’t just stealing children's time — it’s chipping away at their ability to focus. Researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute and Oregon Health and Science University followed 8,324 children from age...
