Argentina bids Lionel Messi farewell in final national team match
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Argentina is girding itself for the once-unimaginable prospect of a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old Messi is set to bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 125 goa
Murder rate down 24 per cent as Jamaica records 407 homicides so far this year
Jamaicas murder rate has fallen by 24 per cent, with 407 homicides recorded so far this year, as of Tuesday morning, down from 534 during the same period last year. The update was given by National Security and Peace Minister Dr Horace Chang during Tu
Argentina bids Lionel Messi farewell in final national team match
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Argentina is girding itself for the once-unimaginable prospect of a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old Messi is set to bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 125 goa
Privacy concerns put smart glasses under scrutiny as Norway seeks temporary ban
A trip to the park. A day at the beach. A workout session at the gym. All are public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online, without people in the line of their lenses and microphones knowing about it. Norw
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson dies at 70
AP – Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth '80s hits 'Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)' and 'You Are My Lady', has died. He was 70. A statement shared by his family on his official Instagram account confirmed Jackson
Dean Jones | Homes up. Jobs where?
Jamaica is building a new north coast. Thousands of homes are rising across St Mary, St Ann, Trelawny, St James, Hanover and Westmoreland. Gated communities are spreading, apartment developments are climbing and new supermarkets, plazas and service statio
High school sports has lost its purpose
THE EDITOR, Madam: Gone are the days when children from the same neighbourhood, who ended up attending different high schools, could have good-natured conversations about which school was better at track and field or football and could point to their fri
Something Extra | Tuesday
It was an avant-garde affair on Saturday evening as the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association hosted its much-anticipated annual M&E Awards at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. With the theme ‘Forged in Resilience: Accelerating Ma
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Wealthy Chinese couple accused of abusing 21 children born through surrogacy in ‘house of horrors'
LOS ANGELES (AP) – An extremely wealthy Chinese immigrant and his wife amassed a brood of 21 children through a surrogacy scheme and raised them in a "house of horrors", prosecutors alleged on Tuesday. Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were arrest