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January 5, 2026
What to know about the protests as tensions remain high over Tehran’s nuclear programme
DUBAI (AP) Widening protests in Iran, sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy, are putting new pressure on its theocracy. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June…
January 5, 2026
Jamaica Strong benefit concert raises US$500,000
NEW YORK: The Jamaica Strong Benefit Concert, held on December 12, 2025, at UBS Arena in Queens, raised over US$500,000 (approximately J$80 million) in net ticket proceeds, George Crooks, of Jammins…
January 5, 2026
Ricky Teetz shuns ‘calling attention to generosity’
Dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz detests what he calls the act of ‘publicising philanthropy’, an action that has become even more prevalent in recent times as thousands of Jamaicans continue to struggle…
January 5, 2026
JCDC still accepting entries for 2026 Festival of the Arts Competition
In an effort to accommodate people affected by Hurricane Melissa, the closing date for entries for the National Festival of the Performing Arts was extended from December 22 last year to January 15.…
January 5, 2026
Government releases more than 6,100 prisoners on independence anniversary
BANGKOK (AP) Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences Sunday to mark the 78th anniversary of the country’s independence from…
January 5, 2026
An LA-area resident sows sunflowers where her home once stood
ALTADENA (AP) Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood – one sunflower at a time. The registered nurse and mother of three lost her 1898 farm-style…
January 5, 2026
Letter of the Day | Don’t expand close-in-age exemption, educate the children
THE EDITOR, Madam: Mickel Jackson, of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), recently called for decriminalising consensual sex between minors. She went on to show stats , inadvertently, that though the law…
January 5, 2026
Editorial | No one is safe
After months of escalating pressure on his government, few people could claim to be genuinely shocked by America’s bombing of Venezuela and the seizure of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. What…
January 5, 2026
Hundreds march in silence to honour victims of bar fire that left 40 dead
CRANS-MONTANA (AP) Hundreds marched in silence Sunday to honour the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and many severely…