Jamaica

A naval ship with the number 31 visible on its side is sailing in the foreground, while a large aircraft carrier is seen in the background on open water, against a backdrop of distant hills and a cloudy sky.
US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrives in Croatia for repairs as ground troops move to the Gulf
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In Jamaica, recovery from Hurricane Melissa slow and ongoing
6:31
Irish politician captures the imagination of Jamaicans
1:32
Remembering Jamaican musician Sly Dunbar
1:53
A man holds up a large poster of a person wearing a suit and sash, standing in front of a Venezuelan flag. Several people are visible around him on a street.
Venezuelans brace for an uncertain future after Maduro’s removal
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Jamaica’s tourism industry is making a comeback
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Sir Geoff Palmer, grain scientist and human rights advocate
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A group of people, including children, walk through a street littered with debris and rubble, with smoke rising in the background.
Multi-lateral military force for Gaza takes shape just outside the enclave
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Jamaica’s long-term recovery from Hurricane Melissa
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies at 81
1:49
A dimly lit supermarket aisle with shelves full of products is flooded with water. A person is seen in the distance holding a bag, walking carefully through the water.
Concerns about food security amid hurricane recovery in Jamaica
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With hurricane recovery underway in Jamaica, concerns rise about food security
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Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica without electricity
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49:09
Jamaicans without power in wake of Hurricane Melissa
7:58
Revenge killings follow fall of Darfur’s El-Fasher to militia fighters in Sudan
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49:20
Jamaica’s largest-ever hurricane slams into the island
1:37
Hurricane Melissa intensifies as it approaches Jamaica
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50:36
How Hurricane Melissa exemplifies storms in the age of global warming
7:46
‘Poetry can be like a piece of music’
12:00
North Korean leader spends a successful week in Beijing
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50:17
Jamaica’s incumbent prime minister wins third term
8:09
Scotland’s first Black professor remembered as innovating grain scientist, human rights advocate
6:36
What makes Jamaican rum Jamaican?
4:41
Grand Slam Track kicks off in Jamaica
1:39
Artifacts from a sunken ship offer insights into trans-Atlantic slave trade
4:05
Jamaican parliament considers removing British king as head of state
0:46
Georgia faces political crisis after disputed election
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49:24
Jamaican immigrants picking apples in New York
4:58
A Jamaican family band shows their stuff in Vermont
5:09
Hurricane Beryl targets Jamaica
4:18
Secretary Blinken and the US ambassador to Jamaica shake hands
Foreign policy
‘Frank, difficult conversations’: State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel speaks on Haiti, Gaza
Residents stand amid their homes damaged by a gasoline truck that overturned and exploded in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Justice
‘Haitians deserve a chance to determine their own future,’ former US envoy says
People hold posters as they take part in a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, at the Emancipation park in Kingston, Jamaica, June 6, 2020.
Violence
Amid global protests, Jamaicans confront their own problems with policing 
A person in a hoodie turned away from the camera speaks on a cell phone
COVID-19
LGBTQ helplines see surge as queer communities face lockdown in hostile homes
A Black man in a suit stands by a Range Rover holding a book
Community
Caribbean community mourns Gil Bailey, ‘Godfather of Reggae Radio’
A woman looks back over a river with a building behind her.
Arts, Culture & Media
Readers mourn author Andrea Levy who pushed for a more ‘inclusive’ version of Britain’s history
people marching
Global Women’s Marches persevere despite divisions among US activists
Woman with short hair wearing a black and white top raises her right arm while reading in front of a microphone.
Arts, Culture & Media
A formerly anti-gay reggae star returns to Jamaica. This lesbian poet calls it ‘complicated.’
Man in orang jumpsuit dancing in front of two people in army fatigues
Future Folk
This is a remix? Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ has started a global wave of remix videos
MacGregor “Mac” Hay speaks with some customers at Mac’s Shack in Wellfleet. Hay is entering his 23rd summer on the Cape running his popular Mac’s restaurants and markets.
Immigration
Cape Cod restaurants brace for (another) tough summer without enough foreign workers
Arts, Culture & Media
UK Soul Invasion
Arts, Culture & Media
V.V. Brown’s Travelling Like the Light
According to the State Department Jamaica is the largest Caribbean supplier of illegal pot to the United States.
Economics
Jamaica wants in on the booming marijuana market. But will farmers be able to cash in?
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director Jorge Field (L), 53, arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, California.
Conflict
ICE agents are increasingly playing the roles of both police and judge
Usain Bolt at the Olympic Games 200 meter final
Music
The World’s music features this week: Redil Cuarteto and musical tributes to Usain Bolt
Woman seated in club with people walking around her
Culture
What to say when you’re Asian American and someone calls you ‘exotic’
Many of the employees at the Home Port restaurant on Martha's Vineyard are from Jamaica. But this year, the owner couldn't get the visas she needed. So she's short on staff. "We're closing two days a week for dinner. I've never had to do that before."
Jobs
For businesses that boom in the summer, Trump’s H-2B visa expansion is too little too late
Jamaican reggae artist Jah9
Music
The World music features this week: Jah9 and Café Tacvba
Sports
Who’s bigger in Jamaica, Usain Bolt or Bob Marley? One answer.
A street mural in Kingston, Jamaica.
Lifestyle
He loved walking in Kingston, Jamaica. But in the US, it put him in danger.
Chef in kitchen presents grilled chicken
Culture
For the grill: Jerk chicken, a Jamaican staple that has traveled the world
Bunny Wailer
Music
A night of real reggae with Bunny, the last Wailer standing
Queen Elizabeth II on one of her visits to Jamaica
Culture
Birthday or not, many Jamaicans want to ditch Queen Elizabeth as their head of state
Jamaica's latest public service announcement.
Music
This has to be the catchiest dancehall tune ever about a mosquito-borne virus
Author Marlon James
Books
The judges for this book prize came to a unanimous decision in under two hours
Rico Rodriguez.
Music
Stop your messin’ around: What Rico Rodriguez meant to ska
Usain Bolt is hit by a cameraman on a Segway as he celebrates after winning the men's 200 metres final at the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 27, 2015.
Sports
If an athlete gets run over by a Segway, are they insured?
Angeline Jackson is an advocate for LGBT rights in Jamaica.
Justice
It took Obama for her triumph to be commemorated in Jamaica
Corporal Kevin Watson of Jamaica's Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency talks with students during a lottery scamming prevention campaign in Jamaican schools.
Justice
Why some Jamaican kids want to grow up to be lottery scammers
US President Barack Obama gets a tour of the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica.
Music
One Love: Obama, in Jamaica, pays respects to reggae superstar Bob Marley