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Released Israeli hostage, Eitan Abraham Mor, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, is reunited with his family, in Reim, in Israel Oct. 13, 2025.

Opinion

The hostages are home: A letter from the publishers

By Victoria and Joshua Schneps

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Books

What price progress? The loss of a neighborhood looms large in this memoir

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell delivers a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on Nov. 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The COP29, which is running from November 11 through 22, is bringing together stakeholders, including international heads of state and other leaders, scientists, environmentalists, indigenous peoples representatives, activists and others to discuss and agree on the implementation of global measures towards mitigating the effects of climate change. According to the United Nations, countries made no progress over the last year in reducing global emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.

Grenada

Calls for Grenadians to reject US request to set up radar station

By Bert Wilkinson

Latest News

Jamaican Pauline Thomas at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church.

Jamaica

Pauline Thomas celebrates 18 years breast cancer-free

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica

Jamaican graphologist delves into ‘Caribbean Fraud’

By Vinette K. Pryce

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza on July 28, 2022 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City

News

Adams joins coalition opposing military deployment in cities

By Nelson A. King

Donna C. Kirton.

Health

Donna Kirton tells of her ‘surreal’ breast cancer journey

By Nelson A. King

New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Guest Perspective

Community Op-Ed: Delivering for our students

By Mayor Eric Adams

Incredible Curry Mango recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Incredible Curry Mango

By Chris De La Rosa

A group of supporters walking along Utica Avenue in Brooklyn.

Health

SUNY Downstate and community walk for Breast Cancer Awareness

By Dawn Plummer

Governor Kathy Hochul.

Health

Hochul extends order for New Yorkers to receive COVID shot

By Nelson A. King

Cricket player batsman hitting a ball with a bat shot from below against a blue sky

Sports

West Indies men’s and women’s teams to face packed home schedules for 2026

By Devika Ragoonanan

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lar Lubovitch’s Many Angels.

Jamaica

Ailey II’s world tour includes Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Prime Minister of Grenada The Hon. Dickon Mitchell attends the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 23, 2024 in New York City.

Grenada

Grenada to consider allowing US to set up radar facilities

By Bert Wilkinson

Kadeisha Placide delivers a motivational speech at her Women in Power Collective event, inspiring high-achieving women to embrace self-awareness, confidence, and purpose-driven growth.

Business

Kadeisha Placide carries on her family’s beauty legacy while building her own empire

By Tracey Khan

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Barbados

Barbados gets second president since becoming a republic

By Bert Wilkinson

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Released Israeli hostage, Eitan Abraham Mor, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, is reunited with his family, in Reim, in Israel October 13, 2025.

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