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GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the Caribbean, Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the world’s first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from future pandemics. “The world...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- The mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs's ex-partner Cassie testified Tuesday about threats and violence experienced by her daughter during her decade-long relationship with the music mogul. Regina Ventura took the stand after several days of grueling testimony by her daughter Casandra Ventura, the singer known as Cassie, who detailed harrowing abuse by Combs and his coercive, drug-fueled sex marathons known as "freak-offs." Combs, 55,...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP)— Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence at night with marijuana and crack taped to its body. The black-and-white feline, carrying over 230 grams of marijuana and 67 grams of crack cocaine in two packages, was captured this month at a prison in the canton of Pococi, the justice ministry said...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he expected Russia to present a Ukraine ceasefire outline within days that will show if it is serious, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of buying time. President Donald Trump spoke separately by telephone on Monday to Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin, after Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Istanbul on Friday for their...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A visibly exhausted but triumphant Donovan Dennison could only utter, “It’s worth it. Honestly, it’s worth it”, moments after guiding two teams to champion and runner-up positions in their respective football leagues last Saturday night. Dennison coached both the Jamaica Defence Force FC (JDF) and Red Hills United FC teams, leading the JCF to the top spot in the Wray & Nephew/KSAFA Championship League and Red Hills...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has allocated a total of $172 million to be spent in the 63 constituencies to undertake mitigation works ahead of what Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan, has noted will be an active hurricane season which gets underway on June 1. “Based on what we went through with [Hurricane] Beryl last July, we are not taking any chances this year. We are preparing early...

NEW YORK, United States — Testimonies in the ongoing racketeering and sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs on Tuesday indicated he once took an ecstasy pill shaped like former United States (US) president Barack Obama's face, according to a report from Reuters. The example, shared by a former personal assistant (PA) of the billionaire, was presented by the prosecution as evidence of a lifestyle characterised by drug abuse. According...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — As exam season nears at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, an array of public showcases will be open to the public throughout May and June. The next upcoming event, under the School of Arts Management and Humanities (SAMH) is “Artisan Vybe”, an interactive event featuring activities such as ceramic painting, fabric jewellery making and a fashion segment. This will take place on...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver who was arrested and charged in April in connection with the theft of fuel from the state-owned company had his bail extended when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Allegations are that, while on duty, Dwight Ricketts drove a JUTC bus along Chesterfield Drive in St Andrew and siphoned 157.6 litres of fuel from...