KINGSTON, Jamaica — Despite $13.4 billion being allocated to five priority climate-change projects, only one has been completed, prompting questions about delays in work intended to strengthen Jamaica’s resilience to climate threats. Member of Parliament for St Mary South Eastern Christopher Brown questioned the slow progress at Tuesday’s sitting of the Public Accounts Committee, while Permanent Secretary Wayne Robertson pointed to staffing shortages, the effects of COVID-19 and procurement requirements...

COMO, Italy (AFP)—Manchester United's struggles deepened with a dismal 4-1 Champions League defeat at Como on Wednesday, piling further pressure on under-fire manager Michael Carrick. Argentina international Nico Paz struck twice, either side of a goal from Tasos Douvikas, before Jacobo Ramon added a fourth for the Italians. Only a late Joshua Zirkzee goal spared United from suffering their joint-heaviest defeat in the competition.

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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister with Responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan, on Wednesday toured several flood-affected communities in St James, alongside teams from the National Works Agency (NWA), to assess the extent of damage caused by heavy rainfall on Monday. The assessment included sections of the Barnett to Adelphi Corridor, where floodwaters scoured portions of the roadway, leaving sections exposed. The minister and technical teams also inspected gullies in the...

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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the internet. The US National Security Agency told organisations to patch immediately or pull vulnerable systems offline. The flaws "often provide a direct path to the server's file system or database," the NSA said in...

PARIS, France (AFP)—Global commitments to cut planet-heating emissions are falling far short of the Paris climate goals and put the world on course for 2.6C warming this century, the UN warned Wednesday. The report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) lays bare the chasm between rhetoric and action when it comes to tackling global warming, and the challenges faced by political leaders at November's COP31 climate summit. Even if...

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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Four alleged thieves are now in police custody after they were mobbed by residents and their getaway vehicle set ablaze in Abraham district near Santa Cruz Wednesday morning. Preliminary reports are that about 5:00 am residents heard a rattling sound coming from a shop and bar and raised an alarm. Sources say when residents went to investigate the noise, they reportedly caught two men breaking into...

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP)—The Ebola case detected in Nigeria is the Bundibugyo strain behind a major DR Congo outbreak, officials said Wednesday, marking the spread of the deadly disease to points across Africa. The case detected in a woman diplomat in Nigeria -- the first there since the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- raised memories of a widespread outbreak in 2014 that struck several countries in the...