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Woods undergoes lower back disc replacement surgery
Tiger Woods underwent lumbar disc replacement surgery in his lower back after experiencing pain and a lack of mobility, the 15-time major golf champion announced on Saturday. Woods said he had the successful operation on Friday in New York at the...
United Airlines to Have Direct Flights to Split in 2026
October the 11th, 2025 – United Airlines is set to introduce direct flights to Split in 2026, further boosting tourism from the USA. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sinisa Malus writes, United Airlines will introduce a new seasonal summer route between Newark...
Residents across MICAL want old boundaries back but feel it won’t change neglect
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net RESIDENTS across Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, and Long Cay want the MICAL constituency to be returned to its former division, saying the five-island seat has left...
Street Dog Hero receives $5,000 grant from Miranda Lambert’s ‘Mutts Across America’ program
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) - Street Dog Hero says it has been recognized as the top nonprofit organization in Oregon and awarded a $5,000 grant through Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation’s Mutt’s Across America program. "This generous grant will...
Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy
President Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Monday to be Columbus Day, in an effort to "reclaim" what he called the famed explorer's "extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue." The proclamation comes after Trump...
Expanding global connections with Jamaica
Created: Oct 11, 2025 08:14 AM (Updated: Oct 11, 2025 08:54 AM) CedarBridge Academy students engage in the Fourth Annual Youth Climate Summit at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute last year (File photograph by Blaire Simmons) The Fifth...
To Boldly Go: A History of Human Migration
Just over 500 years ago, on 3 August 1492, Christopher Columbus, the admiral from Genoa underwritten by Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain, set off on the first of 4 trips across the Atlantic. He sailed from Iberia to the Caribbean, then on to...
ICJ and Fossil Fuels: A Faulty Construction of Justice
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a historic Advisory Opinion on climate change. Its tipping point lies in establishing that violation of climate obligations under international law is seen as a wrongful act,...
Gaskin: Was Columbus an explorer or a criminal?
When Christopher Columbus sailed westward from Spain in 1492, he did not expect to find paradise. He was looking for a shortcut to Asia, a new route for spices and gold. Instead, he stumbled onto islands in the Caribbean, inhabited by the Taíno...
DIANE PHILLIPS: Angels of paradise
By DIANE PHILLIPS Barbara Murphy runs. These days, she sports an extra piece of apparel as she sets off, pacing herself, going slowly at first, building up speed, one smooth movement after another, trying to find that zone that runners live for...
What the Rich Kids of Instagram did next: They were the wealthy brats who invented influencer culture - but 10 years on, dark truths have emerged about their glossy lifestyles
They flushed Rolexes down the toilet and smashed up supercars for fun. Private jet was their favourite mode of transport and they mocked 'peasants' who couldn't afford their lifestyle. The Rich Kids of Instagram may have been obnoxious, but...
Editor’s Notes: Columbus Day’s long voyage
(Editor's Notes by Christina Myer - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) Public officials who have fallen victim to brief, distorted and whitewashed versions of the Christopher Columbus story that appeared in mid- to late-19th Century...
Guest post: How Caribbean states are shaping climate legislation
The Caribbean region is among the most vulnerable to climate change, despite historically contributing less than half of one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Rising sea levels, extreme heat and more frequent and intense storms – such as...
Woman reportedly commits suicide in Rasta Camp
A New Providence woman in her early 30s is believed to have died by suicide, after she was discovered yesterday morning hanging from an outdoor shed at the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress (EABIC), commonly known as the Rasta Camp, on...
MPs pay tribute to Vaughn Miller, Dr. Norman Gay and Frank Carter
On their first day back after the summer break, Parliamentarians yesterday spent hours delivering heartfelt tributes to former Golden Isles MP and Minister of the Environment Vaughn Miller, who died suddenly on September 28. Miller was the second...
Before holiday, White House praises Columbus as an 'American hero'
Oct. 10 (UPI) -- In advance Monday's holiday, the White House this week released a statement celebrating Columbus Day and singing the praises of the maligned explorer. "This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we...
Carnival Sunrise Cruise Ship: A Complete Guide
This article is part of a directory: Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Sunrise is one of Carnival Cruise Line’s Sunshine-class ships that began its second life in 2019 after a $200 million transformation from its original debut as Carnival Triumph in...
Columbus / Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025: Here’s what’s open and closed
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Columbus Day closures will affect government offices and mail delivery Monday, while an increasing number of cities simultaneously observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an alternative to the federal holiday. Columbus Day...
BCNY Fall Dance At The Waldorf Astoria Raises Over $1 Million
The Boys’ Club of New York (BCNY) held its 74th annual Fall Dance Thursday night, at the newly reopened Waldorf Astoria in midtown. 350 guests, including event Co-Chairs Jean Altier Bohm, Megan Brodsky, Eleanor Edelman, Stephanie Kearney, Ros...
Remembering the Arawaks
This column isn’t about the Indian Removal Act of 1830, when President Andrew Jackson began forcibly and systematically displacing tens of thousands Southeastern tribal members to lands west of the Mississippi River in a march now known as the...