ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state's highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking...

PARIS (AP) -- Thousands of people protested France's special virus pass with marches through Paris and other French cities on Saturday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but sporadic clashes with riot police marked protests in the...

TOKYO -- The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Tokyo reached a daily record 4,058 at the mid-point of the Olympics, according to city hall on Saturday. Critics have long said the Olympics should be cancelled or postponed as tens of...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has praised Jamaican women sprinters, led by Elaine Thompson-Herah, for sweeping the medals in the 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympic games in Japan on Saturday....

Ford has designed a new gasoline-inspired perfume called Mach-Eau. As Ford gradually makes its complete transition to electric vehicles (with the Mustang Mach-E and the electric F150 being announced in the past two years), they...

Three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,190. The deceased are a 92-year-old woman from Westmoreland, a 56-year-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew, and a 79-year-old man from Manchester. Two more...

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica has broken Florence Griffith Joyner's 33-year-old Olympic record in the women's 100 meters. She crossed the line in 10.61 seconds to defend her title and lead a Jamaican sweep of the medals, besting...

The 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the United Kingdom Government, have arrived in Jamaica. The announcement was made by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton on Twitter a short while ago. The vaccination appointment...

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - Police say they are searching for two people, including a nurse, in relation to falsifying coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards issued by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The government has since issued a...

NEW YORK -- New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted United States health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus. Recommending masks for everyone and...

The police have issued an advisory for persons who would need to travel to and from airports during curfew hours. Persons are being asked to ensure that they have a copy of their travel itinerary. And the person doing the pick-up should also have a....

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum is warning that the peak of the wet, heat and hurricane seasons are forecast to bring an increase in wet days and wet spells, heatwaves, and tropical cyclone...

Jamaica has recorded five more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 1,187. Meanwhile, there were 180 new cases with ages ranging from one day to 95 years, pushing the total to 52,684 with 4,172 being active. Of the new cases, 107 are women and 73.....

World Athletics Championships discus throw silver medallist Fedrick Dacres is Jamaica's first major track and field casualty at the Tokyo Olympics. Dacres, who has been recovering from a hand surgery done late last year, missed the final of the...

Jamaica qualified for the final of the 4x400m Mixed Relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday. The team that consisted of team of Sean Bailey, Junelle Bromfield, Stacey Ann Williams, and Karayme Bartley placed third in a time of 3:11.76 minutes,......

Jamaica's Olympic Games Shot Put participation is over. The nation's duo of national record holder and champion Danniel Thomas-Dodd, and Lloydricia Cameron did not advance to the final of the Women's event on Friday morning. Thomas-Dodd...

Actor Lacell Parnell, more popularly known as 'Girlie' or 'Mr Handsome', said that he is still haunted by his 2009 conviction for a raft of sexual offences in the United States of America. Parnell, 51, was found guilty of forcible touching,...

Jamaican artist Laura Facey says she would like to see her Redemption Song statue spruced up to give it greater appeal. The statue, which depicts a nude male and female celebrating their new found freedom, is positioned at one of the entrances to.....

Motivated by the soaring prices of ground provisions, university student Shandae Bascoe decided to do farming, but not in a traditional way. He grows his crops, mostly vegetables, using a modern-day farming technique called soilless aeroponics,......

A policeman who has been serving in the Jamaica Constabulary Force for the past 19 years was yesterday granted bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for an alleged breach of the Anti-Corruption Act. Corporal Allen...