IMMIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA, HAITI AWAIT DHS ANNOUNCEMENT ON PROTECTED STATUS

The Haitians had been allowed to stay in the United States after the 2010 earthquake, which devastated Port-au-Prince, the capital, and killed 200,000... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN LEARNING LESSONS FROM IRMA AND MARIA

As a Caribbean climate scientist, I am often asked to speak about how climate change affects small islands... READ MORE›

HURRICANE MARIA KILLS 32 AS IT LASHES CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

At least 15 people were killed in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Dia? newspaper reported... READ MORE›

HURRICANE MARIA FLOODS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AFTER CUTTING OFF POWER TO PUERTO RICO

Video Rescue workers help people after Hurricane Maria barrelled through Guayama, Puerto Rico... READ MORE›

LUSH CARIBBEAN ISLANDS TURN BROWN AFTER HURRICANE IRMA

Before Hurricane Irma hit Florida, it tore through the Caribbean, leaving islands -- once lush and beautiful -- brown and denuded... READ MORE›

MACRON'S PRESIDENCY PUT TO THE TEST AS UNIONS STRIKE OVER LABOUR REFORMS

THE POLITICAL BRIEF In this edition Emmanuel Macron is in damage control mode in the Caribbean. The French government is blasted for its handling of Hurrica..... READ MORE›

IRMA WRECKS TOURIST SPOTS IN CARIBBEAN, SPARES DISNEY

Widespread damage was reported in the British Virgin Islands, Barbuda, St. Martin and St. Barts, including its famed Eden Rock Hotel... READ MORE›

MACRON VOWS CARIBBEAN REBUILD AS ANGER RISES AGAINST EUROPEAN POWERS

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the media upon his arrival in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe island, the first step of his visit to French Caribbean islands, September 12, 2017... READ MORE›

BORIS JOHNSON TO VISIT BRITISH TERRITORIES IN CARIBBEAN TO SURVEY DEVASTATION

EPA 8 46 Storm clouds are seen over Fisher Island as Hurricane Irma approaches on 9 September 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S CARIBBEAN VILLA SURVIVES IRMA; OTHER CELEBS WEREN'T SO LUCKY

Hurricane Irma damaged or destroyed some celebrities' Caribbean or Miami properties, but not Donald Trump's... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA TOPPLES HOMES, FLOODS CITIES AFTER BARRELLING THROUGH CUBA

Carol Basch, a 53-year-old tourist from Savannah, Ga., took refuge during the storm in the bathroom of her St. Martin hotel room after windows shattered... READ MORE›

SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTAGE GIVES GLIMPSE OF HURRICANE IRMA DAMAGE

Social media footage is beginning to show the extent of the damage caused by category 5 hurricane Irma as it tore through the Atlantic Basin,... READ MORE›

IRMA HITS FLORIDA AS STATE GOVERNOR WARNS IT'S 'TOO LATE TO LEAVE'

After tearing through the Caribbean, the deadly Hurricane Irma has begun to batter Florida after tearing through the Caribbean with water levels rising on the... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA REGAINS STRENGTH AS IT NEARS FLORIDA

Live Hurricane Irma regains strength as it nears Florida... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA: JENNIFER LAWRENCE, RIHANNA, LADY GAGA TALK ABOUT FLORIDA, CARIBBEAN

Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, more stars talk Hurricane Irma... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA: WHICH AREAS ARE AT RISK?

As Hurricane Irma leaves a trail of deadly destruction across the Caribbean, forecasters projecting the path of the powerful storm are warning of further devastation... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA BARRELS TOWARDS HAITI AFTER FLATTENING CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

Hurricane Irma Record-breaking storm barrels towards Haiti after flattening Caribbean islands... READ MORE›

MONSTROUS HURRICANE IRMA KILLS 14 IN CARIBBEAN, HEADS FOR FLORIDA

Updated September 8, 2017 7 50 am View of the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Sint Maarten Dutch part of Saint Martin island in the Caribbean September 6, 2017... READ MORE›

10 DEAD IN CARIBBEAN AS FLORIDA AND CUBA BEGIN EVACUATIONS

Hurricane Irma 10 dead in Caribbean as Florida and Cuba begin evacuations... READ MORE›

CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANES DON'T GET MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN IRMA

Hurricane Irma has roared into the Caribbean with record-setting force, bringing powerful winds and flooding rains... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA LEAVES 11 DEAD AS IT TEARS THROUGH CARIBBEAN

The eye of Irma was moving west-northwest off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic on Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center NHC said... READ MORE›

HAITI HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVASTATED BY NATURAL DISASTERS. NOW IT'S BRACING FOR IRMA.

This is too big and too soon after Hurricane Matthew last year parts of the country are still recovering, he said... READ MORE›

CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE FLATTENS 'MOST SOLID BUILDINGS' ON SAINT MARTIN ISLAND

Irma Category 5 hurricane flattens 'most solid buildings' on Saint Martin island... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA DESTROYS WEATHER STATION ON CARIBBEAN ISLAND ST BARTS

Hurricane Irma appears to have broken the weather station on the Caribbean island of St Barthelemy St Barts ... READ MORE›

FLORIDA SEX OFFENDERS NOT ALLOWED AT HURRICANE IRMA SHELTERS, SHERIFF SAYS

Florida Governor Rick Scott has activated all of Florida's National Guard for Friday in preparation for Hurricane Irma... READ MORE›

ARE YOU AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IRMA?

The hurricane is also forecast to hit Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA: STRONGEST EVER ATLANTIC STORM BATTERS CARIBBEAN ISLANDS - LATEST NEWS

Live hurricane irma strongest ever atlantic storm batters caribbean islands... READ MORE›

MY TRAVELS WITH POPE FRANCIS IN BOLIVIA

An estimated 1.5 million people are expected for Tuesday's Mass with Pope Francis in Quito, Ecuador... READ MORE›

BRITAIN NEEDS TO GET A BETTER DEAL FROM BRUSSELS OR LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION, MAJOR NEW STUDY ARGUES

Britain needs to get a better deal from brussels or leave the european union major new study argues... READ MORE›

THE 6 BEST NEW RESORTS IN THE CARIBBEAN

With winter still flexing its muscles, a mass exodus is nigh--straight to any beach resort in the Caribbean with unclaimed lounge chairs... READ MORE›

BRITAIN ACCUSED OF 'HATRED AND LIES' EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT OVER EU STANCE

Martin schulz president of the european parliament accuses britain of creating barriers and hatred in furious attack on david cameron's renegotiation... READ MORE›

BRITAIN STAYING IN EUROPE LOOKS MORE AND MORE ABSURD

Our Prime Minister was amidst the deaf in Europe last week pretending to negotiate with people who refuse to listen to him... READ MORE›

LEAKED NOTE SUGGESTS CAMERON'S 'FIRM AIM' TO STAY IN EU

David Cameron's EU referendum strategy is revealed in a leaked note, the Guardian claims, as the PM says he can get a new deal for Britain... READ MORE›

LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WELCOME SYRIAN REFUGEES

Latin American countries are opening their doors to Syrians fleeing the civil war in their country as Europe struggles with a growing refugee crisis... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS: IT'S NOT JUST GREECE THAT'S DROWNING IN DEBT

The United Kingdom's debt currently accounts for 89.4 of its GDP ninth highest in the EU... READ MORE›

CANADIAN EVIDENCE REROUTES THEORY ON HOW HUMANS POPULATED NORTH AMERICA

For a long time, anthropologists considered the Clovis people to be the first culture to populate North America... READ MORE›

AMERICA HAS ONLY JUST DISCOVERED SAUSAGE ROLLS

Greggs was selling 2.5 million sausage rolls a week in 2012, The Guardian reported at the time... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON TO BEGIN EU TALKS WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS

David Cameron is to set out his EU renegotiation aims at a meeting of European leaders in Brussels later... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS OF MARCHERS DEMAND JUST SOLUTION AT UN CLIMATE TALKS IN LIMA

Organisers said they hoped to get 10,000 or more out into the streets which would make this the biggest climate march Latin America has ever seen... READ MORE›

HERE'S WHY SOME PEOPLE THINK BRAZIL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 'SOFT COUP'

But what happens in the coming weeks in Brazil has longer-term implications for elected socialist governments throughout Latin America... READ MORE›

MORE BABIES BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS

There has been a sharp rise in the number of cases of Zika in several other Latin American countries... READ MORE›

LATIN AMERICA VISIT WILL TEST POPES ABILITY TO EXPAND FLOCK

QUITO, Ecuador -- Pope Francis has turned heads with bold stands on climate change and income inequality... READ MORE›

CATHOLIC LEADERS SAY ZIKA DOESNT CHANGE BAN ON CONTRACEPTION

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, who serves on Pope Francis' nine-member advisory council, denounced the notion of therapeutic abortions for women carrying babies with microcephaly... READ MORE›

THE INCREDIBLE LIFE AND HAUNTING DEATH OF WORLD TRAVELER HARRY DEVERT

Harry Devert in Guanajuato, Mexico, shortly before his death in January of 2014... READ MORE›

RISE OF FAR-RIGHT PARTY IN DENMARK REFLECTS EUROPES UNEASE

The effort of traditional political parties to attract alienated and angry voters has shifted the discourse... READ MORE›

SMELLY, CONTAMINATED, FULL OF DISEASE: THE WORLDS OPEN DUMPS ARE GROWING | JOHN VIDAL

According to the atlas, compiled by teams of academics and waste professionals on four continents, the 50 sites are all pollution and health timebombs... READ MORE›

GENERATION Y, CURLING OR MAYBE: WHAT THE WORLD CALLS MILLENNIALS

There are accounts of young people at his funeral events wearing T-shirts proudly announcing they were of the JPII Generation... READ MORE›

IN A SMALL COLOMBIAN TOWN ZIKA MAY BE REVEALING A MORE DEADLY SIDE

The Colombian government has confirmed three fatalities with Guillain-Barre, including two of the Turbo patients, blaming the deaths on Zika... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA SHIFTS TO THE RIGHT AFTER MAURICIO MACRI WINS PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

Thousands of campaigners cheered and danced in the Macri campaign bunker as the results came in... READ MORE›

The European Commission has published further revisions to the contributions, which meant that Ireland must pay another 7m... READ MORE›

BRAZILIANS PANIC AS MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS IS LINKED TO BRAIN DAMAGE IN THOUSANDS OF BABIES

RECIFE, Brazil -- Jusikelly da Silva was full of expectations for her baby... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS EMBRACES THE MYSTICAL SIDE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Vesuvius Pope Francis entered the local cathedral to pray to Januarius the patron saint of Naples... READ MORE›

HOW BRAZIL, THE DARLING OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, CAME UNDONE

Big parts of the Brazil model, it turns out, were glued together with kickbacks, dirty money and lies... READ MORE›

IN ARGENTINA, MOTHERS OF 'DISAPPEARED' PROTEST OBAMA'S MARKING OF 1976 COUP

Families still searching for missing victims of Argentina's military dictatorship say Obama visit will overshadow day of painful remembrance 'It's our date'... READ MORE›

HOW MANY SLAVES WERE THERE? WORLD'S OLDEST SLAVE CEMETERY DISCOVERED ON CANARY ISLANDS

Archeological evidence signified that the slaves were brought to the site, located next to an ancient sugar plantation, from Northern Africa and sub-Saharan Africa... READ MORE›

POPE LAMENTS 'GANGRENE' OF CORRUPTION PLAGUING 'ALL PEOPLES OF THE WORLD'

In a question-and-answer session, he denounced corruption, which plagues several countries in South America... READ MORE›

POPE ENDS SOUTH AMERICA TRIP URGING YOUTHS TO 'MAKE A MESS'

Pope ends South America trip urging youths to make a mess... READ MORE›