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Oprah Winfrey talks to students at her Leadership Academy for Girls at Henley-On-Klip South Africa, on Friday, January 13, 2012 on the eve of the first graduation at her school.
August 2, 2026

Oprah Winfrey says she will close her school for girls in South Africa next year

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey…
A blue moon rises in San Jose de Maipo outskirts of capital Santiago, Chile, on May 30, 2026.
August 2, 2026

Discarded SpaceX rocket on high-speed collision course with moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP): A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago. The rocket’s upper stage will…
A logon screen for Facebook and the new Meta policy are photographed in 2025.
August 2, 2026

Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure over child safety mounts

The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually…
Sargassum gathers in the water off the coast of Tulum, Mexico, last Thursday.
August 2, 2026

‘None of this is normal’ - Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico beaches swathed in record levels of seaweed
PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP): Swaths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking…
Miriam Singer, CEO of Jewish Community Services of South Florida, pauses as she speaks of the home health workers she had to let go after their TPS expired last week in Miami Beach, Florida.
August 2, 2026

More than workers - Immigration crackdown threatens Haitian caregivers and the seniors who rely on them
NEW YORK (AP): Who will be there each morning with Solange French’s eggs at breakfast, and who will be ready with soup or fish at lunch? When the 91-year-old needs help in the shower, who will rush to…
Family matriarch Eulie Mantock (centre) is flanked by her daughter Philone, a director of Mantock’s Guide, and her chief executive officer son, Clava.
August 3, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

The secret of success - In-demand PEP prep educator Eulie Mantock shares how great grades are made

Eulie Mantock’s reputation precedes her. The veteran educator is a trusted name for anxious parents looking for their children to score solid results in their high school entrance examinations. For…
Director Storm Saulter (right) and lead actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw participate in a press junket in the United Kingdom for ‘Possession’ last Monday.
August 3, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

Take Two! - Sheldon Shepherd and Storm Saulter on filming, friendship
For Sheldon Shepherd and Storm Saulter, an implicit trust guides their working dynamic as actor and director. Theirs is a decades-long artistic partnership that began with the filming of the latter’s…
Patrons participate in the Grand Gala festivities.
August 2, 2026

Gordon Robinson | Emancipate Jamaica from the British way

So, what else has been happening behind my back since I was missing in action presumed dead? Muddled, linear, non-emancipated thinking was rampant. One of the best examples was a Gleaner endorsed call…
A little girl enjoying the Grand Gala celebrations at the National Stadium.
August 2, 2026

Dennis A. Minott | The gospel according to the thirst trap

By any reasonable metric of post-colonial progress, Emancipation and Independence week in Jamaica should be a period of solemn reflection and patriotic fervour. Instead, as we wave the black, green,…