Caribbean Archives

November 5, 2025 9:19 AM

US to provide $24 million for Caribbean countries hit by Hurricane Melissa

The United States is providing $24 million in emergency assistance for Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and Cuba after the countries were hit by Hurricane Melissa last week, the State Department said on Tuesday. The department deployed teams to help with...

October 31, 2025 9:52 AM

Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north

Hurricane Melissa's confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in the North Atlantic. Authorities in ...

October 25, 2024 5:33 PM

Where Europe, US stand on slavery reparations

Discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism are gaining momentum, with Caribbean and African nations calling on former colonial powers to engage on the issue. From the 15th to the 19th century, at least 12.5 million Africans...

May 17, 2024 3:57 PM

More than 60% of world’s coral reefs may have bleached in past year, NOAA says

Nearly two-thirds of the world's coral reefs have been subjected to heat stress bad enough to trigger bleaching over the past year, the leading agency monitoring coral reefs said on Thursday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

February 20, 2024 12:09 PM

Piyush Goyal outlines India’s path to $35 trillion economy by 2047

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday outlined the government's strategy to make India a fully developed nation by 2047. Addressing a delegation of 35 journalists representing 19 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, Goya...