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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce defied chilly temperatures to win the 100 meters at the Lausanne Diamond League here Thursday, smashing the meet record with the third fastest time ever and beating Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah in the process.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and the Manhattan, New York-based Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) on Wednesday celebrated the return of US Navy veteran Howard Bailey, who reunited with his family the day before in Virginia after a decade of living in exile in his native Jamaica following what the groups say was his “unjust deportation.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations (UN) and partners on Wednesday launched a US$187.3 million appeal to support half a million people affected by the deadly earthquake in southwestern Haiti nearly two weeks ago.

NEW YORK, New York– The newly-installed New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named Caribbean American New York State Senator, Brian Benjamin, for the position of Lieutenant Governor.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government has warned persons caught with forged coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards that they will face the full force of the law as it rolled out the immunization campaign for children ages 12 to 17.