Earthquake death toll climbs past 1000 as tropical storm bears down on Haiti

Earthquake death toll climbs past 1000 as tropical storm bears down on Haiti

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors before a tropical storm hit.

  • byLaura Gottesdiener

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Double blow for Australia:Finch heads home after loss to West Indies

Double blow for Australia:Finch heads home after loss to West Indies

Australia squandered a lower-order revival on a dry Barbados surface to allow the West Indies to level the ODI series with a five-wicket victory.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Frustrated Starc giving up millions to play for Australia

Frustrated Starc giving up millions to play for Australia

The pace bowler has turned down huge IPL paydays to play for his country and finds himself in the West Indies with a severely depleted national team.

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Haitian police arrest one of the alleged assassination masterminds

Haitian police arrest one of the alleged assassination masterminds

The murder and uncertainty about who hatched the plot is the latest in a succession of blows to hit the struggling country,which has appealed for international help.

  • byAndre Paultre
Slain Haitian leader’s wounded widow speaks for first time as doubts grow over assassin claims

Slain Haitian leader’s wounded widow speaks for first time as doubts grow over assassin claims

Doubts over the official explanation for the presidential killing has exacerbated an emerging power struggle over the prime ministership.

  • byAndre Paultre andSarah Marsh
‘Presumed assassins’ of Haiti’s President arrested after gunmen ‘posed as US agents’

‘Presumed assassins’ of Haiti’s President arrested after gunmen ‘posed as US agents’

Haiti’s communications secretary did not provide further details about the slaying of Jovenel Moïse and the wounding of his wife.

  • byAndre Paultre andEvens Sanon
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Cuba encouraged by early results of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine amid worst outbreak

Cuba encouraged by early results of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine amid worst outbreak

Cuba,whose biotech sector has exported vaccines for decades,has opted not to import foreign vaccines but rather to rely on its own.

  • byNelson Acosta
A fully vaccinated cruise set sail in the Caribbean. Then two passengers tested positive for COVID-19

A fully vaccinated cruise set sail in the Caribbean. Then two passengers tested positive for COVID-19

Two passengers who were sharing a room on the ship tested positive for the coronavirus,two days before the cruise was scheduled to end.

  • byHannah Sampson
‘Destroying everything in its path’:St Vincent seeks help as volcano erupts
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‘Destroying everything in its path’:St Vincent seeks help as volcano erupts

Heavy ash has contaminated water supplies and leaders estimate the island will need hundreds of millions of dollars to recover from the eruption of La Soufriere.

  • byKristin Deane andDanica Coto
Cruises remain banned from US ports,despite pressure from industry

Cruises remain banned from US ports,despite pressure from industry

Cruise companies tired of waiting for the authorities to allow the resumption of cruises are inviting US residents to fly to the Caribbean for cruises there this summer.

  • byTaylor Dolven
Barbados says it will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state

Barbados says it will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state

A former British colony that gained independence in 1966,Barbados has maintained a formal link with the monarchy as Australia has.

  • byEstelle Shirbon