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Josh Inglis's 77-ball century handed two-time champion Australia a record-breaking run chase to defeat England by five wickets at the Champions Trophy. Inglis finished with an unbeaten 120 runs off 86 deliveries for a maiden ODI hundred. Australia cruised to 356-5 in 47.3 overs. It was the highest-ever successful run chase in all ICC ODI tournaments. Australia's chase got off to a rocky start as Jofra Archer and Mark Wood […]

West Indies fast bowler 25-year-old Shamar Joseph has expressed gratitude after winning the Best Test Bowling Performance and Test Debutant of the Year awards at the 2024 ESPNcricinfo awards. Joseph stunned the world in January 2024 when he took 7-68 in the second Test in Brisbane to bowl West Indies to an impressive eight-run victory, the first Test win in Australia in 27 years. In 2024, Joseph captured 29 wickets […]

Guyanese in New York, on Feb. 23, this day in 1970, when the country became a democracy, came together to commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the Republic with an Interfaith church service and a colorful Mashramani costume presentation. The pews of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church at 331 Hawthorne St. in Brooklyn were packed with celebrants in national colors at the hours-long thanksgiving, organized by Consul General Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson, […]

Delicia B. Davis, an educator and mother, is on a mission to reignite a passion for reading through her innovative organization, The Luxe Library. Founded in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Luxe Library blends literacy, creativity, and community engagement to empower individuals in urban and underserved areas. “The Luxe Library is a full-service media library dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for urban youth and […]

The Regional Judicial Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) has recommended to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders that Justice Winston Anderson, a Jamaican-born jurist, be appointed as the new president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). In accepting the recommendation, CARICOM leaders are marking Justice Anderson as the fourth president of the Caribbean Court of Justice, replacing St. Vincent's jurist, Justice Adrian Saunders, who will retire later this year. Barbados' Prime Minister […]

Alexia Stampp, an 11th-grade student at St. Francis Preparatory School (SFP) in Brooklyn, was born and raised in Jamaica along with her entire family. Most of her relatives migrated to the U.S. when she was young, but she, her mother, and her sister made the move just a year and a half ago. “I was terrified at first about coming here, but being at school helps,” Stampp shared. Many might […]

Drumming, lofty singing, dancing, reading, and preaching, among other things, the 134-year-old Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Sunday celebrated Black History Month in grand style during its annual Heritage Sunday Worship Service. African American drummers Eric Frazer and Baba Wesley Gray drummed to pulsating African beats, while Grenadian Natalie Wilson narrated the "African American and Labor" struggles; the Combined Choir heightened the tempo with "Swing Low, […]

Bahamas Tourism officials in The Bahamas say they expect the country to become a key player in the rapidly growing space tourism sector as its first international rocket landing is set to take place off the coast of The Exumas. The global space tourism industry's SpaceX said that its Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. "About eight minutes […]