"The most empowering thing I saw was locals -- mostly hospitality workers -- showing up for work the day after the hurricane," Jamaica Tourism Board exec Philip Rose told me.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlet, about recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa struck last week.

Small islands want to inject new life into the 1.5C target, with the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) proposing a COP30 agenda item to more aggressively track targets as countries’ climate ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Melissa, Jamaica has shown once again why it is considered one of the most resilient ...

As COP30 climate talks kicked off in Brazil's port city of Belem on Monday, opening speeches in the Amazonas hall were heavy ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...

COP30 opens in port city of Belem, as small island nations call for urgent action to cap global heating at 1.5°C, the target ...

More than 5,000 agents from Canada, the U.S. and beyond joined Sandals Resorts International’s virtual Town Hall yesterday, ...

A new map from the Global Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas) documents the lessons from cases of local engagement with projects in the Global South involving Chinese investments. The aim of the ...

A Pentagon official says the U.S. military's 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in ...

CARIBBEAN SEA - A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter with 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, ...

China began sea trials of its most advanced amphibious assault ship on Friday, only a week after commissioning its latest ...