Doctors Without Borders reports surge in civilian victims in Haiti

Haiti.- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned of a worsening health crisis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where civilian casualties are rising and the medical system is near collapse. The NGO estimates that nearly 40% of Haitians need urgent care, while...

Britain to feel Storm Amy's wrath: Wind warnings issued for whole of UK as 95mph gusts and torrential rain wreak havoc with 'do not travel' alerts issued, schools closed and outdoor events cancelled

Trains and ferries were cancelled and events postponed amid 'do not travel' warnings as Storm Amy powered towards Britain today with torrential rain and 95mph winds. Amber and yellow warnings have been extended to cover all of England, Wales,...

World Cup buzz: Trump reveals FIFA 2026 draw location, date

US President Donald Trump confirmed that the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place in Washington, D.C., on December 5, at the Kennedy Center. Standing alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the White House, Trump hailed the...

Hoping for a ‘clean Christmas,’ Cap-Haïtien youth take on trash near airport | PHOTOS

Overview: The following is a series of photos showing young people cleaning a road near Hugo Chavez Cap-Haïtien International Airport during Okap Pwòp or Clean Cap-Haïtien. Okap Pwòp was a three-day street cleaning event organized by the social...

Hurricane Imelda barrels towards holiday paradise with 100mph winds and flooding

Hurricane Imelda is barrelling towards Bermuda as a Category 2 storm, with forecasters warning of potentially devastating weather for the British territory. The US National Weather Service in Miami said in its 11pm Wednesday update: “Imelda’s core...

From Haiti to Ivy League halls, two scholars turn rivalry into a mission for change

Overview: Two Haitian students — Gil Sander Joseph, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford, and Wilhem Hector, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford — share how a teenage rivalry in Port-au-Prince middle school classrooms grew into a lifelong friendship that...

Canada Updated Travel Advisory for Citizens

Canada has updated its travel guidelines asking citizens not to travel countries like Russian, North Korea, Ukraine, Mali, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Mali, Haiti, Sudan, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Niger, Somalia, South, Sudan,...

Quebec man gets 5-year prison sentence for trying to overthrow Haitian government

Montreal A Quebec man has been sentenced to five years in prison for leaving Canada with the intent to facilitate terrorist activity, and for having facilitated such activity. Gérald Nicolas was found guilty of all charges back in March CBC News ·...

Quebec man sentenced to five years for trying to overthrow Haitian government

MONTREAL – A Quebec man found guilty of attempting to foment an armed revolution to overthrow the government of Haiti has been sentenced to five years in prison. Gérald Nicolas was sentenced at the Quebec City courthouse by Superior Court Justice...

In Seattle, Bonhomie Brings Haitian Flavors To The City’s Coffee Scene

Bonhomie Coffee Bar (pronounced baa·nuh·mee), a Haitian-inspired mobile espresso cart, is currently nestled inside Flora & Fauna—a Black-owned plant and record shop in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square. A vibrant atmosphere fills the air here,...

From Opa-locka to Haiti: School supplies shipped amid gang violence

As Haiti’s deepening security crisis drives headlines around the world, one Haitian-led nonprofit is working to change the narrative — box by box, student by student. The Haitian American Caucus (HAC), a community development organization with...

UN approves militarized force to take on Haiti’s gangs

The U.N. Security Council agreed Tuesday to replace the international police mission in Haiti with a larger, more aggressive militarized force to take on armed gangs and clear the way for the country’s first presidential and legislative elections...

Intelligence from the Jungle: The Dominican-Haitian Crisis – A COIN Look at the Castillo Pantaleón Report

Intelligence from the Jungle: The Dominican-Haitian Crisis – A COIN Look at the Castillo Pantaleón Report The jungle is fraught with tension. Dr. Juan Miguel Castillo Pantaleón's analysis in La Hora 22 is a stark dispatch from the border of a...

Parents demand promised Haitian government funds to help enroll children in school

Overview: A group of parents demanded an overdue education subsidy of $770 to enroll their children in school as Haiti’s new academic year dawns. Amid deepening insecurity and widespread displacement, thousands of families have lost livelihoods,...

Abinader: Kenyan force could be extended through December in Haiti

President Luis Abinader said during his Monday press conference on 29 September 2025 that it is likely the mandate for the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti would be extended through December 2025. Abinader said the...

From Soca to South Beach: Miami Carnival Sunday

Every October, Miami takes center stage as the capital of Caribbean culture in the U.S., and while Carnival week builds anticipation, the spotlight shines brightest on Carnival Sunday, happening October 12, 2025, at the Miami-Dade County...

Trump Tries To Turn The Clock Back On Energy

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how the Administration is trying to turn back the technological clock, a startup building giant robot boats, manipulating DNA with electricity and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign...

Haitians who landed in Portland sent home, search continues for those in hiding

Thirty Haitians who were among a group that landed on a beach in Kensington in Portland on Sunday have been sent home. They were repatriated today. The group, which comprised children, was transported from a holding area in Manchioneal to the...

Selling ourselves short

Commentary Paolo Kernahan 58 Minutes Ago Paolo Kernahan - PAOLO KERNAHAN I STUMBLED across a statistic this week I thought had to be wrong – the number of murders in New York City in 2024 was less than 400. This is one of the largest and most...

Sanctions and arrests mount as US targets Haitian elites over corruption, gang ties

Overview: The United States has announced sanctions on Arnel Bélizaire and Antonio Chéramy, two former Haitian parliamentarians for alleged corruption and destabilization. These sanctions add to recent arrests of powerful businessmen Dimitri Vorbe...