Hurricane season set to break record as El Niño stifles storm development Barbados Today13/09/202601.6K views A new hurricane season record will be set this week as a historic and still strengthening El Niño stifles tropical development in the Atlantic. To date, no hurricanes have formed… Read more
Trump unveils cash pledge to American adults Barbados Today10/09/2026044 views US President Donald Trump says he would offer every adult American a $5 000 (£3 700) payout if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections, a plan… Read more
Five Colombians accommodated in Roseau return home Barbados Today10/09/20260146 views Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the five Colombians received in Dominica under its third-country national arrangement with the United States have all returned to Colombia. Skerrit made the announcement at… Read more
Mottley calls for stronger CARICOM-Africa ties Barbados Today07/09/2026087 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley is calling for greater movement of people, trade, education and opportunities between Africa and the Caribbean as the regions mark CARICOM-Africa Day. In her message, Mottley… Read more
WHO declares Uganda Ebola outbreak over Barbados Today28/08/2026044 views The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Uganda over, while warning that transmission remains active in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.… Read more
Alleged 9/11 mastermind to face trial in 2028 Barbados Today28/08/20260182 views Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, is scheduled to go on trial before a US military court on June 5,… Read more
Beckles links Arday’s death to anti-Black racism Shanna Moore27/08/20260488 views University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has linked the treatment of late Cambridge University academic Professor Jason Arday to systemic anti-Black racism, arguing that the circumstances… Read more
Death toll rises to 362, over 1 000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods Barbados Today27/08/2026023 views Rescue teams waded through mud on Thursday searching for more than 1 400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, as the death toll rose to… Read more
At least 98 dead, hundreds missing in Nepal, China Barbados Today27/08/2026038 views Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 98 people and left hundreds missing, including foreign tourists and workers. Nepal’s prime minister’s… Read more
Gospel artist Karlos Cobham eyes global breakthrough with Avidity nod push Emmanuel Joseph15/07/2026070 views From a Billboard-topping single to the cusp of another international accolade, US-based Barbados-born contemporary gospel artist Karlos Cobham is once again drawing global attention—this time with a call for homegrown… Read more