Latest Grenada News

Book Review: 'We're Alone' by Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat weaves personal and political

Sep. 11, 2024 14:04 PM EDT

Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat explores family, homeland and her literary heroes in “We're Alone,” a new volume of essays that include personal narratives of her early years as child immigrant in Brooklyn to reportage of recent events like the assassination of a president back in her...

'One Caribbean, one love': Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics

Aug. 09, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean nations have introduced themselves and their countries to the world. “It was just our turn, man,” said Thea LaFond, whose gold in...

Officials plead for $9 million in aid weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastates the southeast Caribbean

Jul. 11, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm, officials said Thursday as they pleaded for at least $9 million in assistance from the international community. ...