Hurricane Beryl is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a powerful Category 4 storm on a path toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

India pulled off a sensational seven-run win against South Africa in a gripping final of the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday.

Fast bowler Chris Jordan got a hat trick and the American cricket team lost five wickets in six balls as England secured its spot in the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals.

Defending champion England has charged at Australia’s tournament-best 201 total and come up 36 runs short in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup contest in Barbados.

A proposal meant to guide electoral authorities in setting the date for Venezuela’s presidential election includes more than 20 potential options ranging from as soon as the last week of March through early December.

The U.S. is considering additional measures against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government after the South American country’s highest court blocked the presidential candidacy of an opposition leader.

Venezuela’s government and opposition have reached an agreement on new electoral conditions that once signed Tuesday in Barbados will trigger relief from the U.S. government on energy sanctions it imposed on President Nicolás Maduro’s government.

Plumes of heat-trapping pollutants last billowed from the giant stacks of South Africa's Komati Power Station in October.

Tropical Storm Bret is growing stronger as it takes aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that are bracing for torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding.

The nonprofit Global Citizen announced Thursday a new campaign to support the reform of global banks and climate financing.

As climate-amped disasters ratchet up the suffering, the staid international finace system designed for an earlier age may be on the brink of change, driven by those on the front lines.

Rapper A$AP Rocky was detained Wednesday in Los Angeles due to being in connection with a shooting in November 2021.

The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados is holding a snap general election after cutting ties with Queen Elizabeth II late last year and appointing its first ever president to lead the world’s newest republic.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley didn’t phone in her speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Friday.

Tropical Storm Elsa is battering the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it speeds through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.

Officials in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are warning people to plan for possible evacuations as the tiny islands hit recently by massive volcanic eruptions prepares for potential flooding and landslides from Tropical Storm Elsa, which was whirling toward the eastern Caribbean.

More people have fled their homes on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as La Soufrière volcano rumbles loudly for a third day and the heavy weight of its ashfall is damaging some buildings.

The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the worlds most tourism-dependent regions (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)SAN JUAN – The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. Clear waters and warm sand attracted a record 31.5 million tourists to the Caribbean in 2019, but visits plummeted by an estimated 60% to 80% as the pandemic hit last year. “Many countries prefer hurricanes compared to what has happened with the pandemic,” said Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, a former Bahamian tourism minister who also led the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Cuba — the largest Caribbean nation and the only one working on its own vaccines — choked off arrivals after seeing infections surge. Neil Walters, acting secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

LONDON - The destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has prompted several celebs to step up and offer their support. At least 7 people were killed when Dorian battered the area and many people have been rescued from devastating flooding. Barbados native Rihanna tweeted her support and said she is exploring how to help via her Clara Lionel Foundation. "It truly breaks my heart to see the complete devastation that #HurricaneDorian is having on the Bahamas," she wrote. Rapper/actor Ludacris has announced that the proceeds from his annual charity event, LudaDayWeekend, will go to help the Bahamas.

As of Monday, August 26, 2019, tropical Storm Dorian is strengthening as approaches the Lesser Antilles. A tropical storm watch for Puerto Rico was issued later in the day. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours. "The storm is still forecast to be a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday and Thursday," Hennen said. Task Force 1 headed to Puerto Rico Monday and Task Force 2 headed to Saint Croix.

(CNN) - Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Wednesday morning and bring wind, rain and storm surges to the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico over the coming week. A tropical storm watch has been issued for Barbados, which means that tropical storm conditions are possible there within about 48 hours. But as Dorian moves into warmer waters, a weaker wind shear will allow it to strengthen over the coming days. The tropical storm could develop into a Category 1 hurricane, which means winds between 74 and 95 mph, overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Dorian is the fourth named storm of this hurricane season.

The World Heritage Committee inscribed eight of the Wright's famed sites into the list, marking the first modern architecture designation in the United States on the World Heritage roster. The other properties added to the list are Unity Temple, the Frederick C. Robie House, Taliesin, Hollyhock House, and Taliesin West. The nomination process took more than 15 years, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation said. The designation is mostly honorary, though World Heritage Sites typically receive increased tourism. "These sites are not simply World Heritage monuments because they are beautiful.

Two Americans traveling in Barbados are missing after they took a rented personal watercraft out to sea and did not return Monday, according to the country's national police. (CNN) - Desperate relatives of Americans who went missing in Barbados after taking a rented personal watercraft out to sea have been handing out flyers on a beach on the west coast of the eastern Caribbean island. The Royal Barbados Police Force said Thursday that authorities had searched without success as far as the north and south ends of the island. The couple rented the Jet Ski from a company at Holetown Beach in Barbados at 2:34 p.m. Monday, police said. Cruz traveled to Barbados with her mother, Ninfa Urruita, this week looking for answers.