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Heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding and landslides across northern Costa Rica and Limón, leaving several communities isolated, with road closures, damaged infrastructure and emergency teams deployed across affected areas

BEL’s initial tariff submission has been approved by Belize's PUC, keeping base electricity rates unchanged while introducing a Cost of Power Adjustment mechanism to reflect fluctuations in power purchase costs on consumer bills

Many churches have changed their service time to fit with World Cup schedule and the game against Norway was even broadcast in a number of evangelical churches; The decisions caused passionate debates across the Brazil

250 years of independence have been celebrated in the USA “With a single sheet of parchment and 56 signatures, America began the greatest political journey in human history” said President Trump; Mint issued one-year-only designs with dual dates 1776–2026

Causes of fire that destroyed a luxury resort in Bayahibe are still under investigation; flames spread rapidly on the thatched roofs because of strong winds, leading to one casualty, 9 injured and nearly 1.700 tourists evacuated

Dominica’s arts and cultural community is invited to take part in a public panel discussion to explore ways to strengthen and grow the country’s creative sector; the event is organized for 8 July at the UWI Global Campus in Roseau by the Alwin Foundation

The first woman to lead The Barbados Police Service was sworn in on Friday, pledging sweeping changes to strengthen accountability, modernise policing and rebuild public trust

A temporary morgue has been organized at La Guaira port, as death toll from lat week's earthquake rises to over 2.600 victims and air video footage takes stock of the extent of the devastation

First sight of a puma and reappearance of colocolo cat in Quebrada de la Plata Natural Monument underline the ecological value of one of the most important wild spaces in the Metropolitan Region, refuges of biodiversity of Chilean Mediterranean ecosystem

Splits among older couples are rising, with nearly 40% of divorces occurring between people 50 and older; experts point to longer life spans and older people’s unwillingness to stay in relationships without real connection or vitality

A Federal Court ordered Land Reform Agency to remove land occupiers from various sites in the Amazon; the decision follows a request from the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, a nationwide coalition that is denouncing unlawful settlings

The Commonwealth Observer Group to the 30 April 2026 general elections in Antigua and Barbuda has released its final report, calling for urgent reform of constituency boundaries while commending the overall peaceful and transparent conduct of the polls