At the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

November 21, 2008

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs - he weighed less than 20 pounds even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly. ...more

November 21, 2008

China's president was signing dozens of trade and investment deals with communist ally Cuba on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have been snapping up all manner of raw materials. ...more

November 19, 2008

Nadia Renaud began shipping bags of rice, beans and other foodstuffs last spring to struggling relatives in Haiti, helping her brother ease the worries of providing for a sick mother who needs constant care. ...more

August 23, 2008

Trinidad had a big night at the NCAA track and field championships. ...more

June 14, 2008

No one is predicting a wave of cruises or nonstop flights to Havana just yet. But news Tuesday that Fidel Castro is stepping aside at least has some in the construction and tourism industries thinking about the possibilities of Cuban trade. ...more

February 20, 2008

Tropical Storm Olga triggered floods and landslides in this Caribbean nation Wednesday, killing at least seven people and forcing thousands to flee their homes, authorities said. One person also died in Puerto Rico. ...more

December 13, 2007

A defiant Japan embarked on its largest whaling expedition in decades Sunday, targeting protected humpbacks for the first time since the 1960s despite international opposition. An anti-whaling protest boat awaited the fleet offshore. ...more

November 19, 2007