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Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday (March 22) as part of a week-long Caribbean tour hours after activists protested to demand reparations for slavery amid growing scrutiny of the British Empire's colonial legacy.

Tourism and fishery-dependent Caribbean nations plan to test the acidity of the Caribbean Sea as a result of increased absorption of greenhouse gases, a senior regional official said Friday.

CAP-HAOTIEN, Haiti - Hurricane Irma ripped through the Caribbean on Friday, with its violent winds and torrential rains leaving a trail of devastation and killing 12 as it barreled towards the United States where up to a million people were told to flee.