Thousands of cases of the Oropouche virus, dubbed "Sloth Fever," have been reported around the world this year. This now includes 21 cases in the US and 19 in Europe, all of whom are believed to have contracted the virus while traveling to Cuba and Brazil.

Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, with heavy rains and 145 mph (233 kph) winds reportedly knocking down power lines in the country that has been declared a disaster area and is now under a curfew.

Manuel Rocha, a former US diplomat and ambassador to Bolivia who was arrested Friday, appeared in federal court Monday to face charges he served "as a covert agent" and collected intelligence for the Republic of Cuba.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Monday that the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) seized a Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft used for the benefit of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro in the Dominican Republic earlier in the day.

On Thursday, French Pres. Emmanuel Macron opened the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, which seeks to discuss international monetary reforms.

US Pres. Joe Biden has declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the US Virgin Islands this week, after tests on the Caribbean island of St. Croix showed lead levels 100 times above the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) limit, among the worst seen in decades in a US community.

Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Keith Rowley said on Sunday that an oil spill from a capsized ship — whose national origin and official designation remains unknown — off the nation's southernmost coast has caused a national emergency.