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Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Jamaica’s government has turned to the FBI for help as it investigates a massive fraud case involving a private investment firm where $12.7 million belonging to renowned sprinter Usain Bolt has gone missing. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) **FILE**

Jamaica: FBI to help probe massive fraud case targeting Usain Bolt

In this photo provided by Curling Jamaica, Jamaica's Ben Kong looks out at the sheet during a practice game against Hong Kong on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Unionville Curling Club in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The Jamaican curlers are sliding into the footsteps of the bobsledders that brought the tropical island nation to the Winter Olympics and became an international sensation. (Sandy Ewart/Curling Jamaica photo via AP)

Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica

People protest to demand an apology and slavery reparations during a visit to the former British colony by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, in Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The two-day visit to Jamaica is part of a larger trip to the Caribbean region encouraged by Queen Elizabeth II as some countries debate cutting ties with the monarchy like Barbados did late last year. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

Prince William expresses sorrow for slavery in Jamaica visit

In this Feb. 6, 2013, file photo, a mural depicting reggae music icon Bob Marley decorates a wall in the yard of Marley's Kingston home in Jamaica. A U.S. private equity firm announced Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 it has joined the family of late reggae star Bob Marley in hopes of building what it touts as the "world's first global cannabis brand." (AP Photo/ David McFadden, File)

Bob Marley-branded marijuana shop planned for reggae great’s Jamaican home

USA's Sergino Dest, left, duels for the ball with Jamaica's Kasey Palmer during the international friendly soccer match between USA and Jamaica at SC Wiener Neustadt stadium in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

US beats Jamaica 4-1 in soccer exhibition in Austria

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, legalization advocate and reggae legend Bunny Wailer smokes a pipe stuffed with marijuana during a "reasoning" session in a yard in Kingston, Jamaica. Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in his native Jamaica, according to his manager. He was 73. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, the Hotel Nacional stands devoid of tourists during the new coronavirus pandemic in Havana, Cuba. The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)

Sun, sand, shots: Caribbean seeks vaccines to revive economy

International court finds Jamaica violated rights of gays

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013 file photo, farmer Breezy shows off the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a tour of his plantation in Jamaica's central mountain town of Nine Mile. While the island has a regulated medical marijuana industry and decriminalized small amounts of weed in 2015, it is running low on the illegal market, due to heavy heavy rains followed by extended drought, an increase in consumption and a drop in the number of traditional marijuana farmers. (AP Photo/David McFadden, File)

Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft prepares to demonstrate aerial refueling capabilities during an aerial refueling demonstration over Kyrgyzstan, June 8, 2012. The C-17's primary mission is to transport personnel and cargo into and out of the area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman) ** FILE **

U.S. ships field hospital to Jamaica to aid COVID-19 effort

FILE - In this May 3, 2018 file photo, Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. In a statement from a family member, Hibbert died on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77

FILE - In this March 3, 2016 file photo, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness waves to the crowd after being sworn into office, in Kingston, Jamaica. Polls show Holness' Jamaica Labour Party, JLP, with double-digit leads over the center-left opposition, more than enough to maintain the JLP's parliamentary majority in the Thursday, Aug. 3, 2020 election. (AP Photo/Collin Reid, File)

Jamaica’s Holness wins big in bet on early elections

FILE - In this March 3, 2016 file photo, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness waves to the crowd after being sworn into office, in Kingston, Jamaica. Polls show Holness' Jamaica Labour Party, JLP, with double-digit leads over the center-left opposition, more than enough to maintain the JLP's parliamentary majority in the Thursday, Aug. 3, 2020 election. (AP Photo/Collin Reid, File)

Jamaica’s ruling party has strong poll lead as nation votes

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts to his win in the men's 100-meter final t the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Jamaican official says Usain Bolt tests positive for COVID

Woman receives double lung transplant during pandemic

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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2013, file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures on the podium before receiving his gold medal for the men's 100-meter at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia. The man who reshaped the record book and saved his sport along the way is saying goodbye. His runs through the 100 meters and Jamaica's 4x100 relay at next week's world championships are expected to produce golds yet again, along with leaving people to wonder who could possibly take his place. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

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She is head of state in 14 Commonwealth realms, but Barbados cut ties with the monarchy in November, and several other Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, say they plan to follow suit.

As Prince Charles anchors Commonwealth, challenges ahead →

IOC denies covering up 2008 Olympic doping cases →

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