PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The National Parent Teachers' Association (NPTA) has called for a 'thorough investigation' into the death of a 14-year-old schoolboy who was stabbed by a fellow student during a fight allegedly over a schoolgirl.
SAN JUAN (AP): Authorities in Puerto Rico are investigating what they say is one of the worst cases of animal abuse they've seen in the United States territory: a puppy found alive with all four legs largely cut off, leaving exposed bone...
NAIROBI (AP): Kenyan members of parliament voted yesterday to overturn a directive that had reduced their pay, hoping it will force the government to pay the higher salaries earned by legislators in the previous parliament.The legislators' pay was...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP):An overloaded ferry capsized after hitting rocks in a remote river in Malaysia's part of tropical Borneo island yesterday, leaving 21 people missing and feared trapped inside the vessel, police said...
LONDON (AP):British police arrested a 10th suspect yesterday in connection with the vicious street killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist attack that has horrified the country and heightened racial tensions.The 50-year-old man was...
SANTIAGO (AP):Chile issued a red alert yesterday for the Copahue volcano on the border with Argentina that has become increasingly active.Chile's Interior and Security Minister Andres Chadwick said the increased activity could lead to an eruption and...
CHICAGO (AP):Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug, a Colorado study suggests.Medical marijuana items include yummy-looking gummy candies, cookies and other...
TEGUCIGALPA (AP):President Porfirio Lobo said yesterday that he is backing efforts to arrange a truce between the country's two largest and most violent gangs.Lobo told The Associated Press that he has called Roman Catholic...
WASHINGTON (AP):Obese mothers tend to have kids who become obese. Now provocative research suggests weight-loss surgery may help break that unhealthy cycle in an unexpected way, by affecting how their children's genes behave....
Chile's Interior and Security Minister, Andres Chadwick, said the increased activity could lead to an eruption and officials will soon begin evacuating 2,240 people, in a 15.5 mile radius.
Obama also visited the site of the school where seven children died. The tornado ravaged the Oklahoma City suburb last Monday, killing 24 people and destroying some 1,200 homes.
AP:South Korean protesters with placards bearing portraits of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto shouted slogans during a rally held against Japan in Seoul, South Korea last Thursday.
LAHORE (AP):Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early yesterday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to be engulfed in flames, police said.
PHOENIX (AP):A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles...
LONDON (AP):Counter-terrorism police yesterday started questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier.
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP):Chile's newly empowered environmental regulator last Friday confirmed nearly two dozen violations by gold miner Barrick Gold Corporation of its environmental impact agreement.
The Pakistan police also said at least seven children have been hospitalised following the incident which happened on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat.
The campaign over the ban pitted conservatives, especially religious groups that sponsor local scouting chapters, against liberals opposed to what they deem outdated discrimination.
