Published:Wednesday | September 4, 2024 | 12:07 AM
KINSHASA (AP): An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility, the authorities said on Tuesday. Activists alleged the death toll was...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — While the world's attention has been focused on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has decided there is a more important matter to discuss:...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law...
BEIJING (AP) — A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 13, police said. The students and parents were at the gate of a middle school in Tai'an...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attempted jailbreak in Congo's main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility, authorities said Tuesday. Activists alleged...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said. Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Opposition leader Kamala Persad-Bissessar says as the twin island republic marks 62 years of political independence, the nation should say a prayer of gratitude to “all our fore-parents for their devoted labours to build and...
MEXICO CITY (AP): In a US electoral campaign punctuated by jibes about “childless cat ladies”, some might wish there were rules against mocking candidates just because of their gender. Mexico – which just elected its first female president – has...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US government has seized a luxury jet used by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States, in violation of sanctions and export-...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says cooling temperatures in the equatorial Pacific may possibly result in a progressive transition to La Niña while near record-warm Tropical North Atlantic Ocean...
TEL AVIV (AP): President Joe Biden says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to reach a deal to free hostages and reach a ceasefire in its war with Hamas in Gaza. Biden spoke to reporters Monday, two days after six...
ISTANBUL (AP): Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Sunday to protest recent legislation that critics say is leading to the killing of stray dogs across Turkey. Last month, legislators approved the new law aimed at removing millions...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website. The broader support among...
BASSTERRE (CMC): A former police offcer has been committed to stand trial in the death of a Dominica-born police officer, who died in 2016, a month after he had been shot while responding to a larceny report. Assistant Commissioner of Police Andre...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's West Indian American Day Parade, one of the world's largest celebrations of Caribbean culture, was marred by a shooting Monday along the parade route. At least two people were wounded by gunfire around...
FOREST PARK, Illinois (AP) — A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Forest Park station, an above-ground stop on the Chicago Transit...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States, citing violations of sanctions...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X nationwide, according to the court's website. The broader support among...
DEIR AL-BALAH (AP): Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the...
WARSAW (AP): Poland’s leaders stressed the need for a strong defence in the face of war in neighbouring Ukraine and redress as they led solemn ceremonies early Sunday to mark the 85th anniversary of German Nazi forces invading and bombing...
WEST SACRAMENTO (AP) : Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes....
ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Sunday to protest recent legislation that critics say is leading to the killing of stray dogs across Turkey. Last month, legislators approved the new law aimed at...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in southwest Poland say a man has been arrested on allegations of imprisoning and physically and mentally abusing a woman for more than five years with “special cruelty.” Prosecutors in the town...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation's most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for black people, from housing to education to health...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, (CMC): Parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation declaring May 21 a public holiday in honour of the Spiritual Baptist faith. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, in piloting the Public Holiday (Amendment) Bill,...
