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President has everyone’s attention as he seeks re-election

Published:Saturday | February 3, 2024 | 12:09 AM

SAN SALVADOR (AP): Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To many, El Salvador’s president is a national hero who took on the country’s violent gangs with an unrelenting hand. To others, the populist is a 21st-century autocrat who has...

Prosecutors appeal decision to move ‘monster’ to regular prison

Published:Saturday | February 3, 2024 | 12:09 AM

BERLIN (AP): Austrian prosecutors have appealled a court decision that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison...

Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in 'Rocky' movies dies

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 6:18 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the 'Rocky' movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in 'Predator...

Election officials in South Africa rush to register 100,000 prisoners to vote

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 10:59 AM

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African election officials have visited prisons across the country as part of an ambitious project to register at least 100,000 inmates to vote in this year's national election. The country's...

Police officer sentenced to 15 years for raping 12-year-old daughter

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:06 AM

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): A police officer who admitted to raping his 12-year-old daughter several times over a three-year period more than a decade ago has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The officer, whose name was not released in order to...

Secret spying programme targeted top Venezuelan officials

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:06 AM

MIAMI (AP): A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press (AP) details a yearslong covert operation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to surreptitiously record and build drug-trafficking cases...

Police clear suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:06 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): Indian police cleared a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after eight months’ detention and released it into the wild Tuesday, news agency Press Trust of India reported. The pigeon’s ordeal began in May when it was captured near a port...

UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:06 AM

LONDON (AP): A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former US President Donald Trump that accused a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation. Judge Karen Steyn said the...

Farmers on tractors create chaos outside EU summit

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:06 AM

BRUSSELS (AP): Farmers in convoys of tractors created chaos outside the European Union’s (EU) headquarters on Thursday, pelting police with firecrackers, eggs and beer bottles as they demanded leaders at an EU summit provide relief from rising...

BVI to implement digital work permit system

Published:Friday | February 2, 2024 | 12:06 AM

TORTOLA,British Virgin Islands (CMC): A digital work permit system will become operational in this British overseas territory in June of this year. The announcement was made by Deputy Premier and Labour Minister Lorna Smith, who told legislators...

Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers

Published:Thursday | February 1, 2024 | 11:30 AM

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years and eight months in prison in connection with the 1992 massacre of six suspected rebels in central Peru....

Imprisoned ex-PM convicted again

Published:Thursday | February 1, 2024 | 12:08 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was found guilty of corruption on Wednesday and sentenced to 14 years, yet another blow to the imprisoned populist leader days before his political movement attempts a return to power in...

Man accused of beheading his father and posting video online

Published:Thursday | February 1, 2024 | 12:07 AM

LEVITTOWN (AP): A man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia and posting a gruesome video on social media that shows him holding up the severed head has been charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse, authorities said...

Iran threatens to respond to any US strikes

Published:Thursday | February 1, 2024 | 12:07 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): Iran threatened Wednesday to “decisively respond” to any US attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden’s linking of Tehran to the killing of three US soldiers at a military base in Jordan. The US has signalled it...

Man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia home and posting gruesome video online

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 5:21 PM

LEVITTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP) — A man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia and posting a gruesome video on social media that shows him holding up the severed head has been charged with first-degree murder and abusing a...

El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is ‘not a police state’

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 11:01 AM

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador's government “made mistakes” in its war against the country's gangs, but has never undermined the country's democracy to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be...

Auction of Nelson Mandela’s possessions suspended

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 12:07 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): The planned auction of dozens of artefacts belonging to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application to completely halt it, the body that protects South Africa’s cultural heritage said Tuesday. The online auction...

Barbados identified as least corrupt country within CARICOM

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 12:07 AM

BERLIN (CMC): Transparency International says only Guyana and the Dominican Republic in the Americas have improved their Corruption Perception Index (CPI) scores over the past decade, while the others have either stagnated or significantly declined...

Millions ‘marching towards starvation’ in Ethiopia

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 12:06 AM

KAMPALA (AP): Only a small fraction of millions of needy people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are receiving food aid, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press (AP), more than one month after aid agencies resumed deliveries of...

Former PM gets another prison sentence ahead of elections

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 12:06 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): A PAKISTANI court convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of revealing official secrets on Tuesday and sentenced him to 10 years – the latest in a slew of legal cases that supporters say are meant to sideline the imprisoned...

Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules

Published:Tuesday | January 30, 2024 | 6:39 PM

DOVER, Delaware (AP) — Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla's board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by Chancellor...

Police in Sri Lanka use tear gas to disperse opposition protest against dire economic conditions

Published:Tuesday | January 30, 2024 | 3:45 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's police used Tuesday tear gas and water cannons to disperse an opposition protest in the island nation facing its worst economic crisis while gearing up for a national election later this...

UK fines HSBC bank for not going far enough to protect deposits in case it collapsed

Published:Tuesday | January 30, 2024 | 2:24 PM

LONDON (AP) — HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, has been fined 57.4 million pounds (US$72.8 million) for failing to adequately protect customer deposits in the event that the bank collapsed, United Kingdom regulators said Tuesday. Two units of...

IMF upgrades global economy outlook, forecast growth and lower inflation

Published:Tuesday | January 30, 2024 | 11:15 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook for the world economy this year, envisioning resilient growth led by the United States and a slower pace of inflation. In its latest outlook, the 190-country lending...

Toyota urges owners of old Corolla, Matrix and RAV4 models to park them until airbags are replaced

Published:Tuesday | January 30, 2024 | 8:55 AM

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata airbag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling...

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