LIMA, Peru (AP):Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to...
ST LOUIS (AP): A massive winter storm swept the northern US on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and whipping winds and bitter cold temperatures across several states. At least one death was suspected from the...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The World Bank is providing US$36 million for a new project to promote transversal and advanced technical skills among youth, strengthen regional cooperation in post-secondary education, and foster collaborative innovation within...
SAN JUAN (AP): Voters in St Maarten have upheld the Dutch Caribbean territory’s main political party, the National Alliance, in a general election. The party of the current prime minister, Silveria Jacobs, won four of the parliament’s 15 seats,...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): The Guyana Police Force (GPF) Friday says that a 24 year-old man remains in custody as the investigations continue into the shooting incident that left a five year-old child hospitalised. The GPF said that, on Thursday,...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government says it “unequivocally supports” South Africa that has filed a complaint against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), while reiterating a demand for a ceasefire in the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed fierce retaliation Friday for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza. The...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan lawyers Friday demonstrated peacefully in Nairobi against what they say is judicial interference by President William Ruto, who has said he will disregard court orders from allegedly corrupt judges blocking...
The Quaker Oats Company has added two dozen additional types of granola bars, cereals, and snack foods to a December recall over possible salmonella contamination. The company, which is owned by PepsiCo., announced the...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel insisted at the United Nation's highest court Friday that its war in Gaza was a legitimate defence of its people and that it was Hamas...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation has surged in Brazil's Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna region, by nearly 45 per cent compared to 2022 levels, according to data released Friday by the government's monitoring agency. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start cancelling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that's taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule. Loan forgiveness was originally set...
NEW YORK (AP): The illegal tunnel discovered under a historic Brooklyn synagogue compromised the stability of several structures surrounding the religious complex, prompting an order to vacate as well as citations against its owners, city...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP): A controversial Nepalese spiritual leader known as ‘Buddha Boy’ was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a minor and involvement in the disappearance of at least four of his followers from his camps, police said...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, (CMC):Former President Desi Bouterse, whose conviction for involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago was upheld in December, has been ordered to jail to serve his sentence. This was announced on...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): A continent away from the war in Gaza, South Africa accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians there and pleaded with the United Nations’ top court on Thursday to order an immediate halt to the...
WASHINGTON, DC: Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been appointed as one of the five Ambassadors representing the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) at the inauguration of Bernardo Arevalo as the...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan police on Thursday arrested the country's former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with protesters rather than using force to remove them as a court had...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel's national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded Thursday with the United Nations' top...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday. The Trumbull County prosecutor's office said grand jurors declined to return...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher energy and housing prices boosted overall US inflation in December, a sign that the Federal Reserve's drive to slow inflation to its 2 per cent target will likely remain a bumpy one. Thursday's report from...
A woman on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island who drew national attention from stars such as Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off developers in her final years has died, according to a publicist for her family. She was 94. Josephine Wright...
LONDON (AP): Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system....
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Schools and stores sat shuttered, many people stayed home and soldiers roamed the streets of Ecuador's biggest cities Wednesday, the day after armed men invaded a television station's live afternoon newscast and...
