KYIV, (AP): Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 27 civilians across the country in what an air force official called the biggest aerial barrage of the war. At least...
MATAMOROS, (AP): A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande is a long way from Mexico’s National Palace, where a US delegation met this week with Mexico’s president seeking more action to curb a surge of migrants reaching the US border. But...
ST. LOUIS (AP): Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective black history courses, school leaders announced Thursday in a reversal of a vote last week by the conservative-led school board to end the classes. But...
LUSAKA, (AP): Anti-corruption authorities in Zambia said they would investigate after a video posted on social media allegedly shows the foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman. Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned...
SEOUL, (AP): South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labour, the second such ruling in a week. The South Korean verdict drew quick rebukes from Japan...
MONROVIA, (AP): A leaking fuel tanker exploded earlier this week as people gathered to collect gasoline, leaving more than 40 dead, authorities in Liberia said Thursday. The blast on Tuesday also injured at least 83 people in the town of Totota in...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser, along with similar "private" modes in other browsers, to...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks — the first such...
Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party as thoughtful, limited and "pro-life." He simultaneously...
NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to Times Square got a small preview of New York City's famed New Year's Eve party on Friday, as the event's organisers heaved handfuls of coloured paper skyward in a promotional event to test their...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns, and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit last week in Hennepin...
PARIS (AP) — Security will be tight across France on New Year's Eve, with 90,000 law enforcement officers set to be deployed, domestic intelligence chief Céline Berthon said Friday. Of those, 6,000 will be in Paris, where French...
LONDON (AP): A storm that battered the UK with high winds and heavy snow and rain damaged houses, cancelled trains and left thousands of people without electricity on Thursday across Scotland and parts of northern England. Workers faced wind...
CARACAS (CMC): The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on Thursday called on Guyanese authorities to take immediate action for the withdrawal of the HMS Trent, a vessel from the British Navy, and to refrain from continuing to involve military powers...
Indonesia’s navy said Thursday that it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after the vessel approached the shores of Aceh province. The province that forms part of Sumatra island has seen an increasing number of...
LARGO AP): A woman holding her 11-month-old son in a baby carrier was fatally shot by her 14-year-old brother while trying to defuse an argument over Christmas gifts he was having with a 15-year-old brother who also was armed, authorities said. The...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Haiti on its 220th anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 1 January 2024. In a message to Haitian prime minster, Dr Ariel Henry, Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett said: “The Community...
MEXICO CITY (AP): A drug cartel in central Mexico has kidnapped 14 local residents, including four children, in an apparent retaliation for an uprising by angry farmers earlier this month that killed 10 cartel gunmen, officials said. Farmers in the...
LONDON (CMC): Former Jamaica prime minister, Bruce Golding, will head a 10-member Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) to observe Bangladesh’s general election on January 7 next year. “It is my honour and privilege to have been asked to lead this team...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a deadly Christmas Day attack by an armed group on a family in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. UNICEF said four people, including two girls under the age of 10, were...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause, becoming the first election...
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in the past year...
BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries, federal regulators said Thursday. BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders can overheat or catch fire, according to...
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Anti-corruption authorities in Zambia said they will investigate after a video posted on social media allegedly showed the foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman. Foreign Minister...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A drug cartel in central Mexico has kidnapped 14 local residents, including four children, in apparent retaliation for an uprising by angry farmers earlier this month that killed 10 cartel gunmen, officials said....
