NEW YORK (AP) — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City's emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they'll be...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded US$148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist...
KINGSTOWN,(CMC): Guyana and Venezuelan leaders ended a day of talks here on Thursday agreeing “directly or indirectly” not to threaten or use force against one another in any circumstances, as they continue to seek a resolution to the border...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): The international, medical, humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Friday said it is suspending “indefinitely” all activities at the Turgeau Emergency Center, after a group of armed men stopped an MSF...
MADRID (AP) — Fourteen workers at one of Spain's main airports for tourists were arrested on suspicion of stealing items from checked-in luggage, police said Friday. Police seized allegedly stolen items worth almost two million euros ($2....
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The US and Israel have discussed a timetable for scaling back intense combat operations in the war against Hamas, even though they agree the overall fight will take months, an envoy said Friday, amid growing...
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry won his historic phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over £140,000 in the first of several lawsuits against British tabloids to go to trial in his...
KINGSTOWN, St, Vincent (CMC): Former president of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, has praised Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves on his efforts to facilitate talks between the leaders of Guyana and Venezuela...
KINGSTOWN (AP): The small South American nation of Guyana said it refuses to bow to its larger neighbour Venezuela Thursday before the two countries met in the latest chapter of a bitter dispute over an oil- and mineral-rich territory claimed by...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): A high court judge yesterday sentenced five men to death for the 2016 piracy attack that left four fishermen dead. Justice Sandil Kissoon sitting at the Berbice High Court, described the murders as a “horrific crime and an...
Washington, DC: Antigua and Barbuda ambassador, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been invited to participate in the transition of government in Guatemala by the country’s president, Dr. Alejandro Giammettei. Guatemala held presidential and general...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government announced Thursday that its controversial effort to look for people falsely listed as missing has turned up 16,681 individuals who had returned to their homes but not notified the authorities. The...
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has kept borrowing rates unchanged despite mounting worries over the state of the British economy. The central bank on Thursday left its main interest rate at a 15-year high of 5.25%, where it has stood since...
DUBAI (AP): Nearly 200 countries agreed Wednesday to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels – the first time they’ve made that crucial pledge in decades of UN climate talks though many warned the deal still had significant shortcomings. The...
SAN JUAN (AP): Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began more than four decades ago, with experts warning that rising temperatures and rapid urbanisation are accelerating the pace of infections...
NEW YORK (AP) — The courthouse in New York City where former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial has been taking place was briefly evacuated Wednesday, hours after testimony concluded, when a man set papers on fire and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, and its officials signalled that they expect to make three quarter-point cuts to their benchmark rate next year. Speaking at a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials were labouring on Wednesday to try to reach a last-minute deal for wartime aid for Ukraine by agreeing to Senate Republican demands to bolster United States -Mexico border...
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit was freed Tuesday after a judge vacated his conviction and dismissed all charges. Brian Beals, 57, struggled to find the right words to describe his...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began more than four decades ago, with experts warning that rising temperatures and rapid urbanisation are...
Published:Wednesday | December 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM
CAPE TOWN (AP): The South African government announced plans on Tuesday to build new nuclear power stations to generate more electricity amid an energy crisis and regular blackouts in the continent’s most advanced economy. The move to invite bids...
Published:Wednesday | December 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM
LONDON (AP): British lawmakers have voted to support the government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda, keeping alive a policy that has angered human rights groups and cost the UK at least $300 million, without a single...
Published:Wednesday | December 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, speaking out in unusually strong language as the United Nations neared a vote on demanding a...
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police said Tuesday they are charging a man with 14 counts of second-degree murder along with the previously announced 14 charges of aiding suicide for allegedly selling lethal substances on the Internet to people at...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United National General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The vote also shows the...
