ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Grenada has signed a US$100-million loan with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), nearly two months after the Dickon Mitchell government sought authorisation from the Parliament. Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall signed the...
CASTRIES (CMC): The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) is calling for the “immediate and complete suspension” of the 2.5 per cent health and security levy that went into effect on October 2. In a statement, the party said that the levy...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden told a crowd of Democratic donors over the weekend about a decades-old photo he took with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an aside that seemed intended to illustrate his long support of Israel and track...
BERLIN (AP): Author Salman Rushdie called on Sunday for the unconditional defence of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize that recognises his literary work and his resolve in the face of constant danger. The British-...
MANILA (AP) A Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat on Sunday off a contested shoal, Philippine officials said, in an encounter that heightened fears of an armed...
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Norma was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved into mainland Mexico, while Hurricane Tammy left the Caribbean island of Barbuda with minor damage. Once a Category 4 hurricane, Norma came ashore...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas...
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. The US National Hurricane Center said Norma, once a Category 4...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas' bloody...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP): Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter it had held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the roughly 200 people the militant group abducted from Israel during its...
TORONTO (AP): Canada has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, the foreign minister said Thursday, in an escalation of their dispute over the slaying of a Sikh separatist...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (AP): A former justice official, considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, was arrested Thursday in Haiti’s capital after being on the run for more than two years, police said....
Lawyer Sidney Powell, who famously vowed to unleash a mythical sea monster of litigation to prove that Donald Trump didn’t lose the 2020 election, has now struck a deal with Georgia prosecutors, admitting she conspired to wrongly interfere with the...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A stampede in Kenya during celebrations to mark an annual public holiday killed at least six people on Friday and injured 100 others, authorities said. The stampede happened when thousands of people struggled to get...
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a Massachusetts park were doused with acid in this summer and four children were injured, the Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said. The juveniles,...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's government will impose harsh penalties for those who steal a cell phone, including life in prison if a robber kills someone while stealing their mobile device. The changes to the country's penal code, approved...
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election...
HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (AP) — A Maryland judge who was shot to death outside his home presided over the divorce case of the man now identified as a person of interest in the killing, court records show. The Washington County Sheriff's...
Havana (AP): The house on Villegas Street, in the heart of Old Havana, looks nothing like the stately two-storey home it used to be a century ago, with its high ceilings, wrought-iron railings, semicircular arches, and stairs covered in white...
MIAMI (AP): Most people in the US see Mexico as an essential partner to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, even as they express mixed views of Mexico's government, according to a new poll. The poll from the Pearson Institute...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): A Brazilian congressional panel on Wednesday accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of instigating the country's January 8 riots and recommended that he be charged with attempting to stage a coup. An inquiry panel of...
SEOUL (AP): Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their October 7 assault on Israel, a militant video and weapons seized by Israel show, despite Pyongyang’s denials that it arms the militant group. South Korean officials, two...
ATLANTA (AP) — The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on certain hair-straightening chemicals that have been used by Black women for years and that research shows may increase the risk of uterine cancer. But Black hair...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Norma strengthened to a major storm Thursday as it spun off Mexico's Pacific coast on a path expected to bring it near Los Cabos at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The US National Hurricane...
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, becoming the second defendant in the sprawling case to reach a deal with...
