Published:Thursday | September 28, 2023 | 12:07 AM
ROSEAU (CMC): Dominica on Wednesday elected its first-ever woman head of state overshadowed by opposition attempts to scuttle the “historic moment” and raising the possibility of the matter ending up before the courts here. By a margin of 20-5,...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2023 | 12:07 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): The Biden administration is admitting Israel into a select group of countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the United States without getting a visa in advance. The decision announced Wednesday comes despite Washington’s...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2023 | 12:07 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): The US soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago was released into American custody, the White House announced on Wednesday. Earlier, North Korea had said it would...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2023 | 12:07 AM
MOSUL (AP): As they watched the bride and groom start their slow dance, Faten Youssef imagined the future wedding of her son, seated next to her at a reception table. Within moments, however, disaster struck when an inferno erupted that would leave...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 8:31 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jamaican-American judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won't recuse herself from Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president's claims that her past comments...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 8:17 PM
The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilisation of Indigenous women, describing the practise as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offence. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 3:45 PM
LONDON (AP) — Britain's immigration minister argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection, as the Conservative government seeks international support for its ...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 11:31 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 12:09 AM
BELMOPAN (CMC): Prime Minister John Briceño says efforts are being made to get embattled Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation Andre Perez to repay the salaries he has received since taking “unpaid” leave from the Cabinet. Last month, Prime...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 12:09 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): The vice-president of Haiti’s largest bank, UNIBANK, has denied involvement in any criminal or gang activity in the French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country after Canada imposed sanctions on him and two other...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 12:09 AM
SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic (AP): An immigration agent in the Dominican Republic has been arrested after being accused of raping a Haitian woman in a detention cell at the country’s main international airport in the presence of her 4-year-old...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 12:08 AM
CAPE TOWN (AP): Zoleka Mandela, a granddaughter of Nelson Mandela and whose life was tangled up in addiction, a suicide attempt, a battle with cancer and the tragedy of losing two young children before she came back from the shadows to embrace his...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 12:08 AM
TORONTO (AP): The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian President. Just after Ukrainian President...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2023 | 12:08 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP): SAUDI ARABIA’S newly appointed envoy to the Palestinian Authority presented his credentials to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his first visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a trip linked to...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday, warning the death toll could rise. The fire happened in Iraq's...
LONDON (AP) — Gatwick Airport, London's second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control. In a statement late Monday, the airport said a daily 800-flight limit, affecting...
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling Tuesday in a civil lawsuit brought by New York...
US regulators and 17 states are suing Amazon over allegations the e-commerce behemoth abuses its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on and off its platform, overcharge sellers and stifle competition. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in...
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase agreed Tuesday to pay $75 million to the US Virgin Islands to settle claims that the bank enabled the sex trafficking acts committed by financier Jeffrey Epstein. JPMorgan said that $55 million of the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets on Tuesday on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers underscores an allegiance to labour unions that appears to be unparallelled...
The police are investigating a quadruple killing in Top Crawl district, Riversdale, St Catherine, where three women and a man were found dead in their home on Tuesday morning. The victims have been identified as Kerrian Higgins, Dorothy...
NAIROBI (AP): The US and Kenya signed a defence agreement Monday that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multinational peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence...
WASHINGTON (AP): At least one Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no-one was injured. US law enforcement officials were investigating. Secret Service officers were called around 8...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) says it objects to Venezuela’s encroachment on Guyana’s “sovereignty and territorial rights through intimidatory” and called on Caracas to await the ruling by...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Heavy rains set off a landslide in Guatemala's capital early Monday sweeping several humble homes into a river and leaving three people dead and at least 15 people missing, including 10 minors. Guatemala's...
