NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday's first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well. "The public knows who I am & what a successful...
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall along Mexico's Baja California coast Sunday as concerns mounted over the storm causing what could be deadly flash flooding in the border city of Tijuana, Southern California and...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country's Roscosmos space agency said Sunday. The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south...
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a downgraded but still dangerous Category 2 hurricane that's likely to bring "catastrophic" flooding to the...
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico's Baja California on Saturday as the US National Hurricane Center predicted "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" for the peninsula and for the southwestern...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City drug dealer was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for providing "The Wire" actor Michael K Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena, 40, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico,...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, causing “significant and rare impacts...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — An emergency official who defended a decision to not sound outdoor alert sirens on Maui as a ferocious fire raged has resigned. Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya had said this week...
LONDON (AP) — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty of killing seven babies and trying to kill six others. Lucy Letby, 33, was charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of...
YELLOWKNIFE, (AP): Residents of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories fled an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others signing up for emergency flights, the latest chapter in Canada’s worst fire...
TORTOLA, (CMC): A call has been made for the lifting of visa restrictions for more Caribbean nationals and not just those from Guyana. In the wake of an announcement that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will soon lift the visa restriction for...
DAKAR, (AP): More than 60 migrants are feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel rescued a boat off the Atlantic archipelago of Cape Verde that originally had more than 100 people aboard, authorities and migrant advocates said Thursday. Seven...
AP: A strong earthquake followed quickly by a strong aftershock shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities Thursday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The US Geological Survey said the initial quake had a preliminary...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Nicaragua’s government has confiscated a prestigious Jesuit-run university alleging it was a “centre of terrorism”, the college said Wednesday in announcing the latest in a series of actions by authorities against the Catholic...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Constitutional Court cleared the way Wednesday for Parliament to vote for a new prime minister more than three months after national elections by declining to rule on a complaint over the rejection of the winning...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii's governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimised” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incinerated a historic island community and...
Amazon will impose new fees on third-party sellers who ship their products to customers instead of using the company's fulfilment service. Effective October 1, the company will get a 2% cut of every product sold by merchants that are members of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader warned Wednesday that he would fight any international armed force deployed to the Caribbean country if it committed any abuses. Jimmy Chérizier,...
BEIJING (AP): Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defence Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilise the situation after a rise in tensions...
SANTO DOMINGO (AP): The death toll from this week’s powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic rose to 27 on Wednesday as firefighters continued efforts to extinguish the persistent fire set off by the blast, the national emergency director said...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua's government has confiscated a prestigious Jesuit-run university alleging it was a “centre of terrorism,” the college said Wednesday in announcing the latest in a series of actions by authorities...
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman was arrested and has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington and a member of Congress. Abigail Jo Shry of...
TEUPIN REUSEUP, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday burned a marijuana plantation in the northern province of Aceh after it was discovered by drones. A joint team of the National Narcotic Agency, known as BNN, and the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients. Scientists...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Survivors of deadly wildfires on Maui contended with intermittent power and unreliable cell service as they sought help rebuilding their lives. Teams of people, meanwhile, laboured to find the dead and identify them....
