LONDON (AP) — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. Marine rescuers, the coast guard and police were called to...
SUCHIATE (AP): Nearly a thousand migrants that recently crossed from Guatemala into Mexico formed a group on Saturday to head north together in hopes of reaching the border with the United States. The group, made up of largely Venezuelan...
DUBAI (AP): Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The...
KYIV (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Sunday that Russia has a "sufficient stockpile" of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia "reserves the right to take reciprocal action" if Ukraine uses the...
PARIS (AP) — Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76. The London-born star and fashion icon was known for her musical and...
CHICAGO (AP): The Reverend Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago. Jackson, 81, announced his resignation during a...
MORENO VALLEY, California (AP) — Firefighters were battling three separate brush fires in blistering heat and low humidity in sparsely populated, hilly areas southeast of Los Angeles. Nearly 1,000 homes were under evacuation orders, but...
ROME (AP) — Hundreds of flights across Italy were cancelled Saturday, forcing travellers at the peak of tourist season to make alternate plans, after air transport unions went ahead with a planned work stoppage two days following a train...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed on Saturday to a hospital after feeling dizzy, his office said, adding that it appeared the veteran Israeli leader was suffering from dehydration. Netanyahu, 73, remained at Israel...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on the global community to do more to assist small island developing states (SIDS), including his own struggling island, to overcome issues that he said in the main...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The United States, Friday, welcomed the decision by the Trinidad and Tobago government that it is working towards a phased approach to integrate refugee and migrant children into the public school system. Foreign and...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): The United Nations’ top court on Thursday rejected a case brought by Nicaragua in a decades-long dispute with Colombia over maritime borders and entitlements in the Caribbean. The International Court of Justice...
AP: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their short-lived rebellion, while some of the mercenaries were shown...
China's fast fashion retailer Shein is facing a lawsuit that claims the clothing maker's copyright infringement is so aggressive, it amounts to racketeering. The filing this week claims that Shein is in violation of the Racketeer...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Striking screen actors will begin picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles on Friday in what has become the biggest Hollywood labour fight in decades. The double-barrelled strike will shut down the small...
NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect has been taken into custody on New York's Long Island in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday. The...
CAIRO (AP): The bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary forces and an allied militia have been uncovered in a mass grave in West Darfur, the United Nations said Thursday. According to “credible information” obtained by...
WASHINGTON (AP): Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP): The top vote-getter in the first round of Guatemala’s presidential election said Thursday she is suspending her campaign activities in solidarity with her opponent, whose party is being pursued by prosecutors. Sandra Torres...
WASHINGTON (AP) — No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the bag of cocaine found in a lobby at the White House last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn't identify a suspect,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV...
VILNIUS (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh pledges of weapons and ammunition to fight Russia’s invasion along with longer-term security commitments from the West on Wednesday even as he expressed disappointment over the...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government on Wednesday announced that it would be making Spanish a compulsory subject at schools from September this year, as well as turning to Cuba to deal with a shortage of nurses in the healthcare system. In a...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Attorney Jerry Edwin has filed a motion in the High Court calling on the Grenada government to remove flogging as a penalty for people who are convicted for offences in the magistrate court. “Grenada is the only jurisdiction in...
CHICAGO (AP) — The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday following warnings of severe weather for the city. A confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m.,...
