WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden on Friday defended what he said was a “difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine’s promise to use the...
LONDON (AP) Senior British politicians on Sunday called on the BBC to rapidly investigate claims that a leading presenter paid a teenager for explicit photos. The government said Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer would hold urgent talks with the...
NEW YORK (AP): Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available last Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries, including...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP): Russia’s war in Ukraine reached the 500-day mark this weekend, a grim milestone for a conflict that rages with no end in sight. While the fighting had fallen largely into a stalemate, Ukraine’s government and it’s Western...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders on Friday denounced United States economic sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela, saying they've been forced to buy costlier petroleum elsewhere as they struggle with tight budgets. Members of a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy's resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve's drive to slow...
BEIJING (AP) — China reported Thursday that 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention had reported 164 deaths in May...
As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment....
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new, text-based app called Threads, according to a letter obtained by Semafor. In a Wednesday letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an...
In an effort to better secure the day-to-day fares collected by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and to safeguard the cash of commuters, the government-owned company has started testing a cashless fare collection system which could soon be...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz is to outline a 100-day plan to address flaws and indiscipline in the transportation sector. The plan is to be presented in Parliament. Speaking at the post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, Vaz said that...
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who was reported missing as a teenager in 2015 ultimately returned home a day later but he and his mother deceived officers by giving false names over the ensuing eight years, police said Thursday. Houston police...
The company that owned a submersible that fatally imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic said Thursday it has suspended operations. OceanGate, a company based in Everett, Washington, owned the Titan submersible that is believed to...
The Manchester police say the severed head of a man who was reportedly wanted for rape, assault and burglary was found along the roadway in Whitney Turn in Porus in the parish on Thursday morning. The police say the man's head was found shortly...
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) — Drinking water from nearly half of US faucets likely contains "forever chemicals" that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a toxic nitrate gas being used by illegal miners to process gold in a settlement of closely packed metal shacks, South African police and local...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday urged CARICOM countries to move beyond declarations of intent and look to solidify their relationship with Africa while focusing “on concrete initiatives which address the challenges...
CAPE TOWN (AP): A group of armed plainclothes officers assigned to protect South Africa’s deputy president were caught on video dragging a man out of a car and then stomping on his head until he lies motionless, sparking outrage and drawing more...
JetBlue says it will end a partnership with American Airlines in the Northeast after losing a court fight over the deal, and will instead focus on salvaging its proposed purchase of Spirit Airlines. JetBlue Airways said Wednesday that it will not...
The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in decades and likely centuries, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high. It's the latest in a series of climate-...
ST PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — The US citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalisation test is one of the final...
PARIS (AP) — France's highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The court's decision on Wednesday said that no...
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israel withdrew troops from a West Bank militant stronghold Wednesday, but warned that its most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two decades could be repeated. Twelve...
BOSTON (AP): Revellers across the US braved heat and heavy rain to take part in Fourth of July activities Tuesday – celebrating the nation’s founding with parades, fireworks and hot dog-eating contests at a time of lingering political divisions and...
CAPE TOWN (AP): Six opposition parties announced Tuesday they will discuss forming an alliance for South Africa’s national election next year in an attempt to end the 30-year hold on power of the African National Congress (ANC). Such an alliance...
