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French suburbs are burning!

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 1:03 AM

NANTERRE, France (AP): France sent tens of thousands of police officers into the streets on Thursday in an effort to head off widespread urban rioting following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that shocked the nation, with commuters...

Judge moves start date of former BVI premier’s trial

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 12:57 AM

MIAMI (CMC): A Florida High Court judge has agreed to move the start date for the drug and money laundering trial for former premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Andrew Fahie, who was meant to stand trial in mid-July. Fahie, 52, is charged...

Salty, gritty tap water has residents of Uruguay’s capital fuming as drought empties reservoir

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 4:19 PM

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Residents of Uruguay's capital are increasingly exasperated after two months of salty-tasting tap water that has damaged water heaters, boosted demand for bottled water, and reportedly caused stomach ailments....

Migrants in Mexico fall victim to rampant scams on their way to US

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 2:15 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin American migrants making their often-arduous journey to the United States frequently fall victim to scams that can amount to thousands of dollars in losses paid to fraudulent businesses that spread disinformation and...

Hundreds in Puerto Rico protest proposed increase in electricity bills

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 1:11 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of people including religious leaders, economists, teachers and retirees on Wednesday protested a proposed increase to already high electric bills that a growing number of people in the US territory are...

US Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions and says race cannot be a factor

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 9:47 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. The court'...

France will deploy 40,000 officers to quell violence after police fatally shot teen

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 9:19 AM

NANTERRE, France (AP) — France’s government vowed to restore order Thursday after two nights of urban violence triggered by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old, announcing it would deploy tens of thousands more officers and...

Controversial Cayman Islands legislator and former premier charged with rape and indecent assault

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 1:10 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): A legislator and former premier of the Cayman Islands was charged Wednesday with rape and indecent assault, according to authorities. McKeeva Bush pleaded not guilty to charges that police said stem from 2000. Police...

Trump suing his accuser for saying she was raped

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 1:04 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Former President Donald Trump is trying to turn the tables on the advice columnist who won a $5-million jury award against him in a sexual abuse lawsuit, saying in a counter-suit that she owes him money and a retraction for...

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 1:02 AM

TALLINN (AP): Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military – and walked free. Others who merely voiced criticism against the Kremlin weren’t so lucky. On Tuesday, Russia’s main domestic security agency, the...

Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ takes lead in New York City Council primary

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 12:43 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Yusef Salaam, who as a child was part of a group of teenagers wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned for the rape of a woman jogging in Central Park, took a commanding lead Tuesday in a Democratic primary for a City Council seat...

‘Inexcusable’

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 12:41 AM

NANTERRE (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting death of a 17-year-old delivery driver by police “inexcusable” and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course. The government heightened the police presence in Paris and other...

Rains fail to quell Canadian wildfires, more smoky haze on the way, officials say

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 9:33 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighbouring United States in the coming days after recent heavy rains failed to fall in areas of Quebec where the fires are most active, officials said...

Utah woman accused of killing husband after writing book about grief sued for over $13M

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 7:45 PM

A lawsuit against a Utah woman who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and now stands accused of his fatal poisoning was filed Tuesday, seeking over US$13 million in damages for alleged...

Airline delays and cancellations in US worsen ahead of holiday weekend

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 3:12 PM

Travellers are getting hit with delays at United States airports again Wednesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to keep up with surging...

Debris from implosion of Titanic-bound submersible is returned to land

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 12:59 PM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the world's attention last week. The return of the debris to...

Hunger kills hundreds after US and UN pause food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, officials say

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 9:28 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and the United Nations paused food aid, local officials and researchers say. The UN and the US...

Ukraine accuses local man of directing missile strike that killed 10 at popular pizza restaurant

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 8:42 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities arrested on Wednesday a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 10 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in east Ukraine. The...

Entrepreneurs get business training from US; hope that Biden lifts sanctions

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 1:35 AM

HAVANA (AP): Musicians Ana María Torres and María Carla Puga started making bracelets and necklaces at home in Cuba during the pandemic, and they now have a flourishing business. On an island that for decades prohibited private enterprise, they...

NATO warns not to underestimate Russian forces

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 1:14 AM

THE HAGUE (AP): NATO’s chief said Tuesday that the power of Russia’s military shouldn’t be underestimated following the weekend mutiny against it by Wagner Group mercenaries, and said the alliance has increased its readiness to confront Russia in...

Incoming CARICOM chairman says next six months will be critical

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 1:06 AM

ROSEAU (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he is looking forward to his tenure as chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping from July 1, predicting that the upcoming six months will be a “critical” one for the...

Antigua unlikely to have public holiday for CARICOM Day

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 1:04 AM

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Antigua and Barbuda is the second Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country that has publicly signalled their intention not to proclaim a national holiday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of CARICOM on July 4. Dominica, whose Prime...

Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, Russia won’t press charges for mutiny

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2023 | 9:42 PM

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against...

Non-US citizens would be eligible to teach in Pennsylvania under bill passed by state House

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2023 | 7:24 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Non-United States citizens would be able to teach in Pennsylvania classrooms in a measure passed by the state House of Representatives on Monday. The bill passed 110-93. It now goes on to the state Senate,...

Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, Justice Department watchdog says

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2023 | 4:16 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein was left alone in his jail cell with a surplus of bed linens the night he killed himself. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn't record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours...

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