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Jews, Muslims, Sikhs get coronation role as king reaches out

Published:Wednesday | May 3, 2023 | 12:36 AM

LONDON (AP): Rabbi Nicky Liss won’t be watching King Charles III’s coronation. He’ll be doing something he considers more important, praying for the monarch on the Jewish sabbath. On Saturday, he will join rabbis across Britain in reading a prayer...

Crowds of those seeking rescue swell at Sudan’s main seaport

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 9:55 PM

CAIRO (AP) — Exhausted Sudanese and foreigners joined growing crowds at Sudan's main seaport Tuesday, waiting to be evacuated from the chaos-stricken nation. After more than two weeks of fighting, areas of the capital of Khartoum appear...

Man arrested outside Buckingham Palace with suspected weapon

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 8:22 PM

LONDON (AP) — London police said a controlled explosion was carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace late Tuesday after a man was arrested there on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. The Metropolitan Police said...

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 6:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday....

Media: Ugandan minister shot and killed by bodyguard

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 4:17 PM

A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media. The attacker, who has not been publicly identified, then turned the gun on himself, according to state...

Kenyan pastors appear in court over deaths of parishioners

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 2:44 PM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Pastor Paul Mackenzie was released by one court in the...

Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:33 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send 1,500 troops to the US-Mexico border ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions. Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support...

Hollywood writers begin strike, late-night shows go dark

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 11:44 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Late-night TV shows including "The Tonight Show" and "The Daily Show" will begin airing reruns as unionised writers soured by Hollywood's low pay in the streaming era went on strike Tuesday...

7 bodies found during search for missing Oklahoma teens

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 8:33 AM

HENRYETTA, Oklahoma (AP) — Authorities searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers discovered the bodies of seven people, including the suspected remains of the teens and a convicted sex offender who was sought along with...

PM warns of retrenchment in public service if ‘unrealistic’ wage demands are made

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:05 AM

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne Monday warned of possible retrenchment in the public service if trade unions continue to demand unrealistic higher wages for workers in Antigua and Barbuda. “We know that there will be many challenges,...

Boy mauled to death by lion in private zoo

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:01 AM

GAZA CITY (AP): A PALESTINIAN boy was mauled to death by a lion in a private zoo in the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to the coastal territory’s police force run by the militant Hamas group. Police officers said six-year-old Hamada Iqtiet had...

UN envoy: Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:00 AM

CAIRO (AP): Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the top UN official in the country said Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital of Khartoum despite another three-...

Extremists kill 33 soldiers in latest attack

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 12:39 AM

OUAGADOUGOU (AP): A large number of Islamic extremists launched an attack on Burkina Faso’s military in the country’s east, killing 33 soldiers and wounding a dozen others, the army said Friday. The assault took place last Thursday in the Gourma...

New Zealand leader says he favours nation becoming a republic

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 9:11 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Monday he personally favours his country becoming a republic, but it's not a change he intends to push for as leader. Hipkins made the comments to reporters...

American Airlines pilots, seeking new contract, vote to OK strike

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 6:57 PM

DALLAS (AP) — Pilots at American Airlines voted to authorise a strike, a move that is highly unlikely to lead to an immediate walkout but puts more pressure on the airline to reach a new contract with the pilots' union. The Allied Pilots...

US flooded with cheap, deadly fentanyl churned out by sons of ‘El Chapo,’ charges reveal

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 2:42 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive...

May Day: World’s workers rally, France sees pension anger

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 9:55 AM

PARIS (AP) — People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to the streets across Asia and Europe to mark May Day on Monday, in a global outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the...

UK’s diverse communities ambivalent about king’s coronation

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 8:07 AM

LONDON (AP) — Musician Deronne White is ready to play on King Charles III's coronation day, but while he's excited about the gig, White says he has mixed feelings about the coronation. The flautist and his fellow young...

First Republic Bank seized, sold to JPMorgan Chase

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 7:50 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday, making it the second-largest bank failure in US history, and promptly sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off...

‘Woolly delinquents’ celebrate Charles’ coronation in yarn

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 12:14 AM

LONDON (AP): Heather Howarth tugged at King Charles III’s ears and tittered with satisfaction. The other ladies who gather to knit and natter in her small English village thought the ears should be bigger. But, when creating a crocheted...

California landslide halts rail service, homes evacuated

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 12:41 AM

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP): A landslide in southern California has closed a historic cultural centre, shut down rail service in the area and forced the evacuation of nearby residences, officials said. The slope below the ocean-view terrace at Casa...

Bomb threats made against several schools in Trinidad and Tobago

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 12:35 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the national security minister, Fitzgerald Hinds, Friday warned those responsible for sending bomb threats by emails to schools across the island that they would be pursued and...

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