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Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network

Published:Tuesday | April 25, 2023 | 1:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Fox News said Monday that it is parting ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the January 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and...

Mob burns 13 suspected gangsters to death

Published:Tuesday | April 25, 2023 | 12:58 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): A MOB in the Haitian capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasolene-soaked tyres Monday after pulling the men from police custody at a traffic stop, police and witnesses said. The horrific...

Cult deaths at 73, president likens them to terrorism

Published:Tuesday | April 25, 2023 | 12:57 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday compared the dozens of starvation deaths among the followers of a pastor in the south of the country with the results of terrorist acts, as the new death toll rose to 73. He maintained...

Former PM calls for sanctions against prominent Dom Rep nationals

Published:Tuesday | April 25, 2023 | 12:55 AM

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): Former Prime Minister Claude Joseph is calling on the government to sanction at least 53 prominent nationals from the Dominica Republic (DR), including President Luis Abinader, after the Spanish-speaking country banned...

Mexico finds 11,520 tequila bottles with liquid meth at port

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 4:58 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Navy inspectors have intercepted 11,520 tequila bottles bound for export that actually contained nearly 10 tons of concentrated liquid meth, the Navy said Monday. The discovery was made over the weekend at the...

High court denies energy companies’ appeals in climate suits

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 3:08 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from oil and gas companies that are fighting lawsuits from state and local governments over whether they can be held responsible for harms resulting from ...

Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 12:08 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network a little over two months after apologising to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, CNN announced Monday “...

Migrants mount legal challenge to UK-Rwanda deportation plan

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 11:58 AM

LONDON (AP) — Several asylum-seekers and refugee groups began a court challenge on Monday to the British government's plan to send hundreds of migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The claimants' attorney, Raza Husain, argued at...

Kenya president says cult deaths akin to terrorism

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 10:07 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the starvation deaths of dozens of followers of a pastor in the south of the country is akin to terrorism. He said the pastor, Paul Makenzi, who is in police custody belongs...

Foreigners airlifted out, Sudanese seek refuge from fighting

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 9:11 AM

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens to safety, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos, fearing that the country's two rival generals will...

Ex-president Toledo returns to face corruption charges

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 12:46 AM

LIMA (AP): Former President Alejandro Toledo arrived in Lima Sunday after being extradited from the United States to face charges he allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes in a giant corruption scandal that has ensnared four of Peru’s...

Fighting hastens evacuations of diplomats, citizens

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 12:44 AM

KHARTOUM (AP): Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the...

Guyana, India sign air services agreement

Published:Monday | April 24, 2023 | 12:21 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyana and India on Saturday signed an air services agreement to facilitate direct flights between both countries. The agreement was signed by Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, and Indian High Commissioner...

39 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2023 | 4:50 PM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. Malindi sub-county police chief John Kemboi said that more shallow graves...

Special forces swiftly evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan

Published:Sunday | April 23, 2023 | 10:07 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — US special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy in warring Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No...

Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 5:48 PM

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the...

DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 4:19 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asked the Biden administration on Saturday to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall. If granted, the declaration would make...

Rare big tornado near Myanmar capital kills eight

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 2:41 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses, a rescue worker said Saturday. The tornado hit Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on...

Sudan army says it will help foreigners leave amid fighting

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 11:59 AM

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese army said Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate foreign citizens and diplomats from Sudan on military aircraft, as the bloody fighting that has engulfed the vast African nation entered its second...

Heat wave in Thailand prompts warning to stay indoors

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 10:28 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Extreme heat that has sent temperatures soaring in Thailand as authorities warned people to stay indoors. The Meteorological Department's forecast on Saturday said the highest temperature in the next 24 hours could reach 43...

Deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 12:42 AM

LONDON (AP): UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab grudgingly resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants, though he criticised the findings as “flawed”. Raab’s announcement came the day after Prime Minister...

Boat sinking on lake leaves 15 dead

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 12:38 AM

KINSHASA AP): Fourteen people drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and Congo when the boat they were taking across sank earlier this week, Congolese lawmakers said Friday. The boat passengers died on Lake Mwero as they were leaving...

Guard actions in fire seen as key to who lived, died

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 12:36 AM

CIUDAD JUAREZ (AP): When a fire broke out at a Mexican immigration detention facility last month, dramatically different reactions by guards in the men’s and women’s sections appeared to make a difference in who lived and died, according to...

Child among 10 family members killed in shooting

Published:Saturday | April 22, 2023 | 12:31 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Ten members of the same family, seven of them female and one a 13-year-old boy, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday. A male suspect was killed in a shootout with police hours after and...

Confusion as Musk’s Twitter yanks blue checks from agencies

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 5:32 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter has long been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department. But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping...

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