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Sunak investigated in UK over possible undeclared interest

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 5:14 PM

LONDON (AP) — United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under investigation over allegations he failed to disclose shares his wife owns in a child care business that stands to benefit from his government's budget, a parliamentary...

Man charged in front-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 2:00 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri, was charged Monday with first-degree assault for shooting a Black teen who mistakenly went to the man's home to pick up his younger brothers. Prosecuting Attorney...

21 dead in Beijing hospital fire, dozens evacuated

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 1:04 PM

BEIJING (AP) — Twenty-one people have died in a fire at a Beijing hospital that forced the evacuation of dozens of patients, Chinese state media reported. Staff removed 71 patients after the fire broke out Tuesday in the inpatient department...

Southwest grounds flights nationwide due to technical issues

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 10:33 AM

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines planes were stopped from taking off nationwide for what the airline called an intermittent technology issue, causing more than 1,500 flight delays Tuesday just four months after the carrier suffered a meltdown...

China calls US accusations of police stations ‘groundless’

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 8:31 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying Tuesday that the United States was making “groundless accusations” after US law enforcement arrested two men in New York for...

Civil society group urges gov’t to reject resumption of hangings

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 1:03 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The independent, not-for-profit civil society organisation Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), has rejected a call for the resumption of the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago to curb the increase in murders in the twin- island...

Dozens killed as army, rivals battle for control

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 1:02 AM

KHARTOUM (AP): The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation for a second day on Sunday, signalling they were unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to cease fire...

G7 diplomats reject Chinese, North Korean, Russian aggression

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 12:40 AM

KARUIZAWA (AP): Top diplomats from the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies vowed a tough stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Korea’s unchecked tests of long-range missiles, while building momentum on ways to boost...

Secret Chinese police outpost revealed in NY

Published:Tuesday | April 18, 2023 | 12:38 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Two men have been arrested on charges that they helped establish a secret police outpost in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government, and more than three dozen officers with China’s national police force have been charged...

Secret Chinese police outpost revealed in NY; two men arrested

Published:Monday | April 17, 2023 | 2:26 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been arrested on charges that they helped establish a secret police outpost in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government, and more than three dozen officers with China's national police force have been...

Black Kansas City teen shot by homeowner after going to wrong house

Published:Monday | April 17, 2023 | 8:07 AM

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — The investigation into the shooting by a homeowner of a Black teenager who went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers includes questions about whether it was racially motivated, authorities in Kansas...

Thousands turn out for anti-government protest in Prague

Published:Monday | April 17, 2023 | 12:23 AM

PRAGUE (AP): Thousands of people rallied again in the Czech capital on Sunday to protest high inflation and demand the government’s resignation. It was the second such rally at Prague’s Wenceslas Square after one on March 11 that was organised...

Dozens killed as army, rivals battle for control

Published:Monday | April 17, 2023 | 12:21 AM

KHARTOUM (AP): The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation for a second day on Sunday, signalling they were unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to cease...

Shooting at Alabama birthday party kills 4; ‘multitude’ hurt

Published:Sunday | April 16, 2023 | 11:55 AM

DADEVILLE, Alabama (AP) —Four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting at a birthday party Saturday night in Dadeville, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. The shooting happened at the birthday party...

Sudan’s army and rival force battle, killing at least 26

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 6:29 PM

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in the country, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a...

NATO member Finland breaks ground on Russia border fence

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 3:27 PM

IMATRA, Finland (AP) — The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland's long border with Russia - primarily meant to curb illegal migration - has broken ground near the southeastern town of Imatra less than two weeks after the...

Bus with musicians crashes in western India, killing 13

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 1:20 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger bus carrying dozens of members of a music troupe slid off a highway and fell into a gorge in western India on Saturday, killing 13 people and injuring 29 others, police said. The bus was on its way to Mumbai,...

Explosive thrown at Japan PM at campaign event; no one hurt

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 10:10 AM

WAKAYAMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device in his direction while he was campaigning at a fishing port in western Japan, officials said. Police wrestled...

Macron’s new pension age overcomes last hurdle amid protests

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 1:12 AM

PARIS (AP): France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after months of mass protests that have damaged his leadership. The decision...

South Floridians mop up, recall fear after historic deluge

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 1:04 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP): The water was rising around her car, and Amanda Valentine thought she was going to die. She had just got a warning on her phone about flash flooding, and now it was all around her. “I called my parents like, ‘I’m going...

Cuba expects to resume US deportation flights this month

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 12:51 AM

BETHESDA, Maryland. (AP): Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights from The United States this month, a Cuban official said, echoing US concerns about the highest levels of Cuban migration in six decades. Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, Cuba’...

Some UK nurses end strikes but others vow more walkouts

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 12:43 AM

LONDON (AP): A British nursing union on Friday rejected a pay offer from the government, dashing hopes of a quick end to a months-long wave of public-sector strikes that has disrupted schools, hospitals and services. However, another major health...

Trinidadians plead guilty in US to role in Caribbean arms trafficking ring

Published:Saturday | April 15, 2023 | 12:16 AM

FLORIDA, (CMC): Two Trinidadians were among three men who admitted to their roles in a Caribbean arms trafficking ring. A statement issued on Thursday by United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Roger B. Handberg disclosed that...

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill

Published:Friday | April 14, 2023 | 9:36 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. In an order signed...

Brazil judge orders police to question former president on uprising

Published:Friday | April 14, 2023 | 8:17 PM

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the federal police Friday to take testimony from former President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the investigation into the January 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital....

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