KALYNIVSKE, (AP) : When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko’s village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid groups gave her into a jar and seals it with a wick-fitted lid. A flick of a match, and the make-do candle is lit. “This is...
OSWIECIM (AP): Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors and other mourners commemorated the 78th anniversary Friday of the Nazi German death camp’s liberation, some expressing horror that war has again shattered peace in Europe and the lesson of Never Again is...
NEW YORK (AP): A Jamaican cleric accused of recruiting support for the Islamic State group was convicted Thursday of state terrorism charges after being extradited to New York City following an undercover New York Police Department sting that went...
BEIRUT (AP): Protests were held Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. The protests in countries including Pakistan, Iraq, Iran...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (AP): Outraged rebel police officers paralysed Port-au-Prince on Thursday, roaring through the streets on motorcycles in protest of a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs. More than a hundred protesters blocked roads...
NASSAU, (CMC): The Bahamas government has ordered an immediate departure of all diplomatic personnel from Haiti, or as soon as security conditions permit. “Up to this time, there was a voluntary departure order in place and all staff at the embassy...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Memphis authorities released more than an hour of footage Friday of the violent beating of Tyre Nichols in which officers held the Black motorist down and struck him repeatedly as he screamed for his mother. The...
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before police shot and killed him, officials said. It was the...
LONDON (AP) — A pop-up urinal crushed a man to death in London's theatre district Friday, police said. Firefighters used a winch to free the man after he became trapped under a hydraulic urinal at Cambridge Circus, a busy intersection in...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021, Renato Decena and Rosel Hernandez watched the storm punch a hole in the roof of the bunkhouse where they were sheltered — abandoned, they...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is moving to further ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that typically face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced draft...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration authorities said they found 57 Guatemalan adolescents packed into a trailer on a highway near the United States border Thursday. The National Immigration Institute said the 43 boys and 14 girls were...
LONDON (AP) — A student nurse appeared in a British court Friday, charged with planning to attack an air force base and taking a homemade bomb to a hospital maternity unit where he worked. Mohammad Farooq, 27, was arrested outside St James...
The United States is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating virus. The Food and Drug Administration...
KYIV (AP): Russian forces fired another rash of missiles and self-exploding drones in nearly a dozen provinces of Ukraine early Thursday, causing the first attack-related death of the year in Kyiv and killing at least 11 people in all, according...
HAMILTON (CMC): David Curley, a former commanding officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment (RBR), has been jailed by a Supreme Court judge after admitting to a charge of official corruption. Curley, 55, had pleaded guilty last July to asking Justin...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Disgruntled rebel police officers roared through the streets of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday, blocking roads and shooting guns into the air to protest a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs....
MIAMI (AP): Federal authorities in Florida have charged 25 people with participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment. Recently unsealed federal grand jury indictments...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Thursday killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman, in the deadliest single incident in the occupied West Bank in two decades, Palestinian officials said. Two...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Five fired Memphis police officers were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop...
NEW YORK (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of federal crimes and could face the death penalty. Sayfullo Saipov...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace from October through December, ending 2022 with momentum despite the pressure of high-interest rates and widespread fears of a looming recession. Thursday's...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The United States State Department banned former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli from ever travelling to the United States, saying Wednesday that he had participated in “significant corruption” in...
DALLAS (AP) — The United States Transportation Department said Wednesday it is investigating whether Southwest Airlines deceived customers by knowingly scheduling more flights in late December than it realistically could handle. The...
VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalise homosexuality as “unjust”, saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being...
