ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention centre dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." The centre may soon be...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Police in Haiti announced Tuesday that they regained control of a critical telecommunications hub that heavily armed gangs had seized last week, briefly disrupting air traffic and internet connections. The takeover was a rare...
COPENHAGEN (AP): Denmark’s foreign minister had the top US diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before killing himself, officials said. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC- The Bahamas government has “strongly denied” allegations that it is involved in selling passports “like candy”. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described as “explosive allegations” the statement about...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Intense rains have left at least 34 people dead after lashing parts of Pakistan and India and triggering flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Wednesday. Over 200,000 people in Pakistan have...
PARIS (AP): France’s prime minister has announced a confidence vote next month that will likely lead to the collapse of his centrist government and prompt another period of political instability in the European Union’s second-biggest economy....
MANILA, Philippines (AP): Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has fired his national police chief, who gained attention for leading the separate arrests of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte on orders of the International Criminal Court and...
LONDON (AP): Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party, said on Tuesday that if he wins the next election he will leave the European Convention on Human Rights and immediately detain and deport anyone who arrives in the...
BANGKOK (AP): A Buddhist monk famed for establishing a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/AIDS was arrested on Tuesday over allegations of misusing donations for the project. Luang Phor Alongkot, also known as Phra Ratcha Wisutthiprachanat,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global trade with tariffs. An...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has described as “unfortunate, reckless and sinister” the statement by the government of Trinidad and Tobago supporting the decision of the United States to...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Opposition figures and others in Uganda on Tuesday criticised an agreement with the United States to receive deported migrants, questioning the lack of parliamentary approval and claiming that the deal eases political...
COX’S BAZAR (AP): Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh marked the 8th anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding a safe return to their previous home in Rakhine state. The refugees gathered...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Former attorney general Garvin Nicholas says Trinidad and Tobago government should not readily abandon its closest allies to appease “those who would easily discard us” as he questioned Port-of -Spain’s announcement that it...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several non-profit clinics providing free HIV services would be closing as President Donald Trump announced the United States...
SCARBOROUGH (AP): New data shows that great white sharks are spending more time in the chilly waters off New England and Canada’s Atlantic coast. That means boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the northern waters are learning to...
KHARTOUM (AP): All that remains of Afaf al-Tayeb’s home in Sudan’s Khartoum province is a charred, windowless structure with peeling paint. Yet, in June, she eagerly returned, feeling safe again for the first time since the Sudanese army said it...
Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. “We try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize that...
Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren’t paying attention...
NEW YORK (AP): Summer can be a time of big transitions for kids. It’s often the season for moving to a new home or preparing for a different school. And that brings worry and stress. Parents and families can help make things feel more manageable....
WASHINGTON (AP): The Trump administration said Thursday it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid US visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, part of a growing crackdown on foreigners who are permitted to be in the...
WASHINGTON (AP): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown will start carrying firearms, the Pentagon said Friday. The Defense...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): A drone attack on a UN convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles, the United Nations said Thursday. UN associate spokesperson...
DAKAR (AP): A major cybercrime crackdown coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of 1,209 suspects across Africa and the recovery of nearly $97.4 million, the organisation announced Friday. Dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the operation took...
