Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:08 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale rattled Thiotte in the South-East Department of Haiti on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or loss of lives, the Civil Protection Unit has said....
Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:08 AM
LONDON (AP): Liz Truss became UK prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the enormous tasks ahead of her: curbing soaring prices, boosting the economy, easing labour unrest and fixing a national healthcare system burdened by long...
Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:08 AM
BERLIN (AP): Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer, compared with the start of the year, while European countries that long relied on Russian energy have cut back sharply in response to the war in Ukraine,...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and China have cleared a new approach in COVID-19 vaccination — two needle-free options, one a squirt in the nose and the other inhaled through the mouth. Regulators in India authorised Bharat Biotech's nasal...
LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became United Kingdom prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the enormous tasks ahead of her: curbing soaring prices, boosting the economy, easing labour unrest and fixing a national health...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): Opposition politicians languishing in prison. Journalists and government critics harassed and arrested. Public meetings banned. Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away, but many opposition figures said they are...
LONDON (AP): Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party’s new leader, the party announced on Monday, and she will take office on Tuesday as Britain’s new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost of living crisis. The 47-...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP): The United Nations (UN) says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration as thousands are...
REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP): Canadian police searched on Monday for two men suspected of stabbing 10 people to death in an Indigenous community and a nearby town, as the massive manhunt following one of the nation’s deadliest mass killings entered...
WELDON, Saskatchewan (AP) — One of the suspects in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has been found dead, and his injuries are not self inflicted, police said today as they continued the search for a...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): A contingent of 30 soldiers recently left the French- speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) county to undergo a training programme in Ecuador and Mexico. According to the Ministry of Defence the soldiers, of all ranks in the...
JACKSON (AP): When John Tierre launched his restaurant in Jackson’s derelict Farish Street Historic District, he was drawn by the neighbourhood’s past as an economically independent cultural hub for black Mississippians, and the the prospect of...
SAN ANDRES (AP): First Baptist Church was born by a tamarind tree perched on a hill overlooking the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Under the tree’s shade, First Baptist’s founder taught English-speaking former slaves and their descendants...
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding in some areas. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out. Georgia...
REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, authorities said Sunday. Police are looking for two suspects. The stabbings took place in...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico, a long list of nonviolent crimes — such as home burglary and freight and fuel theft — brings automatic pretrial detention, with no bail or house arrest allowed. Mexico's Supreme Court is expected...
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will begin its autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the coming weeks after authorising booster shots made by Pfizer and Moderna that have been modified to target both the original virus and the widely...
SLAMABAD (AP) — More flooding is expected in southern Pakistan, where Lake Manchar swelled from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June, officials warned on Sunday. The deluge has so far killed nearly 1,300 people. Meteorologists...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indians rallied on Sunday under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, who made a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over soaring unemployment and rising food and fuel...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan appealed Saturday to the international community for an “immense humanitarian response” to unprecedented flooding that has left at least 1,265 people dead. The request came even as planes carried...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ewa Jaworska has been a teacher since 2008 and loves working with young people. But the low pay is leaving her demoralised. She even has to buy her own teaching materials some times and is disheartened by the government...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Fuel prices increased by about 30% across Indonesia on Saturday after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that have kept inflation in Southeast Asia's largest economy among the world's lowest...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The first attempt...
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Earl formed east of the Northern Leeward Islands late Friday and is threatening heavy rains and gusty squalls in the region. The United States National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl was headed...
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — An airplane circled over north Mississippi on Saturday morning, causing panic on the ground as the pilot threatened to crash into a Walmart. Hours later, the plane landed safely in a field, and police took the...
