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Shinzo Abe murder suspect says life destroyed by mother’s religion

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:56 PM

TOKYO (AP) — The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence. But there has been another surprise in the weeks since the murder as details...

Davis: Solution to crisis must be a ‘Haitian solution’

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:09 AM

NASSAU(CMC): Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis says a solution to the political and economic crisis in Haiti must be a “Haitian solution” even as he welcomed a role for Nassau in dealing with the myriad of problems confronting the French-speaking...

Reforms help farmers, but many still struggle

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:09 AM

HAVANA (AP): First, it was impossible to find fuel or seeds to plant. Later, his name wasn’t on a list of farmers eligible to rent tractors from the state. Now Lázaro Sánchez fears the current tropical rainy season will hinder his ability to work...

Court bars police from arresting ex-premier

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:09 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s protection from arrest through to the end of the month, officials said, after police filed terrorism charges against the country’s popular opposition leader....

British sewage overflows stink up relations across Channel

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:09 AM

PARIS (AP): EU lawmakers have a new, post-Brexit reason to be annoyed with the UK: British sewage overflows seeping into the English Channel and the North Sea. Heavy rainfall after weeks of dry weather overwhelmed parts of Britain’s sewage system...

NYPD detective asks Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2022 | 6:39 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police detective has asked the United States Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawyers for Detective Anthony Marciano asked the...

Judge rules Mexico’s ex-attorney general to go to trial

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2022 | 6:36 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former attorney general who oversaw Mexico's original investigation into the 2014 disappearances of 43 students from a radical teacher's college will go to trial on charges of forced disappearance, not reporting...

Study: Pfizer COVID pill showed no benefit in younger adults

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2022 | 2:50 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer's COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalisation and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday. The...

Food commodity prices slim down over the summer

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2022 | 11:59 AM

The price of wheat, corn and other commodities that make up the basis for much of the world's food supply fell sharply over the summer. It's a welcome signal for consumers dealing with high grocery bills and investors hoping to see...

Political uncertainty in Thailand with PM’s suspension

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2022 | 11:55 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand entered a phase of political uncertainty on Thursday, with its prime minister suspended and his deputy taking over in his stead pending a ruling from a top court on whether the premier has reached his constitutional...

British Airways trims Heathrow flights, Gatwick ends cap

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 5:22 PM

LONDON (AP) — Mixed signals are emerging about travel in Europe heading into the winter season. British Airways is cutting more than 10,000 short-haul flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport through March, while nearby Gatwick...

Finland’s PM apologises for party photo at summer home

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 5:17 PM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland's prime minister apologised after the publication of a photo that showed two women kissing and posing topless at the official summer residence of the country's leader. The photo came out after a...

Ex-PM Najib goes to jail after losing graft appeal

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 12:10 AM

PUTRAJAYA (AP): Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak began his 12-year prison sentence on Tuesday after losing his final appeal in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction...

US$3b in aid for Ukraine as war hits six months

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 12:10 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, United States (US) security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce...

Gov’t starts selling dollars – with limits

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 12:09 AM

HAVANA (AP): Cubans lined up by the dozens at exchange houses on Tuesday for the chance to buy dollars and other hard currency from the government for the first time in two years. The new policy announced on Monday night comes almost three weeks...

111 Haitian migrants detained aboard overloaded sloop

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 12:09 AM

AP: Bahamian authorities said on Tuesday that they have detained 111 Haitian migrants found on an overloaded sloop in waters around the archipelago. The migrants were spotted near Guinchos Cay, located between The Bahamas and Cuba. The group was...

Paul Pelosi gets five days in jail, three years of probation in DUI

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 1:31 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The husband of United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanour driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California's wine country and was sentenced to five days in...

UK to use lower dose of monkeypox vaccine to stretch supply

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 1:15 PM

LONDON (AP) — British health authorities will begin offering eligible people just a fraction of the normal monkeypox vaccine dose to stretch supplies by about five times, in line with similar decisions to extend available doses in Europe and...

China fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 9:58 AM

BEIJING (AP) — Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batter the region. Some shopping malls in...

Argentine prosecutors request 12-year sentence for VP

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 8:34 AM

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández to 12 years in prison and bar her from holding public office for life for allegedly leading a criminal conspiracy that...

Storm forces school closures, evacuations in Philippines

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 8:28 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines with strong winds and rain Tuesday, injuring at least two people and prompting the president to close schools and government offices in the capital and outlying...

Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 6:58 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to halt the FBI's review of documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed...

Gov’t defends worker dismissals, transfers

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 12:08 AM

GEORGE’S (CMC): Labour Minister Claudette Joseph is defending the decision to send home or transfer public sector workers in the sister isles of Petite Martinique and Carriacou. “From my investigations of the matters, there was nothing wrong and...

Police file terrorism charges against Imran Khan

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 12:08 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the authorities said on Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to...

Citizens launch protests, demand ouster of prime minister

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 12:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A couple thousand protesters in Haiti’s capital and other major cities blocked roads, shut down businesses, and marched through the streets on Monday to demand that Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down, and to call for a better...

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