WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Transportation Department is proposing to require airlines to offer passengers a refund if their flight schedule is changed significantly or the airline makes major changes to their itinerary. The proposed...
ISTANBUL (AP) — The first of the ships to leave Ukraine under a deal to unblock grain supplies and stave off a potential global food crisis arrived at its destination in Turkey on Monday. The Turkey-flagged Polarnet docked at Derince port in...
BOGOTA (AP): Colombia’s first leftist president was sworn into office on Sunday, promising to fight inequality and heralding a turning point in the history of a country haunted by a long war between the government and guerilla groups. Gustavo...
MILWAUKEE (AP): Facing critical races for governor and US Senate, Democratic hopefuls in Wisconsin are hoping that their support for abortion rights in the face of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade can overcome the headwinds of a...
DHAKA (AP): Bangladesh sought cooperation from China to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar during a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who promised better trade ties, investment and support for infrastructural development in the south Asian...
WASHINGTON (AP): China cut off contacts with the United States on vital issues Friday – including military matters and crucial climate cooperation – as concerns rose that the Communist government’s hostile reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s...
ISTANBUL (AP): Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday and travelled mined waters towards inspection of their delayed cargo, a sign that an international deal to export grain held up since Russia invaded...
LONDON (AP): The family of a comatose boy who have fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support treatment has filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice. Archie Battersbee’s parents...
SABINAS, (AP): Efforts to rescue 10 miners trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine in northern Mexico intensified Thursday with hundreds of people involved in the operation, authorities said. The collapse occurred after the miners breached a...
LIMA, (AP): Peru’s prime minister announced his resignation Wednesday, adding to political uncertainty in the South American nation as President Pedro Castillo faces several criminal investigations after only a year in office. In a letter to the...
KRUGERSDORP (AP): Protesters in the South African city of Krugersdorp beat suspected illegal miners with sticks and set fire to their camps on Thursday following the arrests of more than 80 men, some thought to be miners, in connection with the...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves left here on Wednesday for an official visit to Taiwan, urging China to desist from conducting military exercises near the Asian country that it regards as a renegade province. “I want to say that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans, two people familiar with the matter said...
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — United States basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow...
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England projected Thursday that the United Kingdom's economy will enter a recession at the end of the year as it hiked interest rates by the largest amount in more than 27 years, pushing to tame accelerating...
The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided Wednesday to boost production in September at a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high gasoline prices and unstable energy supplies exacerbated by Russia's war in...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases. More than 24 million tons of sargassum...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The UN nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to...
BELMOPAN, (CMC): Police have detained 31 “active gang members” as the authorities declared a state of emergency to quell gang warfare in the Lake Independence area that occupies portions of western and southern Belize City. The police said that...
JAKARTA (AP): The United States and Indonesian militaries began annual joint combat exercises Wednesday on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, joined for the first time by participants from other partner nations, signalling stronger ties amid growing...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will sign an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure. More specifically,...
PARIS (AP) — Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris' darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click. Click. Click. One by one,...
NASSAU (CMC): Four men, who could face life imprisonment, return to court on October 28 to answer manslaughter charges in the deaths of 17 Haitian migrants who perished after their 33-foot speedboat Bare Ambition capsized five nautical miles off...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul, an operation he said delivered justice and hopefully “one more measure of closure” to families of the victims of...
TAIPEI (AP): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. Pelosi’s...
