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Twitter sues to force Elon Musk to complete his $44B acquisition

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 5:16 PM

Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday he was backing off of his...

Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 4:26 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's lawmakers agreed to elect a new president next week but struggled Tuesday to decide on the makeup of a new government to lift the bankrupt country out of economic and political collapse....

UK: Monkeypox cases rise to 1,735 with most cases in London

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:43 PM

LONDON (AP) — British health officials say there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox and that three-quarters of those cases are in London, according to data released on Tuesday. In a review of the outbreak published last week,...

Japanese say final goodbye to assassinated former leader Shinzo Abe

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:37 PM

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as his funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination shocked the nation. Abe, the country's longest-serving prime minister...

Oil and gas still key economic drivers

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:10 AM

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago Energy and Energy Industries Minister, Stuart Young, on Monday said he agreed that despite the trend towards renewables, oil and gas will continue to be important primary fuels for the coming decades. “I...

Political chaos persists amid crisis talks

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:08 AM

COLOMBO (AP): A weekend of political chaos in Sri Lanka stretched into Monday, with opposition leaders yet to agree on replacements for embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his prime minister, whose residences remain occupied by protesters...

New coronavirus mutant raises concerns

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:07 AM

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious Omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Scientists say the variant –...

Conservatives jostle in crowded, testy leadership race

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:07 AM

LONDON (AP): Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister are scattering tax-cutting promises to their Conservative Party electorate, as party officials prepare Monday to quickly narrow the crowded field of almost a dozen...

Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine

Published:Monday | July 11, 2022 | 12:59 PM

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians on Monday, another effort to strengthen Moscow's...

London’s Heathrow airport apologises for travel disruptions

Published:Monday | July 11, 2022 | 12:37 PM

LONDON (AP) — London's Heathrow Airport apologised Monday to passengers whose travels were disrupted by staff shortages and warned it may ask airlines to cut more flights from their summer schedules to reduce the strain if the chaos...

Sri Lanka in political vacuum as talks go on amid crisis

Published:Monday | July 11, 2022 | 10:20 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry over the country...

New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond

Published:Monday | July 11, 2022 | 8:48 AM

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that's worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Scientists say the variant...

Elon Musk says he’s terminating $44B Twitter buyout deal

Published:Friday | July 8, 2022 | 4:56 PM

Elon Musk's tumultuous $44 billion bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse — after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter's board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition. Twitter did not immediately respond to a message...

Biden signs executive order on abortion access

Published:Friday | July 8, 2022 | 3:01 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and delivered an impassioned plea for Americans upset by the decision to “vote,...

Johnson felled by his flaws

Published:Friday | July 8, 2022 | 12:06 AM

LONDON (AP): Boris Johnson wanted to be like his hero Winston Churchill: a larger-than-life character who led Britain through a time of crisis. He was felled by crises of his own making, as a trickle of ethics allegations became a flood that...

Struggle worsened in year since slaying of president

Published:Friday | July 8, 2022 | 12:06 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A year has passed since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his private home where an elite security team was supposed to protect him. Not only have the authorities failed to identify and arrest all those who...

Derek Chauvin gets 21 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 3:44 PM

ST. PAUL, Minneapolis (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights, telling the former Minneapolis police officer that what he did was “simply wrong...

Norwegian Cruise Line to drop requirement for COVID-19 test

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 1:07 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Norwegian Cruise Line is dropping a requirement that passengers test negative for COVID-19 before sailing unless it is required by local rules. The company said Wednesday that it will drop the testing requirement on August 1...

Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 10:40 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's invasion of...

Monkeypox cases rise 77% in WHO’s latest weekly count

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 9:26 AM

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Thursday reported a 77% weekly increase in the number of lab-confirmed monkeypox cases, to more than 6,000 worldwide, and two more deaths in parts of Africa where the virus has...

Key witness: Netanyahu received gifts from billionaires

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): A key witness in the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has testified that her billionaire boss ordered her to deliver gifts of champagne, cigars, and expensive jewellery to the then-Israeli premier in a...

Suspect in Moïse’s assassination pleads not guilty

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

MIAMI (AP): One of the main suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a federal court in Miami. Businessman Rodolphe Jaar is charged with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping...

Johnson battles to stay as PM amid revolt

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to remain in office on Wednesday, brushing off calls for his resignation after two top ministers and a slew of junior officials said they could no longer serve under his scandal-plagued...

Bishop James Roberts Sr gets his own way

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 12:06 AM

Nationals from the twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda, along with the Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society, INC, celebrated the posthumous co-naming of the corner of 122 Street and Lenox Ave/Malcolm X Blvd, in honour of the late Bishop James P...

EU chief warns of danger of complete cut-off of Russian gas

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 2:09 PM

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of Russian gas in the wake of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine....

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