Hurricane Erin weakened to a category three hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds. While Erin's maximum winds diminished, the storm's overall size...
TORONTO (AP) — The union representing 10,000 striking Air Canada flight attendants said Sunday it will challenge an order for them to return to work, adding "we remain on strike." The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline staff back...
WASHINGTON (AP): Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay US$500 million to regain access to federal funding and to end investigations, according to a...
SAN ANTONIO (AP): A library book has been returned nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from the San Antonio Public Library. It came with a letter noting that “Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore”. The book is Your Child, His Family, and...
A federal judge last Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, US District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland...
When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been popular in Europe for years and are gaining...
NEW YORK (AP); After a summer of vacations and late nights, it’s time to set those back-to-school alarms. A good night’s sleep helps students stay focused and attentive in class. Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a routine with the start...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister of St Lucia Phillip J Pierre has sought to assure the nation that criminals will not be allowed to hold the country hostage. Pierre made the statement on Saturday shortly after two deadly shootings...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) this week intercepted a suspicious canoe in local waters that turned out to have 1,500 pounds of marijuana on board. The police report that while on patrol early Thursday...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said. While the compact hurricane's...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP): Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous...
NEW DELHI (AP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbour if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi’s remarks Friday come three months...
SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP): Three women were charged in Gambia over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation, the police said, in the first such case since the country stopped short of reversing a ban on the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Health authorities say they have launched “an immediate” investigation into the disappearance of 300 vials of fentanyl injection that have been reported as unaccounted for, following a delivery discrepancy to one of...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government on Friday said there would be no Independence Day Parade on August 31, due to the existing state of emergency (SoE). August 31 is Independence Day and it marks the anniversary of...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): President Irfaan Ali says thousands of overseas-based Guyanese nurses, who left for higher salaries, could begin returning home to take up lucrative job offers. Late Wednesday, during a campaign meeting ahead of the September 1...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexico sent 26 alleged cartel figures to face justice in the United States because the Trump administration requested them and Mexico did not want them to continue running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons, officials...
SAN JUAN (AP): Officials in the northern Caribbean warned Thursday of heavy rains and dangerous swells as Tropical Storm Erin approached the region. The storm is expected to remain over open waters and move north-northeast of islands including...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States government Wednesday said it has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on Grenadian government officials, and their family members, for their complicity in the Cuban government’s medical mission scheme. The US...
BRUSSELS (AP): European leaders have praised President Donald Trump for agreeing to allow vital US backup for a force they are mustering to police any future peace in Ukraine – a move that vastly improves the chances of an operation that could...
MANILA (AP): The United States is discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to the Philippines to strengthen deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea and other Asian security hotspots, but no final decision...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Caribbean nursing and other health stakeholders met this week against the backdrop of a critical shortage of nurses in the Caribbean, Delegates attending the three-day 52nd annual general meeting of the Regional Nursing Body (RNB...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): A man who was found guilty of double murder in 1988 but had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment in 1991 will be re-sentenced after a High Court declared that his commutation by the Mercy Committee was...
NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City, health officials disclosed Thursday as they revealed that some cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria are in city-run...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Tropical storm watch is in effect for the islands of Antigua, St Martin and St Barthelemy, Saba and St Eustatius as Tropical Storm Erin continues to gather strength. Interests in the northern Leeward Islands,...
