MOGADISHU (AP): No mother should have to lose her child. Owliyo Hassan Salaad has watched four die this year. A drought in the Horn of Africa has taken them, one by one. Now she cradles her frail and squalling three-year-old, Ali Osman, whom she...
GENEVA (AP): The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the UN...
Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday. COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's health minister and the mayor of the capital Hanoi have been arrested as part of an expanding investigation into massive price gouging of COVID-19 tests, state media reported. Nguyen Thanh Long was...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train travelling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and nearly half its cars derailed before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 87, officials said. The derailment near the desert...
HUEHUETAN (AP): Several thousand migrants continued walking before dawn through southern Mexico on Tuesday, covering ground before the heat of the day and while the authorities showed no signs yet of trying to stop them. The largest migrant caravan...
SEOUL (AP): The United States and its Asian allies flew dozens of fighter jets over waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a show of force as their diplomats discussed a coordinated response to a possibly imminent North Korean...
LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson scrambled to patch up his tattered authority on Tuesday after surviving a no-confidence vote that exposed his shrinking support in a fractured Conservative Party and raised serious doubts about how...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's prime minister said Tuesday that the United Nations has arranged a worldwide appeal to help the island nation cope with critical shortages of food, fuel and medicines, but the projected funds barely...
LONDON (AP) — Forget rummaging through the junk drawer. Soon, Europeans will only need to reach for one cable to charge their smartphones and other devices. European Union officials said they inked a provisional agreement Tuesday that will...
ABUJA. Nigeria (AP) — Two infants are among the 22 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria that has shocked the West African nation, an emergency official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The dead have been...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank has sharply downgraded its outlook for the global economy, pointing to Russia's war against Ukraine, the prospect of widespread food shortages and concerns about the potential return of “stagflation...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were on Monday heading off to the United States to attend the ninth Summit of the Americas amid a call for a boycott of the event over the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Belize...
Pioneering Caribbean writer, novelist, and poet George Lamming is being remembered for his immense contributions to the regional and global literary world. He died on June 4 at age 94. Lamming was born in Barbados on June 8, 1927. He attended...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP): The Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources was shot and killed in his office on Monday by a close friend, the office of the president said in a statement. Authorities said...
OWO, Nigeria (AP): The gunmen who killed 50 people at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria opened fire on worshippers both inside and outside the building, in a coordinated attack, before escaping the scene, authorities and witnesses said on...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Government of Poland, where a near-total abortion ban is in place, faced accusations Monday of creating a “pregnancy register” as the country expands the amount of medical data being digitally saved on...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a no-confidence vote, securing enough support in his party to remain in office despite a rebellion that will likely weaken him as a leader and casts a shadow over his future....
DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is threatening to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts. Lawyers for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church...
NEW DELHI (AP) Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly towards the podium to deliver another night-time address to the nation. It was expected the speech would include a rare message of interfaith harmony in the country where...
Parts of South Florida were experiencing road flooding from heavy rain and wind Saturday as the storm system that battered Mexico moves across the state. Officials in Miami warned drivers about road conditions as many cars were stuck on flooded...
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least eight workers were killed and over a dozen others injured after a fire erupted in a chemical factory in northern India, police said Saturday. The fire broke out after a boiler exploded in the factory in the...
LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, joined other members of Britain's royal family on Friday for a church service honouring Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne, making their first public appearance in the United Kingdom since...
