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Published:Saturday | June 4, 2022 | 12:08 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled congress has cancelled nearly 200 nongovernmental organisations this week, ranging from a local equestrian centre to the 94-year-old Nicaraguan Academy of Letters, in what critics say is President...

Published:Saturday | June 4, 2022 | 12:08 AM

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But, as the invasion reached its 100th day Friday, Moscow seemed increasingly unwilling to relinquish the territory...

Published:Saturday | June 4, 2022 | 12:08 AM

The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has shot past a key milestone – more than 50 per cent higher than pre-industrial times – and is at levels not seen since millions of years ago when Earth was a hothouse ocean-inundated...

Published:Saturday | June 4, 2022 | 12:08 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as ‘Türkiye’, the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by...

Published:Friday | June 3, 2022 | 5:17 PM

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But as the invasion reached its 100th day Friday, Moscow seemed increasingly unwilling to relinquish the...

Published:Friday | June 3, 2022 | 1:01 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the United States, health officials said Friday, raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time. Many...

Published:Friday | June 3, 2022 | 12:09 AM

KYIV (AP): Ukrainian forces, locked in a grinding battle for control of the country’s east, struggled to hold off Russian troops and buy themselves some time on Thursday while they await the arrival of the advanced rockets and anti-aircraft weapons...

Published:Friday | June 3, 2022 | 12:09 AM

UVALDE, Texas (AP): The commander overseeing police during a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside and it’s unclear who at the scene was aware of the calls as...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 6:17 PM

A gunman who killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa medical office blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after a recent back operation and bought an AR-style rifle just hours before the rampage, police said today.

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 2:26 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that children under five may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorise shots for the age group as expected. White House...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 10:39 AM

LONDON (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries including Russia will raise production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, offering modest relief for a global economy suffering from soaring energy prices and the...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 12:07 AM

CIENFUEGOS, Cuba (AP): Like many Cubans before him, Roberto De la Yglesia left most of his family behind when he made his way to the United States with only his son in 2015, hoping that he could soon bring his wife and daughters to join him. Years...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 12:07 AM

OSUN, Nigeria (AP): As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease’s spread have long...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): United States President Joe Biden has declared June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, saying that America’s strength has always been rooted in its diversity. “Since our nation’s founding, generation after generation...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 6:29 PM

TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — Multiple people were shot at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus Wednesday, a police captain said. Tulsa police said in a Facebook post just before 6 p.m. that the shooter was dead. It was...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 11:44 AM

SAN ISIDRO DEL PALMAR, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Agatha caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 11 people and left 20 missing, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said Tuesday. Governor Alejandro Murat said rivers overflowed...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 10:15 AM

OSUN, Nigeria (AP) — As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 9:25 AM

Batten down the hatches for another nasty hurricane season. Nearly every natural force and a bunch of human-caused ones — more than just climate change — have turned the last several Atlantic hurricane seasons into deadly and...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 12:10 AM

TAIPEI (AP): US Senator Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday reiterated America’s support for Taiwan on her second visit in a year to the self-governing island claimed by China. Duckworth, meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, emphasised the close...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 12:09 AM

HAVANA (AP): Two dissident artists went on trial in Cuba on Monday, facing years in prison after being arrested last year following protests, according to other activists. Prosecutors are seeking a 10-year sentence for rapper Maykel Castillo and...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 12:09 AM

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is urging Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders “not to attend” next month’s Summit of the Americas to be held in the United States. “I realise it is a difficult...

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2022 | 5:47 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government introduced legislation Monday that would put a freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns. “We are capping the number of handguns in this country,”...

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2022 | 4:32 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Diners in Singapore are bracing for prices of their national chicken-and-rice dish to soar as neighbouring Malaysia prepares to block exports starting Wednesday to increase supplies in its own markets and hold...

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2022 | 9:47 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — In the most significant effort yet to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the European Union agreed to ban the overwhelming majority of Russian oil imports after tense negotiations that tested how far the bloc is willing to...

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2022 | 9:34 AM

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and...

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