KINGSTOWN: The High Court has issued a warning to the hosts of a radio morning show here even as it dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against them by a pastor. “As a postscript, I just want to issue a word of warning to the defendants who are...
TORTOLA: Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye M. Rymer has sought to distance himself from the allegations facing Premier Andrew Fahie, who was released on Wednesday on a US$500,000 bond by a United States court pending his trial on...
LVIV (AP): Ukrainian fighters in the tunnels underneath Mariupol’s pulverised steel plant held out against Russian troops Thursday in an increasingly desperate and perhaps doomed effort to deny Moscow what would be its biggest success of the war...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden on Thursday named Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ person to serve in the role, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the post next week. Jean...
NEW YORK (AP): A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would abolish a nationwide right to abortion has thrust major companies into what’s arguably the most divisive issue in American politics. But while some are signalling support for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be...
MIAMI (AP) — Jeffri Dávila-Reyes says he's still mystified how he ended up serving hard time in a United States federal prison. His cocaine bust at sea was closer to his homeland of Costa Rica than the United States, and the few...
President Joe Biden today named Karine Jean-Pierre, a Haitian-American, to be the next White House press secretary, with incumbent Jen Psaki set to leave the role next week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates — as it did Wednesday — the impact doesn't stop with US homebuyers paying more for mortgages or main street business owners facing...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of six...
MIAMI (AP): The premier of the British Virgin Islands, whom US prosecutors described as “corrupt to the core,” was given a $500,000 bond that would allow him to be released from prison as he awaits trial on charges tied to a US narcotics sting. In...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top official on Wednesday called for the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia and target the country's biggest bank and major broadcasters in a sixth package of sanctions over the war...
WASHINGTON (AP): The nation’s capital has a long tradition of stunning leaks, from national security secrets to political scandals, but this week’s disclosure of a draft Supreme Court decision is one for the history books. The document obtained by...
ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told the voters that the country is “months away” from the next general election, even as the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) called on him to immediately announce an election date....
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): A man has died and four others injured after an explosion, believed to be caused by a gas leak, ripped through an apartment block in Southampton parish on Monday night, police said. The man, a well-known member of a local...
Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, wants to partner with Jamaica to help stem the flow of guns and drugs to the country. The mayor’s offer of help came Sunday night when he spoke at a function in Queens to launch activities to mark Jamaica’s 60th...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted what he called a “radical” leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalised abortion...
NEW DELHI (AP) — An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with acute power shortages affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels. Supplies of coal at many thermal power plants are running...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands: Opposition legislators have called for the resignation of Premier Andrew Fahie following his arrest in the United States of America last week on drug and money-laundering charges. “These reprehensible actions by a...
WASHINGTON (AP): The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware – hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other materiel being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight...
ATLANTA (AP): A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. The investigation has been underway since early last year...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) : The first civilians evacuated from the bombed-out steel plant that has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol slowly made their way toward safety on Monday, as others who managed to escape the...
A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released today.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Poland urged its European Union partners on Monday to unite and impose sweeping sanctions on Russia's oil and natural gas sectors over the war in Ukraine and not to cave in to pressure to pay for their gas in Russian...
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it still supports Frontier Airlines' $2.9 billion takeover bid for the airline, saying it was more likely to win regulatory approval than JetBlue's competing $3.6 billion offer. Spirit said antitrust...
