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City official: 10,000-plus killed in Mariupol

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

LVIV, Ukraine (AP): The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol tells AP that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the southeastern city since the Russian invasion in February. Mayor Vadym Boychenko said on Monday that corpses were “carpeted...

Physical therapist on trial for murder of four family members

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

KISSIMMEE, Florida (AP): A physical therapist from Connecticut suffocated his four-year-old daughter by rolling on top of her and also killed his two sons and wife, a prosecutor told a Florida jury on Monday. Anthony Todt told detectives he and...

US repatriates 100 Haitians rescued at sea

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

PORT AU PRINCE CMC): The United States Coast Guard has repatriated 88 people, including 26 women, who had been intercepted last Tuesday north of Sagua La Grande in Cuba. The Coast Guard said that the illegal migrants were aboard an “excessively...

We have to tread carefully, says information minister

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

ST JOHN’S (CMC): The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has not received any official communication from Britain regarding two yachts docked here which international media outlets claim belong to Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner...

Barbados, Suriname seeking closer collaboration

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

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Barbados and Suriname are seeking to deepen existing bilateral collaboration, using the Brokoponda Programme for Cooperation as the blueprint for the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries achieving that initiative. A...

Mariupol mayor says siege has killed more than 10,000 civilians

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 9:44 PM

The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city warning that the death toll could surpass 20,000, as weeks of attacks and privation leave the bodies of Mariupol’s people “carpeted through the streets.

Pakistani lawmakers elect Shahbaz Sharif as new premier

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 10:23 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's parliament elected opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister on Monday, after a walkout by lawmakers from ousted Premier Imran Khan's party. Sharif was the only contender....

Guangzhou closes to most arrivals as China’s outbreak grows

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 9:26 AM

BEIJING (AP) — The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals Monday as China battles a major COVID-19 surge in its big eastern cities. Shanghai has taken the brunt of the rise, with another 26,087 cases announced on Monday...

War, economy could weaken Putin’s place as leader

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP): With the Russian military in retreat from around Kyiv and facing condemnation for brutal tactics, harsh political repression at home and the economy buffeted by Western sanctions, adversaries and allies alike are raising the same...

COVID-19 booster shots extended to all adults

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India began offering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on Sunday, but limited free shots at government centres to frontline workers and people over age 60. The doses, which India is calling a “precautionary” shot...

Macron, far-right rival Le Pen face run-off

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 12:07 AM

PARIS (AP): French polling agencies projected on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron and far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen are heading for another winner-takes-all run-off in the country’s presidential election, with their fierce political...

Khan vows to fight on after parliament ousts him

Published:Monday | April 11, 2022 | 12:06 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): The ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a parliamentary no-confidence vote early on Sunday set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with Khan calling on supporters to take to the streets in protest and the political...

Judge rules US military can’t discharge HIV-positive troops

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2022 | 5:49 PM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — United States service members who are HIV-positive cannot be discharged or barred from becoming an officer solely because they're infected with the virus, a federal judge in Virginia ruled. Advocates say it's one...

Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2022 | 3:09 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up at crime scenes — as soon as...

2,200 Ukrainian men detained trying to leave

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2022 | 12:20 PM

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's border guard agency says that about 2,200 Ukrainian men of fighting age have been detained so far while trying to leave the country in violation of martial law. The agency said Sunday that some of them have used...

S&P downgrade indicates Russia headed for historic default

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2022 | 11:40 AM

BOSTON (AP) — The credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded its assessment of Russia's ability to repay foreign debt, signalling rising prospects that Moscow will soon default on external loans for the first...

Experts divided on UK plan as cases soar

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2022 | 9:55 AM

LONDON (AP) — For many in the United Kingdom, the pandemic may as well be over. Mask requirements have been dropped. Free mass testing is a thing of the past. And for the first time since spring 2020, people can go abroad for holidays without...

Why this week’s French elections matter to the wider world

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2022 | 12:06 AM

PARIS (AP) With war singeing the European Union’s eastern edge, French voters will be casting ballots in a presidential election whose outcome will have international implications. France is the 27-member bloc’s second economy, the only one with...

Pakistan’s embattled PM ousted in no-confidence vote

Published:Saturday | April 9, 2022 | 5:42 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's political opposition ousted the country's embattled prime minister in a no-confidence vote early Sunday, which they won after several of Imran Khan's allies and a key coalition party deserted him. The...

More flee as Ukraine warns of stepped-up Russian attacks

Published:Saturday | April 9, 2022 | 2:58 PM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilian evacuations moved forward in patches of battle-scarred eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a day after a missile strike killed at least 52 people and wounded more than 100 at a train station where thousands clamoured to...

UK airport warns COVID-related delays could last months

Published:Saturday | April 9, 2022 | 11:04 AM

LONDON (AP) — A major British airport warned passengers on Friday to expect the delays plaguing travel to continue for months, as the United Kingdom aviation regulator told the country's air industry to shape up after weeks of...

Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions

Published:Friday | April 8, 2022 | 10:14 AM

ROME (AP) — Prices for food commodities like grains and vegetable oils reached their highest levels ever last month largely because of Russia's war in Ukraine and the “massive supply disruptions” it is causing,...

Missile kills dozens of evacuees at Ukrainian train station

Published:Friday | April 8, 2022 | 9:40 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile hit a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine that was an evacuation point for civilians, killing dozens of people Friday, Ukrainian authorities said while warning they expected to find more evidence...

US suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic – experts

Published:Friday | April 8, 2022 | 12:08 AM

LONDON (AP): In the latest Senate package targeted at stopping the coronavirus, US lawmakers dropped nearly all funding for curbing the virus beyond American borders, a move many health experts slammed as dangerously short-sighted. They warn the...

Atrocities spur NATO nations to send more weapons to Ukraine

Published:Friday | April 8, 2022 | 12:08 AM

BRUSSELS (AP): Spurred into action by reports of atrocities in Ukraine, NATO countries agreed on Thursday to ramp up the supply of weapons to Kyiv, including high-tech arms, amid concerns that Russia is about to launch a large offensive in Ukrarine...

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