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Russian offensive widens as US imposes new trade sanctions

Published:Saturday | March 12, 2022 | 12:07 AM

LVIV (AP): Russia widened its offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial city in the east, while the huge armoured column that had been stalled for over a week outside Kyiv was on the move again,...

Jamaican seeks to unseat congresswoman Ilhan Omar in August primary

Published:Saturday | March 12, 2022 | 12:05 AMLester Hinds/Gleaner Writer

Long-time community activist and former Minneapolis City Council member Jamaica–born Don Samuels has officially registered with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to oppose Rep Ilhan Omar in the DFL primary for the 5th Congressional District in...

US immigration arrests drop amid focus on most dangerous

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 5:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration enforcement arrests within the United States fell sharply over the past year as the Biden administration shifted its enforcement priorities to focus on people in the country without legal status who have...

Ukraine Crisis | Russian offensive widens as US imposes new trade sanctions

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 4:21 PM

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia widened its offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial city in the east. Military analysts were divided over whether the manoeuvring by the Russian convoy signalled the...

Ukraine Crisis | UN: War to hurt poor nations importing grain

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 12:34 PM

ROME (AP) — Poorer countries in northern Africa, Asia and the Middle East that depend heavily on wheat imports risk suffering significant food insecurity because of Russia's war in Ukraine, and the conflict is poised to drive up...

Two years into pandemic, world takes cautious steps forward

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 10:46 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Emily Safrin did something she hadn't done since the pandemic began two years ago: She put her fears aside and went to a concert. The fully vaccinated and boosted restaurant...

High Court to decide if vaccinate mandate dismissals legal

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The High Court on Thursday denied permission for a judicial review of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), but the case of workers who were fired for not being vaccinated will still be...

US extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation for one more month – through mid-April – while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule. The mask mandate was scheduled to expire...

Russians keep pressure on Mariupol after hospital attack

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP): Civilians trapped inside Mariupol desperately scrounged for food and fuel as Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the port city Thursday amid international condemnation over an airstrike a day earlier that killed...

North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming

Published:Friday | March 11, 2022 | 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON DC (AP): THE BIDEN administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and warned Thursday that a full-range test could soon...

Ukraine Crisis | Attack on hospital draws outrage as talks stall

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2022 | 9:29 AM

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people brought condemnation down on Moscow on Thursday, with Ukrainian and Western officials branding it a war crime, while the highest-level...

Venezuela frees two detained Americans

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2022 | 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The Venezuelan government has freed two jailed Americans, including an oil executive imprisoned alongside colleagues for more than four years, as it seeks to improve relations with the Biden administration amid Russia’s war with...

Air strike hits maternity hospital

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2022 | 12:06 AM

MARIUPOL (AP): A Russian air strike devastated a maternity hospital on Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian...

US man who got first pig heart transplant dies after two months

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 10:53 AM

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland...

Ukraine Crisis | Europe faces pressure to join boycott of Russian oil and gas

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 10:47 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe faces a tough choice: Is it worth a recession to choke off oil and gas money to Russia while it fights a war in Ukraine? The 27-member European Union faces far more economic pain from the war and resulting...

Ukraine Crisis | Export of wheat, oats and other food staples banned

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 9:50 AM

LONDON (AP) — Ukraine's government has banned the export of wheat, oats and other staples that are crucial for global food supplies as authorities try to ensure they can feed people during Russia's intensifying war. New...

What does a US ban on Russian oil accomplish?

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 12:13 AM

NEW YORK (AP): With Russia intensifying its war on Ukraine, killing civilians and triggering a mass refugee crisis, President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a US ban on imported Russian oil. Critics of Russia have said that sanctioning its energy...

Effort to relieve encircled port put in jeopardy

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 12:12 AM

MARIUPOL (AP): An attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged port of Mariupol was thrown into jeopardy by continued fighting Tuesday as conditions grew more desperate inside the city of 430,000, with corpses in the streets and hungry residents...

Maduro signals interest in better Venezuela-US relations

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 12:12 AM

CARACAS (AP): Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro signaled an interest in improving relations with the US following weekend talks with high-level American officials, prompted in part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and concerns of rising gas prices...

A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 12:09 AM

To a watching world, his message is this, in both his words and his resolute, sometimes haggard appearance: He stands as a mirror to the suffering and spirit of his people. It appears to be getting through. Just days into the war engulfing his...

Gov’t urging more persons to enter hemp industry

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 12:09 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government says it intends to hold discussions with marijuana growers as the country looks towards the establishment of the hemp industry as a “mainstream economic activity”. Hemp, also called industrial hemp, is a...

Florida recommends against COVID vaccines for healthy kids

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2022 | 5:03 PM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Surgeon General Dr Joseph Ladapo on Tuesday released guidance recommending against vaccinations for healthy children, contradicting federal public health leaders whose advice says all kids should get the...

Ukraine Crisis | Oil climbs, stocks rise as US bans Russian crude imports

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2022 | 2:30 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gained ground, oil prices jumped and the price of nickel surged so much that trading for it was shut on Tuesday, as the United States banned imports of oil from Russia and the economic fallout from its...

WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2022 | 11:38 AM

  GENEVA (AP) — An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to booster doses amid the global spread of omicron, in a reversal of the UN agency...

Ukraine Crisis | Biden reportedly to ban Russian oil imports over war

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2022 | 9:33 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia's economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas...

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