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US gasoline prices rise again on talk of banning Russian oil

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 4:58 PM

Gasoline prices are pushing even farther above $4 a gallon, the highest price that American motorists have faced since July 2008, as calls grow to ban imports of Russian oil. Prices at the pump were rising long before Russia invaded Ukraine...

US Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 1:12 PM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The United States Supreme Court announced Monday without comment that it would not review Bill Cosby's sexual assault case, leaving him a free man and ending a two-decade legal drama. The high court — whose nine...

Ukraine Crisis | Russia sets cease-fire for evacuations but battles continue

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 10:22 AM

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia announced yet another limited cease-fire and the establishment of safe corridors to allow civilians to flee some besieged Ukrainian cities Monday. But the evacuation routes led mostly to Russia and its...

Russian war in world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

BARCELONA (AP): The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region – known as the “breadbasket...

14 confirmed dead in coal mine collapse

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

BEIJING (AP): Fourteen workers who were trapped when a coal mine in southwest China collapsed 10 days ago have died, media reported Sunday. A rescue operation finished Sunday noon after the bodies of the miners were retrieved, state-owned Xinhua...

Death toll nears six million as pandemic enters its third year

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

BANGKOK (AP): The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing six million – underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of...

Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate civilians

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

LVIV (AP): A second attempt to evacuate civilians from a besieged city in southern Ukraine collapsed Sunday amid renewed Russian shelling, while Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the blame for the war back on Ukraine and said the invasion...

Top US official travels to Haiti

Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 12:07 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States Department of State says Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne Witkowsky will travel to Haiti for talks with top officials and “a diverse array of Haitian stakeholders”. On...

Ukraine Crisis | Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate civilians

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 4:30 PM

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A second attempt to evacuate civilians from a besieged city in southern Ukraine collapsed Sunday amid renewed Russian shelling, while Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the blame for the war back on Ukraine and said...

Firefighters battle two massive wildfires in Florida Panhandle

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 3:13 PM

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters and emergency workers battled two massive wildfires Sunday in an area of the Florida Panhandle that was still recovering from the destruction caused by a Category 5 hurricane more than three years ago....

Ukraine Crisis | Blinken: US, allies discussing Russia oil import sanctions

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 12:10 PM

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States and its allies are having a “very active discussion” about banning the import of Russian oil and natural gas in the latest escalation of their sanctions in...

Ukraine Crisis | Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia after invasion

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 10:52 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia, the companies said Saturday, in the latest blow to the country's financial system after its invasion of Ukraine. Mastercard said cards issued by Russian...

Death toll nears six million as pandemic enters its third year

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 10:39 AM

BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing six million — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the ...

Putin’s Balkan narrative argument for Ukraine war

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 12:10 AM

BELGRADE (AP): Well before Russian tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was using the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s to ostensibly offer justification for the invasion of a sovereign European country. The Russian...

Local churches shun Vatican’s moderate stance on Russia

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 12:10 AM

ROME (AP): The head of the Polish bishops’ conference has done what Pope Francis has so far avoided doing: He publicly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urged the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to use his influence with Vladimir Putin...

Honesty, reassurance: How to talk to kids about Ukraine

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2022 | 12:08 AM

(AP): The pandemic, mass shootings, natural disasters, terror attacks. There’s been plenty of tragedy and anxiety for parents to sort through with their kids. Add Russia’s escalating invasion of Ukraine to the list. With events rapidly unfolding on...

Ukraine Crisis | State Department recommends Americans leave Russia immediately

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 6:03 PM

WASHINGTON — The US State Department has updated an earlier travel advisory and is now recommending that citizens leave Russia immediately. The notice offers this guidance: “If you wish to depart Russia, you should make arrangements on...

Ukraine Crisis | Zelenskyy urges US lawmakers to sanction Russia’s oil and gas sector

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 3:58 PM

WASHINGTON — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged United States lawmakers to sanction Russia's oil and gas sector and suspend credit card access. He also backed an idea to ban Russian oil imports to the US ...

Anti-money laundering body puts UAE on global ‘gray’ list

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 3:06 PM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A global body focused on fighting money laundering has placed the United Arab Emirates on its so-called “gray list” over concerns that the global trade hub isn't doing enough to stop...

Ukraine Crisis | Cease-fire attempt fails amid Russian shelling

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 1:02 PM

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy during a rambling speech from Moscow, while a promised cease-fire in the port city of Mariupol collapsed amid scenes of...

Ukraine Crisis | Charities struggle to deliver humanitarian aid

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 10:54 AM

In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the fog of war is extending to those who are trying to help the beleaguered Ukrainians. With ports blocked and roads made treacherous by bombings, charities currently can't send humanitarian...

Ukraine Crisis | Putin warns against no-fly zone

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 9:52 AM

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Moscow would consider any third-party declaration of a no-fly zone over Ukraine as “participation in the armed conflict.” Speaking at a meeting with female...

Suicide bombing kills 56 at Shiite mosque

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 12:07 AM

PESHAWAR (AP): A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 people, hospital officials said. No militant group immediately...

Russians take Ukraine nuclear plant; no radiation after fire

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 12:07 AM

KYIV (AP): Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn yet in Moscow’s invasion of...

CDB providing multi-million dollar grant to Haiti

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2022 | 12:07 AM

BRIDGETOWN CMC): The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has set aside grant funding totalling US$45 million for Haiti over the period 2022 to 2026, a senior official of the Barbados-based financial institution told the United Nations Economic and...

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