WARSAW (AP): It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world leader, but Vladimir Putin has just done it, warning in a speech that he has the weapons available if anyone dares to use...
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): The General Directorate of the National Police of Haiti (DGPNH) has announced an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a photojournalist during street protest by textile workers over an increase in...
UNITED NATIONS—Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops. Friday's vote was 11-1, with China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstaining. It...
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new US guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov along with other sanctions, according to Latvia's foreign minister. A decision to freeze Putin and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the White House said, making her the first black woman selected to serve on a court that...
Canada has become the first country to authorise the use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago's two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, but said there's too little data on the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine's capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fuelled fears of wider war...
ST PAUL, Minnesota (AP): Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted on Thursday of violating George Floyd’s civil rights as a federal jury rejected their arguments that inexperience, improper training, or the distraction of shouting...
BRUSSELS (AP): WORLD LEADERS on Thursday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “barbaric” and quickly slapped heavy sanctions on the Russian economy, President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, and many of the country’s oligarchs. “Putin chose...
MOSCOW (AP): Shocked Russians turned out by the thousands Thursday to decry their country’s invasion of Ukraine as emotional calls for protests grew on social media. One thousand seven hundred and forty-five people in 54 Russian cities were...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's Health Minister Viktor Lyashko says 57 Ukrainians have been killed as a result of the Russian invasion, and 169 more were wounded. Lyashko also said Thursday that Ukraine's authorities are repurposing...
WASHINGTON — United States President Joe Biden says the sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine will not disrupt the global oil and natural gas markets. Biden says, “Our sanctions package is specifically designed to allow energy...
UNITED NATIONS — Repeating a plea for Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations chief said Thursday the world body was freeing up $20 million for urgent humanitarian needs in the country. “Stop the military...
MOSCOW — Russia's Defence Ministry says the Russian military has destroyed 74 Ukrainian military facilities, including 11 airbases. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered that Ukrainian servicemen be treated “with respect...
NEW YORK (AP) — American markets pointed toward a sharply lower open, following a global plunge in stocks and a surge in oil prices Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched military action in Ukraine, prompting Washington and...
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders expressed a raw outrage shrouded by an impotence to immediately come to the aid of Ukraine to avoid a major war in Europe, condemning Russia's attack on its neighbour as the European Union...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Guyana has reiterated its support and solidarity for Cuba and spoke about strengthening cooperation in key areas with the Caribbean country. A government statement said that President Dr Irfaan Ali spoke with his Cuban counterpart...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne, on Wednesday, warned that low vaccination coverage in many countries of the Caribbean must be urgently addressed to stop the spread of the COVID-19...
TOKYO (AP): World leaders sought Wednesday to back up their tough words over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans and other measures meant to pressure Moscow to pull back from the brink of war....
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday declared a nationwide state of emergency amid growing fears of an all-out invasion by Russia after President Vladimir Putin received authorisation to use military force outside his country and the...
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is creating a global training centre to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology that has successfully been used to make COVID-19...
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region braced for further confrontation after President Vladimir Putin received authorisation to...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Students in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince are getting used to being back in class after gang violence closed their school for three years. The Lycée National de La Saline, which reopened in January, is located in one...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has imposed a 12 year jail term on a Guyanese national, after it found that the original sentence on a charge of rape had been too excessive. Calvin Ramcharran had been sentenced to 23 years...
