COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP): The Ohio Supreme Court rejected a new map of state congressional districts Friday as gerrymandered, sending the blueprint back for another try. In the 4-3 decision, justices returned the map to the powerful Ohio Redistricting...
LONDON (AP): Boris Johnson’s office apologised to the royal family on Friday for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral last year – the latest in a string of allegedly lockdown-breaching gatherings that are...
MOSCOW (AP): Russia on Friday strongly reaffirmed its demand that NATO doesn’t expand eastward despite the rejection of that by the military alliance amid a Russian troop build-up near Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow...
North Korea on Friday fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration for its...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York tenants and homeowners lost some protection from eviction and foreclosure Saturday as the state ended a nearly 2-year-old moratorium aimed at keeping New Yorkers from losing their homes during the coronavirus pandemic...
Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn that omicron's whirlwind advance practically ensures it won't be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world. Every infection provides a chance for the virus to mutate, and...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. A tsunami advisory was...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was back in immigration detention Saturday after his legal challenge to avoid being deported from Australia for being unvaccinated for COVID-19 was moved to a higher court. A Federal Court hearing...
A Maryland hospital is defending its decision to transplant a pig’s heart into a dying man following reports that the patient had a criminal past, saying his eligibility was “based solely on his medical records”. David Bennett, 57, is still...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an Internet watchdog said Wednesday. Reporting on its latest findings...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP): A cyberattack left a number of Ukrainian government websites temporarily unavailable Friday, officials said. While it wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible, the disruption came amid heightened tensions with Russia and...
NEW YORK (AP): A communal funeral for victims of New York City’s deadliest fire in decades has been planned for Sunday, a week after the blaze in the Bronx high-rise. The service is to be held at the Islamic Cultural Center in the Bronx, said Imam...
BELMOPAN (CMC): Belize is implementing a new travel insurance for all visitors entering the country, even as it acknowledged that it cannot afford another lockdown, given the record increase in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy manager of the...
MOSCOW (AP): Russia raised the stakes Thursday in its dispute with the West over Ukraine and NATO’s expansion when a top diplomat refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela, if tensions with the United States escalate. Deputy...
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): Leaders from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are to consider several recommendations aimed at helping the subregion deal with the impact of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, the OEC...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell Wednesday predicted that his ruling New National Party (NNP) will be victorious in the next general election, constitutionally due in 2023, brushing aside suggestions that he may call a snap...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Barbados government is reporting that it expects the local economy to record double-digit growth this year, according to a document released by the Ministry of Finance. The pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update Report, dated...
NEW YORK (CMC): The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has dismissed as “purely a partisan attack” on Caribbean and other immigrant communities, a lawsuit filed by several New York Republican officials that seeks to stop more than 800,000...
A Rhode Island man who is believed to have fled the United States and faked his own death to evade prosecution for rape and financial fraud has been arrested in Scotland after being hospitalised with COVID-19, authorities said. Nicholas...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerned but not giving up, President Joe Biden is anxiously pushing ahead to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration's sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large...
DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — The director of Africa's Centers for Disease Control said the organisation is talking to Pfizer about bringing its COVID-19 treatment pill to the continent, which has just passed 10 million cases. The...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian government has lifted its ban on Twitter, seven months after the West African country's more than 200 million people were shut out of the social media network. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong International Airport said it will ban transit passengers from 150 countries and territories starting Sunday, tightening stringent travel controls in an effort to stem the spread of the highly contagious omicron...
MOSCOW (AP): Russia raised the stakes Thursday in its dispute with the West over Ukraine and NATO’s expansion when a top diplomat refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United States escalate. Deputy...
WASHINGTON (AP): Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the US Capitol, authorities said Thursday. Ten other people also were...
