PARIS (CMC): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says the Caribbean and all other member states have adopted an historic agreement that defines the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands confirmed 13 cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus on Sunday and Australia found two as the countries half a world apart became the latest to detect it in travellers arriving from...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The last holiday season was far from the most wonderful time of the year for the U.S. Postal Service: Sick and quarantined workers, a flood of packages from shoppers loath to set foot in stores and a last-minute dump of...
CALAIS, France (AP): The already fractious relationship between France and Britain spiralled further downward into anger and incomprehension Friday, with the two erstwhile European partners at loggerheads about how to stop migrants from embarking...
CANBERRA (AP): The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson and looting in the national capital, Honiara, where protesters are demanding the prime minister’s resignation....
LONDON (AP): South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. It is unclear where the new variant actually...
WASHINGTON (AP): The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for millions of federal workers seems to be working, with no apparent disruption to law enforcement, intelligence-gathering or holiday travel. On Tuesday, one day after the deadline for...
ROSEAU (CMC): The ruling Dominica Labour Party maintained its 15-seat majority in the Parliament after diplomat, Dr Vince Henderson, easily brushed aside two other candidates to win the Grand Bay by-election on Thursday. Preliminary figures...
BELMOPAN (CMC): The Belize government says teachers will be exempted from a a policy that public officers must show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 15, or face the risk of being marked absent from work and subject...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): President Irfaan Ali Friday urged trade unions to accept the seven per cent salary increases for public workers even as the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has called on the government to commit to paying the entire GUY$10...
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): Haiti’s new justice minister, Berto Dorcé, has been sworn into office promising to work for a strong, independent, and efficient justice system. Dorcé was appointed on Wednesday following the decision by Prime Minister Ariel...
CASTRIES (CMC): The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has appealed for calm and “reasoned dialogue” in the French-dependent territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe, where people have been protesting the mandatory vaccination against...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks,...
BENGHAZI (AP): Libya’s top electoral body on Wednesday disqualified the son and one-time heir apparent of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from running for president in elections to be held next month, citing his previous convictions. The name of...
LONDON (AP): The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fuelling tensions between the UK and France over how to stop migrants from crossing the world’s busiest shipping route in small boats. Despite a pledge from British Prime...
MOSCOW (AP): A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine on Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 250 metres (820 feet) underground, Russian news reports said. Hours after a methane gas explosion and fire filled the mine with...
ST JOHN’S (CMC): An Antiguan woman will be going to space, possibly with her daughter, after winning two seats aboard a Virgin Galactic’s commercial space flight. Keisha Schahaff was announced the winner of Virgin Galactic and Sir Richard Branson’s...
Back in the spring, Pauline Criel and her cousins talked about reuniting for Thanksgiving at her home near Detroit after many painful months of seclusion because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus had a different plan. Michigan is now the...
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP): All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice. The convictions for Greg McMichael, son...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Barbados government has presented a new Charter of Barbados to Parliament that has led to a war of words between Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley. Mottley, who presented the charter to...
LONDON (AP) — A man who sent a bomb hoax to a United Kingdom coronavirus vaccine factory and similar parcels elsewhere, including a laboratory in Wuhan, China, was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Wednesday. About 120 people had...
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice. The convictions for Greg McMichael,...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 10:54 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will require essential, nonresident travellers crossing United States land borders, such as truck drivers, government and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on January 22...
DALLAS (AP) — Determined to reclaim Thanksgiving traditions that were put on pause last year by the pandemic, millions of Americans will be loading up their cars or piling onto planes to gather again with friends and family. The number of air...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 12:12 AM
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Dominica and China have signed an agreement for visa-free travel between the two countries with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit saying it underscores the ongoing strong relationship between Beijing and Roseau. “This clearly...
