PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): Prime Minister Ariel Henry has urged Haitians to use the 218 anniversary of the Battle of Vertières to “build the new Haiti we all dream” as the French-speaking Caribbean Community country continue to battle a surge of...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Barbados government has sought to give citizens the assurance that the island’s identity will not be impacted by the transition to republic status on November 30. “November 30 will still be known as Independence Day. And...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The Antigua and Barbuda government says face-to-face learning of all secondary-school students, whether vaccinated or not, against the COVID-19 pandemic will begin on Monday. The government also said that the state of...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SGTU), Oswald Robinson, is urging teachers to report for work despite their vaccination status and not to submit their lesson plans to the Ministry of Education. “...
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defence in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the United States....
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday when he undergoes a “routine colonoscopy” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the White House said. Biden...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Scores of Mexican adolescents were bused to California on Thursday to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as efforts get underway across Mexico to get shots in the arms of teens. Mexico has resisted vaccinating minors ages...
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States regulators on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding the government's campaign to shore up protection and get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that may worsen with the...
NAIROBI: The United States is warning pilots that planes operating at one of Africa’s busiest airports could be “directly or indirectly exposed to ground weapons fire and/or surface-to-air fire” as Ethiopia’s war nears the capital, Addis Ababa. The...
BAGHDAD (AP): Hundreds of Iraqis returned home on Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union – a repatriation that came after tensions at Poland’s eastern border, where thousands of migrants became stuck in a...
GEORGETOWN: Guyana is open to the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, once it receives approval, and private sector pharmaceutical companies could possibly manufacture it here. Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony said Pfizer has signed an...
NEW YORK (AP): MORE THAN half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated on Thursday after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon’s death. Manhattan Judge Ellen Biben...
NEW YORK (AP) — More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated Thursday after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon's death. Manhattan judge Ellen...
The United States government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators authorise it, the nation's largest purchase agreement yet for a coronavirus therapy....
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 11:05 AM
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut down some coal-burning power plants Wednesday to reduce air pollution in India's smog-shrouded capital and neighbouring states, as the country weighs an unprecedented and...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose 5% in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 deaths increased. The UN health agency said confirmed cases jumped 6% globally...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:12 AM
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Barbados government says it has established what is being referred to as the world’s first metaverse or digital embassy. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade said that the virtual embassy will be...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:12 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): Pfizer asked US regulators Tuesday to authorise its experimental pill for COVID-19, setting the stage for a likely launch this winter of a promising treatment that can be taken at home. The company’s filing comes as new infections...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:11 AM
JERUSALEM (AP): Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the first time in over half a year on Tuesday as a one-time confidant prepared to take the stand against him in a high-profile corruption case. But the long-...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:11 AM
BELMOPAN (CMC): The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says it has accepted an invitation from Venezuela to participate in a six-day International Electoral Oversight Plan for the National Electoral Council which begins on today. In a brief...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:11 AM
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government on Tuesday announced a revision to the national emergency COVID-19 measures to allow for the Guyana-Brazil border crossing to be opened from Mondays to Fridays. The Takutu Bridge had been closed for more than...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer asked United States regulators Tuesday to authorise its experimental pill for COVID-19, setting the stage for a likely launch this winter of a promising treatment that can be taken at home. The company's...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the first time in over half a year on Tuesday as a one-time confidant prepared to take the stand against him in a high-profile corruption case. But the...
LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a United Nations-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world...
BERLIN (AP): Austria took what its leader called the “dramatic” step on Monday of implementing a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people who haven’t recently had COVID-19, perhaps the most drastic of a string of measures being taken by European...
