LAGOS (AP): Gunmen in Nigeria’s capital abducted six people from the staff quarters of a university, officials said Tuesday. It was the first attack of its kind in Abuja since a wave of school kidnappings began in the country more than a year ago....
LAGOS (AP): Authorities in Nigeria have arrested the owner of a high-rise apartment building in the country’s largest city that suddenly collapsed, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens still missing Tuesday beneath the rubble. Nine people...
HONG KONG (AP): Yahoo Inc said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment. The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company’s services were already blocked by China’s digital censorship....
GEORGETOWn (CMC): The Guyana government has defended its decision to seek funding from China for projects here, saying that Beijing makes “softer” loans available than other countries. “We made it clear to everyone. No financing from anybody comes...
An influential advisory panel on Tuesday recommended kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, putting the United States on the brink of a major expansion of vaccinations. A final decision was expected within hours...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have arrested the owner of a high-rise apartment building in the country's largest city that suddenly collapsed, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens still missing Tuesday beneath the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Biotechnology company Novavax said Monday that Indonesia has given the world's first emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than current shots. The vaccine is...
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped five million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries, but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate healthcare systems. Together, the United States, the...
EDINBURGH, Scotland (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday urged the international community to agree to a 1.5 degree Celsius mark regarding the environment, warning that anything higher than that would constitute a “death sentence”...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The newly elected leader of the main opposition New Democratic Congress (NDC), attorney Dickon Mitchell, is sending a “clear and resounding message” that the party which was severely trounced in the last two general elections “is...
A Jamaica-born candidate running in the primary election in South Florida could make history today. Dale Holness, a Jamaica-born South Florida politician could emerge victorious in today’s primary election to fill the 20th Congressional District...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A 21-storey apartment building under construction collapsed in an upscale area of Nigeria's largest city, killing at least three people and leaving dozens more missing, officials and witnesses said on Monday. Lagos...
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped five million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. Together, the United...
GLASGOW (AP): A crucial United Nations (UN) climate summit opened on Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists’ demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at slowing...
ISTANBUL (AP): Seven Syrians face deportation from Turkey after posting videos of themselves eating bananas on social media amid wider complaints about the supposed lifestyle of refugees, a Turkish news agency reported Saturday. The seven, plus a...
CAIRO (AP): The United Nations (UN) secretary general urged Sudan’s generals on Sunday to reverse their takeover of the country, a day after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the largest pro-democracy protest since last week’s coup...
TOKYO (AP): A man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday, stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, the police and...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): In a message celebrating World Cities Day on Sunday, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has urged the Caribbean and other countries to mitigate climate risks and build resilience. Guterres said that although...
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and the Prime Minister of Tuvalu today signed a historic accord allowing for litigation before international courts. This move will allow for a legal path to address the severe damage to Small Island...
Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a compromise commitment Sunday to reach carbon neutrality by or around mid-century as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
Former US President Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the January 6 Capitol insurrection from being released to the committee...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Prime Minister Ariel Henry condemned gangs and kidnappings in a pre-recorded address posted Friday in which he also reassured Haitians that the country was not running out of fuel, despite severe shortages that have frustrated...
ST JOHN’S CMC): Opposition legislators were on Friday prevented from participating in the meeting of the Senate because they did not show proof of being vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic, and accused the Speaker of the House of...
NEW YORK (AP): US authorities returned about 250 antiquities to India on Thursday in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. The items, worth an estimated $15 million, were handed over during a ceremony at the Indian Consulate in New...
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors' recommendations to take on only light duties and not travel, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The decision comes days after the 95...
