KINGSTON CMC): A former Colombian military officer wanted in connection with the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has reportedly been apprehended in Jamaica. Local media are reporting that Mario Antonio Palacios was held by...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug cartels in Mexico are recruiting youths through contacts made on multiplayer online video games, officials said Wednesday. Ricardo Mejía, Mexico's assistant public safety secretary, said an apparent cartel...
MOSCOW (AP) — Restaurants, movie theatres and many retail stores in Moscow will be closed for 11 days starting October 28, along with other new restrictions, officials said Thursday, as Russia recorded the highest numbers of coronavirus...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders met Thursday to discuss ways to ease the pain of soaring energy bills for consumers while seeking to safeguard energy supplies to the 27-nation bloc by speeding up the transition away from polluting...
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the January 6 Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's launching a new media company with its own social media...
LONDON (AP) — British police charged a 25-year-old London man on Thursday with murder and preparing acts of terrorism in the stabbing of a Conservative lawmaker who was killed as he met constituents at a church hall. Prosecutors said Ali...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Barbados legislators on Wednesday elected 72-year-old Governor General Dame Sandra Prunella Mason to be the first-ever president, as the island moves to end its political relationship with Britain and adopt a republican status on...
MADRID (AP): A Spanish court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States, where he is wanted on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to a terror organisation. Retired Major General Hugo Carvajal,...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Efforts to win the return of 17 members of a US-based missionary group and a local driver stretched into a fourth day on Wednesday, with a violent gang demanding a $1-million ransom per person. The group seized includes five...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian senator has formally presented a report recommending President Jair Bolsonaro be indicted on criminal charges for allegedly bungling Brazil's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and pushing the country...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the country's workers to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising coronavirus infection and death numbers, and he strongly urged reluctant citizens...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their paediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, the White House said Wednesday as it detailed plans for the expected...
LONDON (AP): Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch. But don’t call her an oldie. The 95-year-old queen has politely declined the honour of being named ‘Oldie of the Year’ by a British magazine, saying she does...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a US-based missionary group is demanding $1 million ransom per person, although authorities are not clear whether that includes the five children being held, a top Haitian official told The...
Tyrone Iras Marhguy had to make a difficult decision after being accepted to the high school of his choice: his faith or his education. An official at the academically elite Achimota School in Ghana told the teen he would have to cut his dreadlocks...
KABUL (AP): The Taliban have promised plots of land to relatives of suicide bombers who attacked US and Afghan soldiers, in a provocative gesture that seems to run counter to their efforts to court international support. The Taliban’s acting...
ST JOHN’S (CMC): The Speaker of the Antigua and Barbuda Parliament, Sir Gerald Watt, on Tuesday called on legislators to show proof of vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it was important for them to show leadership in dealing with...
Tyrone Iras Marhguy had to make a difficult decision after being accepted to the high school of his choice: his faith or his education. An official at the academically elite Achimota School in Ghana told the teen he would have to cut his dreadlocks...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African drug regulator has rejected the Russian-made coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, citing some safety concerns the manufacturer wasn't able to answer. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are expected to authorise the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week in an effort to provide flexibility for those seeking to maintain protection against the coronavirus....
Power shortages are turning out streetlights and shutting down factories in China. The poor in Brazil are choosing between paying for food or electricity. German corn and wheat farmers can't find fertiliser, made using natural gas. And fears...
Despite getting vaccinated against COVID-19, Colin Powell remained vulnerable to the virus because of his advanced age and history of cancer, highlighting the continued risk to many until more of the population is immunised. Powell, a four-star...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): American officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children connected with a US-based missionary group who were abducted over the weekend by a gang notorious for killings...
NAIROBI (AP): One of the world’s last three countries to administer COVID-19 vaccines started giving out doses on Monday as the East African nation of Burundi launched its national campaign. The vaccinations started in the commercial capital,...
