LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP): A long-serving member of parliament was stabbed to death Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in England, an attack that united Britain’s fractious politicians in shock and sorrow. A 25-year-old man was...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Esperita García de Perez got her first vaccination against COVID-19 in May. That, along with her Catholic faith, made her feel better protected against the virus, and she had hoped to get her second shot of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of United States health advisers endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine Friday, saying they should be offered at least two months after immunisation. J&J has asked the...
LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) — A long-serving Member of Parliament was stabbed to death Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in England, an attack that united Britain's fractious politicians in shock and sorrow. A 25-year-...
KAOHSIUNG (AP): At least 46 people were killed and another 41 injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a run-down mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials said. Neighbourhood residents...
MONROVIA (AP): A teenager in Liberia has become a national hero after finding $50,000 on the road and returning it to its rightful owner in the northeastern Nimba County. Eighteen-year-old Emmanuel Tuloe told The Associated Press yesterday that he...
KONGSBERG (AP): The bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town near Norway’s capital appeared to be a terrorist act, authorities said on Thursday, a bizarre and shocking attack in a Scandinavian country where violent...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett will address the United Nations Security Council today when it meets to discuss the ongoing situation in Haiti, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Lecturer in public health and epidemiology at The University of the West Indies, Dr Natasha Sobers-Grannum, warned on Wednesday that if COVID-19 protocols aren’t adhered to and additional measures are put in place to mitigate the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton has been admitted to a Southern California hospital with an infection but he is “on the mend,” his spokesman said Thursday. Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California...
United States health officials said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine should get a half-dose booster to bolster protection against the virus. The panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will ask its outside experts to meet in late November to scrutinise Merck's pill to treat COVID-19. The Nov. 30 meeting means US regulators almost certainly won't...
LONDON (AP) — The number of people killed by tuberculosis has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people got tested and treated as resources were diverted to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health...
BEIJING (AP) — China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned against what it called possible “political manipulation” of a renewed probe by the World Health Organization into the origins of the coronavirus, while saying it would...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm in the Philippines has left dead at least 19 people, disaster response officials said Thursday. Philippine authorities say they are still investigating a further 11 deaths that may have been caused...
BEIRUT (AP) — Armed clashes erupted Thursday in Beirut during a protest organised by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and its allies against the lead judge probing last year's blast in the city's port. At least six people were...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is ready to provide up to 300 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to the World Health Organization-backed COVAX initiative, a top Russian official promoting the shot says, even though the WHO hasn't yet signed off...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that officials have begun vaccinating people in eastern Congo against Ebola after it was confirmed last week that the disease killed a toddler. The UN health agency said in a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is wrestling with whether and when recipients of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need another dose — at six months or as early as two months. In...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive branch advised the 27 EU member countries Wednesday to adopt tax cuts, state aid and other measures to help households and businesses weather the impact of high energy prices that have...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Pamela made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast just north of Mazatlan Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain to the port city. Pamela regained hurricane strength just before it hit the coast 40 miles ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): A senior government official on Tuesday expressed concern at the decline in the number of persons getting vaccinated for the COVID-19 pandemic as Grenada recorded a “considerable” decline in the number of positive cases,...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden is set to hold his first one-on-one, in-person talks as president with an African leader on Thursday, hosting Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta as war and a humanitarian crisis roil neighbouring Ethiopia, according...
KATHMANDU (AP): Widely available marijuana once drew thousands of hippies to Nepal, where its use was not only accepted but embedded in both the culture and religion. But the country followed other nations in outlawing marijuana in the late 1970s...
