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WASHINGTON (AP): The White House is facing sharp condemnation from Democrats for its handling of the influx of Haitian migrants at the US southern border, after images of US Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics went viral this...

COVID-19 deaths in the US have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans. The increasingly lethal...

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Former South African president Jacob Zuma did not attend a hearing in his corruption trial Tuesday, prompting prosecutors to question his absence and ask the judge to examine his medical records. Zuma was released from an...

KIGALI (AP): The man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda for saving hundreds of his countrymen from genocide was convicted of terrorism offences on Monday and sentenced to 25 years at a trial that human-rights watchdogs and other critics of Rwanda’s...

NEW DELHI (AP): India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and donations of surplus coronavirus vaccines in October after halting them during a devastating surge in domestic infections in April, the health minister said on...

LAGOS (AP): Gunmen in northern Nigeria have released 10 more students after a ransom was paid, but 21 others remain in captivity despite a pledge to release them all, officials said on Sunday. The Rev John Hayab, the chairman of the local Christian...

KABUL (AP): The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban rulers. Hamdullah Namony told reporters Sunday that only women who could not be replaced by men have...

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Mia Mottley wants at least 10,000 people here to be vaccinated against COVID-19 every week for the next five weeks, which, she said, would determine when curfews and other restrictions would be eased and eventually...