DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The United States acted Sunday to stem the flow of migrants into Texas by blocking the Mexican border at an isolated town where thousands of Haitian refugees set up a camp, and American officials began flying some of the...
LAGOS, Nigeria (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 Sunday. The Reverend John Hayab, the chairman of...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections. Pacquiao accepted the nomination of his PDP-Laban party at its national convention on Sunday, saying that the...
Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan's capital, a United States green card-holding husband and wife from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A survivor of an errant United States drone strike that killed 10 members of his family demanded Saturday that those responsible be punished and said Washington's apology was not enough. The family also...
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — United States officials said Saturday that within the next three days, they plan to ramp up expulsion flights for some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have gathered in a Texas city from across the border in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe...
LONDON (AP) — Jamaica is set to benefit as the British government today announced a major simplification of its rules for international travel, heeding complaints from travellers and businesses that its regulations aimed at staving off...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's highest court on Friday denied an application by former president Jacob Zuma to rescind his sentence of 15 months in jail for contempt of court. The Constitutional Court judgment upheld its earlier...
LONDON (AP) — The British government says it plans to simplify rules for international travel during the coronavirus pandemic, with an announcement coming later Friday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Twitter that he would “set...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank is cancelling a prominent report on business conditions around the world after investigators found staff members were pressured by the bank's leaders to alter data about China and some other governments....
HAVANA: Cuba on Thursday began a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children between the ages of two and 10, saying it was necessary to curb the spread of the delta variant. Cuba has two home-grown vaccines, Abdala and Soberana, that it says are...
SAN JUAN (AP): Tens of thousands of Haitians are still awaiting help more than a month after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southern region, a United Nations (UN) official said Thursday. Bruno Lemarquis, resident and humanitarian...
HARARE (AP): Zimbabwe’s government has ordered all its employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or they won’t be allowed to come to work. The Public Service Commission, which is in charge of employment conditions for government workers, issued...
TORONTO (AP): Barack Obama endorsed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday in the Canadian election, calling him an effective leader in a rare endorsement of a candidate in a Canadian election by a former American president. It is the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s new justice minister on Thursday pledged to find those responsible for high-profile killings as he spoke publicly for the first time since taking over from his predecessor fired by Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Guyana on Thursday sought to “categorically dispel the presumptuous rumour” of a thawing of relations between its border communities and Brazil’s. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials announced Thursday that more than one billion people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the world's most populous country or about 72% of its 1.4 billion people. Through Wednesday, 2.16...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering requiring vaccinations against COVID-19 and contact tracing of international visitors after the United States revamps current broad restrictions that bar many foreigners from...
LONDON — Britain is giving coronavirus booster shots to people over age 50 and those 16 to 49 with underlying medical conditions. The National Health Service says the first shots were administered Thursday to health care workers. That means...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2021 | 12:10 AM
PARIS (AP): Healthcare workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. With as many as 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2021 | 12:10 AM
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP): Pope Francis said Wednesday he didn’t understand why people refuse to take COVID-19 vaccines, saying “humanity has a history of friendship with vaccines”, and that serene discussion about the shots was necessary to help...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2021 | 12:10 AM
KABUL (AP): Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh rule in the 1990s than their recent promises of...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2021 | 12:10 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s government is starting to crumble as Prime Minister Ariel Henry faces increased scrutiny from authorities investigating the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse, with one top official resigning on Wednesday as he accused...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2021 | 12:08 AM
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The prosecution on Wednesday withdrew the wounding charge against Annamay Lewis, the woman who was accused of striking Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves in the head on August 5 during a protest in Kingstown. “Hallelujah! Weeping...
