The resurgence of COVID-19 this summer and the national debate over vaccine requirements have created a fraught situation for the United States’ first responders, who are dying in larger numbers but pushing back against mandates. It’s a stark...
CAIRO (AP): Libyan authorities on Sunday released one of Muammar Gadhafi’s sons after more than seven years of detention in the capital of Tripoli following his extradition from neighbouring Niger, the country’s interim leader said. Prime Minister-...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole after serving two months of a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. The decision comes after the 79-year-old spent almost a month in hospital for an...
LAMBERTVILLE, New Jersey (AP): President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations on Monday greenlighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of...
LAMBERTVILLE, New Jersey (AP) — President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations Monday greenlighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. In a statement Monday, the EU drug regulator says it is...
BERLIN (AP) — A major maritime industry association on Monday backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector's shift toward climate-friendly fuels. The International Chamber of Shipping said...
SAN SALVADOR (AP): El Salvador’s top court and its election authority have tossed aside what seemed to be a constitutional ban on consecutive presidential re-election, setting the stage for President Nayib Bukele to potentially seek a second term...
CONAKRY (AP): Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea detained President Alpha Conde on Sunday after hours of heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace in the capital, then announced on state television that the government...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Grenada’s Deputy Commissioner of Police Michael Francois says the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has called on officers who are currently on annual leave to report for duty at their respective duty stations. The call was made...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have been told that there is “ample provision” in their constitutions to support mandatory vaccination laws as the sub-region continues the battle to curb the spread...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Government, in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, has issued amendments to Section 17 of COVID-19 guidelines, which dealt with vaccination requirements for government buildings, to now include all public buildings,...
Four people are dead including a mother still cradling her now-deceased baby in what a Florida sheriff called a massive gunfight early Sunday with a suspect “ready for battle” and so aggressive he tried to wrestle a gun from police from...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Back in the spring, a shortage of computer chips that had sent auto prices soaring appeared, finally, to be easing. Some relief for consumers seemed to be in sight. That hope has now dimmed. A surge in COVID-19 cases from...
Jamaica has recorded 26 more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 1,619. The Health Ministry says five of the deaths were previously under investigation and that two of those previously under investigation occurred between November and...
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A Guinean army colonel seized control of state television Sunday and declared that President Alpha Conde's government had been dissolved and the West African nation's borders will be closed, an announcement that...
HOUMA, Louisiana (AP) — Full restoration of electricity to some of the hardest-hit areas of Louisiana battered to an unprecedented degree by Hurricane Ida could take until the end of the month, the head of Entergy Louisiana warned...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's top court and its election authority have tossed aside what seemed to be a constitutional ban on consecutive presidential reelection, setting the stage for President Nayib Bukele to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida. The spill, which is ongoing, appears to be coming from a source underwater...
ANKARA, Turkey — A 116-year-old woman in Turkey has survived COVID-19, according to her son, making her one of the oldest patients to beat the disease. Ayse Karatay has now been moved to a normal ward, her son Ibrahim told the Demiroren news...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Some cities in Brazil are providing booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, even though most people have yet to receive their second jabs, in a sign of concern over the highly contagious delta variant. Rio de Janeiro,...
LONDON (AP) — One of the United Kingdom's largest suppliers of seasonal influenza vaccines warned Saturday that there could be delivery delays of up to two weeks as a result of a shortage of truck drivers. In a statement that has...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has doled out $250 million so far from a $2 billion fund targeted at workers who are in the country illegally and have been excluded from other COVID-19 unemployment benefit programmes, the state's governor...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's plans to start delivery of booster shots by September 20 for most Americans who received the COVID-19 vaccines are facing new complications that could delay the availability of third doses for those...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC –The Belize government is to bring legislation that allows for fines of up to BDZ$3,000 for circulating fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement issued following the Cabinet meeting said that the government...
