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Apple delays plan to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:45 PM

LONDON (AP) — Apple said Friday it's delaying its plan to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, saying it needs more time to refine the system before releasing it. The company had revealed last month that it was working...

Trudeau criticised for calling Canadian election in COVID wave

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:34 PM

MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his decision to call an election during the pandemic in the first debate of the campaign for this month's election. Trudeau is facing a tough re-election battle against his...

UN: Brief gains in air quality in 2020 over COVID lockdowns

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 10:19 AM

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations weather agency says the world — and especially urban areas — experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel restrictions put...

EU, AstraZeneca reach deal to end vaccine delivery dispute

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 9:25 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and drugmaker AstraZeneca said Friday that they reached a deal to end a damaging legal battle over the slow pace of deliveries of the company's COVID-19 vaccines. The European Commission, which is the EU...

Those left behind complain of broken US promises

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:08 AM

KABUL (AP): Even in the final days of Washington’s chaotic airlift in Afghanistan, Javed Habibi was getting phone calls from the US government promising that the green card holder from Richmond, Virginia, his wife and their four daughters would not...

Five of 73 abducted students rescued

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:08 AM

LAGOS (AP): Authorities have rescued five girls who were among 73 schoolchildren abducted this week in northwest Nigeria and reunited them with their parents, police said Thursday. Zamfara police spokesman Mohammed Shehu did not say how the five...

Hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:08 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many US hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer. The problem, health leaders say, is twofold: Nurses are quitting or...

Britain promises support for the Caribbean on climate change

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:06 AM

GEORGETOWN: The newly appointed United Kingdom Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Jane Miller, is promising the region that London will work with Caribbean countries on climate change issues. Miller made the statement as she presented...

Two more opposition activists charged over protests

Published:Friday | September 3, 2021 | 12:06 AM

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Two prominent members of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) were charged on Wednesday with public order offences over protests in Kingstown in July and August, bringing to four the number of persons so charged. On...

Irish watchdog fines WhatsApp $267M after EU privacy probe

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 3:32 PM

LONDON (AP) — Ireland's privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros or US$267 million after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people...

FAA bans Virgin Galactic space launches while probing Branson trip

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 3:05 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that Virgin Galactic cannot launch anyone into space again until an investigation is complete into a mishap that occurred during July's flight with founder...

Vaccines made in South Africa to stay in Africa, says envoy

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 10:02 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vaccine doses produced by a plant in South Africa will no longer be exported to Europe following the intervention of South Africa's government, the African Union's COVID-19 vaccine envoy said Thursday. South...

Moderna, Japan partner recall 1.6 million vaccine doses

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 9:50 AM

TOKYO — Moderna Inc. and its Japanese partner are recalling more than one million doses of the US drug maker's coronavirus vaccine after confirming that contamination reported last week was tiny particles of stainless steel. Takeda...

Floods send New York City into state of emergency

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 9:25 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over the tri-state area, with at least nine deaths linked to flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as basement apartments suddenly filled with water and freeways...

Milley: Coordination with Taliban on strikes ‘possible’

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 12:11 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) : Army Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday that it’s “possible” the United States (US) will seek to coordinate with the Taliban on counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan against Islamic State (...

Teachers’ union warns of strike action on opening day of school

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 12:08 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC): Guyana’s education system could be thrown into chaos on Monday, after the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) called on its members to take industrial action to protest the government’s vaccination policy regarding the COVID-19 pandemic...

UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers and cost, but deaths fall

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 12:07 AM

GENEVA (AP) : Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. In the 1970s, weather disasters cost about US$175 billion...

Vaccinations increase amid supply concerns

Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 12:07 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast rural hinterland, where around 65 per cent of the country’s nearly 1.4 billion people live. But supply constraints remain for the world’s largest maker of...

New York lawmakers to vote on extending eviction moratorium

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 4:46 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers prepared to vote Wednesday on extending an eviction moratorium for tenants who fell behind on their rent because of hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, called...

Gunmen kidnap 73 students in latest attack on Nigeria school

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 2:59 PM

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have abducted 73 students in a new school attack in northwestern Nigeria on Wednesday, police said, just days after three other groups of hostages were freed when large ransom payments were reportedly made....

WHO leader opposes ‘widespread’ use of vaccine boosters

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 2:22 PM

BERLIN — The head of the World Health Organization says he opposes “widespread use of boosters” for healthy people for now, underscoring the need to get doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to poorer countries. WHO Director-General...

UN warns of pending food crisis in Afghanistan

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 10:25 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan — A senior United Nations official has warned that food in Afghanistan could run out this month, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the country's new Taliban rulers as they endeavour to restore...

France starts booster shots for people over 65

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 9:20 AM

PARIS — France has started administering coronavirus booster shots to people over 65 and those with underlying health conditions. The move is meant to shore up their vaccine protection against the highly contagious delta variant. People can...

More than 55 millionaires vying for seats in Bahamas Parliament

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 12:10 AM

NASSAU (CMC): More than 55 millionaires are seeking a seat in The Bahamas Parliament in the September 16 general election, according to the full list of 2021 financial declarations published in the media on Monday. According to the list published...

Victorious Taliban focus on governing after US withdrawal

Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 12:09 AM

KABUL (AP): The Taliban revelled in their victory after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, reiterating their pledge Tuesday to bring peace and security to the country after decades of war. Their anxious citizens, meanwhile, are waiting to...

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