Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 12:08 AM
KINGSTOWN (CMC): A former national athlete became the second sporting personality to be jailed in connection with the theft of guns from the Georgetown Police Station in June. Magistrate Bertie Pompey Monday sentenced 26-year-old Meshach Dublin,...
Published:Wednesday | September 1, 2021 | 12:07 AM
BRUSSELS (AP): European Union (EU) justice and home affairs ministers pledged Tuesday to support Afghanistan’s neighbours to help them host people fleeing the new Taliban regime and prevent a new wave of migrants heading to Europe. In a closing...
MISSION, Kansas (AP) — The COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies and sending hospitals scrambling for more ventilators, even as there are signs of hope that the spread of the virus is slowing down in pockets of the United States....
LUCEDALE, Mississippi (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when seven vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a dark, rural highway collapsed as Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi. Torrential rain...
A potential HIV vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson did not provide protection against the virus in a mid-stage study, the drugmaker said Tuesday. J&J plans to end that study, which involved young women in sub-Saharan Africa. But...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiriting prospect of weeks without electricity in the oppressive, late-summer heat. Ida...
BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union (EU) recommended on Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the US because of rising coronavirus infections there, but member countries will keep the option of allowing fully vaccinated...
JEREMIE (AP): US military aircraft are now ferrying food, tarps and other material into southern Haiti amid a shift in the international relief effort to focus on helping people in the areas hardest hit by the recent earthquake to make it through...
PARAMARIBO (CMC): The Court martial of Suriname on Monday confirmed the 20-year jail sentence that had been imposed on former Suriname President Desi Bouterse for the murder of 15 people, while he ruled the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a...
The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union plans to recommend that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the United States because of rising coronavirus infection levels there, EU diplomats said Monday. A decision to remove the US...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rescue workers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilised Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and shattered a large swath of...
NEW ORLEANS (AP): Hurricane Ida blasted ashore on Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US, rushing from the Louisiana coast towards New Orleans and one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm...
BERLIN (AP) Protesters who oppose the German government’s coronavirus measures took to the streets again in Berlin on Sunday, defying bans on several planned gatherings. Throughout the afternoon, thousands marched in the German capital’s...
MOSUL (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday visited Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destruction during the war to defeat the Islamic State (IS) group in 2017. He vowed to fight alongside regional governments...
KABUL (AP): A US drone strike on Sunday struck a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, American officials...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana hospitals already packed with patients from the latest coronavirus surge are now bracing for a powerful Category 4 hurricane, which is expected to crash ashore Sunday. “Once again we find ourselves dealing...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana hospitals already packed with patients from the latest coronavirus surge are now bracing for a powerful Category 4 hurricane, which is expected to crash ashore Sunday. “Once again we find ourselves dealing...
UNITED STATES (AP): Florida school districts can legally require their students to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a judge ruled Friday, saying Gov Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority when he issued an executive order banning such...
BEIRUT (AP): A few days after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, a convoy of militants drove through the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria in cars bearing the group’s white-and-black flags, honking horns and firing their guns in the air. The...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States pressed on into the final days of the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan amid tighter security and warnings of more possible attacks Friday, a day after a devastating suicide bombing at the Kabul...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ida intensified as it swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday, showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3...
CMC: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is recommending that countries in the region adopt a phased approach to reopening schools for face-to-face learning in the 2021-22 academic year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. PAHO Director Dr...
KABUL (AP) : Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The attacks...
