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Delta joins growing list of US airlines raising checked bag fees as jet fuel costs soar

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 7:50 PM

Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday that it is raising checked baggage fees, part of a broader wave of United States carriers responding to higher jet fuel prices tied to the war in the Middle East. Beginning Wednesday, most domestic and short-...

US, Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 7:09 PM

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war. Its statement said it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. “It is emphasized that this does not signify the...

Hundreds of Cuban women rally against US energy blockade as crisis deepens

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 3:38 PM

HAVANA (AP) — Hundreds of Cuban women gathered Tuesday in Havana to decry a US energy embargo and other measures imposed by US President Donald Trump that are strangling the Caribbean island. The rally was organised by the Federation of Cuban...

'Wow!' The eye surgery marathon that restored sight

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:32 AM

TSAKANE (AP) Gladys Khoza had missed being able to see her family. Not because they couldn't visit, but because the 84-year-old had vision problems. Now that has changed. Khoza is one of 133 people whose sight was restored during a "marathon"...

Good Friday around the world, in photos

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:27 AM

Good Friday is a unique – and uniquely solemn – day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what’s a central tenet of faith for believers – his resurrection two days later on Easter Sunday, according...

Collapse of Tokyo’s ageing cherry blossom trees raises safety concerns

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:25 AM

TOKYO (AP) Many of Tokyo’s popular and iconic Somei Yoshino cherry blossom trees were planted during Japan’s postwar advancement in the 1960s, and are now getting old and frail. Some have fallen and many others require support, triggering safety...

Death toll from earthquake rises

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:23 AM

ITTEFAQ (AP) For several minutes after the earthquake struck, he could hear their screams. Then there was silence. Mohibullah Niazi, a neighbour who helped in the rescue efforts, said Saturday that the eight people killed on the outskirts of Kabul...

European ministers call for profit caps on energy companies as Middle East War drives price surge

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 6:59 PM

The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran will fuel inflation and...

Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain in Afghanistan leave 77 dead in 10 days, authorities say

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 5:15 PM

KABUL, Afghanisan (AP) — Widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across Afghanistan have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days, the country’s Disaster Management Authority said...

Senegal limits foreign trips for officials as fallout from Middle East war deepens

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 10:52 AM

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Senegalese government has banned all but essential foreign trips for government ministers as part of cost-saving measures triggered by the energy crisis linked to the Middle East war. Senegal, like many African...

Machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school, killing four children

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 5:10 PM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A man killed four children in a machete attack inside a nursery school in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Thursday, police said. The man gained access to the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala by...

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 4:43 PM

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think...

Bahamians vote for new government on May 12

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 4:04 PM

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - Bahamians go to the polls on May 12 to elect a new government, with Prime Minister Philip Davis saying that Parliament will be dissolved on April 8 and that the writs for the elections, issued five months ahead of the...

Amazon to slap 3.5% surcharge on third-party sellers as Middle East war drives up fuel prices

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 9:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers using its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran started. The temporary charge is effective April 17 for...

Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as US pressures the island’s government

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 8:59 AM

HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the...

FBI team arrives in Cuba to investigate fatal shooting of US-flagged speedboat

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 3:13 PM

HAVANA (AP) — FBI agents have arrived in Cuba to investigate the fatal shooting of five men aboard a United States-flagged speedboat in February that the Cuban government said was carrying suspects who were trying to infiltrate the island. Five...

Trinidad and Tobago Police Service website faced shutdown due to non-payment to service providers

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:45 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Homeland Security Minister in Trinidad, Roger Alexander, confirmed on Wednesday that the website of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) was shut down in February following the non-payment to service...

UK gathers more than 40 countries to plot ways of reopening Strait of Hormuz

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 8:33 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world’s economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the US-Israeli war...

St Kitts wants cautious approach to marijuana use

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 1:08 PM

BASSETERRE, ST Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew says the integration of cannabis into the St Kitts and Nevis society must be done responsibly to safeguard the economy, public health, as well as the social and financial stability of the...

South Africa hit by record diesel price hikes despite fuel levy cut

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 11:57 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African motorists were on Tuesday headed to gas stations in large numbers in anticipation of record fuel hikes that will come into effect at midnight as the world continues to feel impacts of the Iran war that has...

Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube aren’t fully complying with child account ban, Australia says

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 8:26 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog said Tuesday it was considering court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16...

JetBlue raises checked bag fees as Middle East war affects fuel costs

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 9:42 PM

United States carrier JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees by as much as US$9 as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies and increases fuel prices. The new fees took effect Monday. For most domestic economy passengers, the...

Cuba to introduce two new banknotes honouring women to ease inflation as crises persist

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 9:22 PM

HAVANA (AP) — Cubans accustomed to shopping with wads of bills stuffed into bags because of skyrocketing inflation will get some relief Wednesday when two new high-denomination banknotes go into circulation. Cuba’s Central Bank was set to...

Haiti imposes austerity measures as Middle East war drives up oil prices and disrupts supplies

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 7:46 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government announced new austerity measures on Tuesday as the war in Iran disrupts critical oil supplies and drives up prices worldwide. Officials in the troubled Caribbean country imposed a ban on the...

Airport bottlenecks in US ease as TSA workers get paid, but shutdown continues

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 7:08 PM

Frustrating security lines dwindled at United States airports Monday, clearing the worst bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration officers began receiving backpay for working during the government shutdown. Checkpoint lines that at...

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