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Government to announce stricter measures as COVID cases rise

Published:Wednesday | August 11, 2021 | 12:10 AM

CASTRIES, St Lucia: THE ST Lucia government is poised to announce new measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-29) after health authorities warned about the increasing number of new cases and deaths associated with the...

Wildfires in Algeria leave 32 dead, including 25 soldiers

Published:Wednesday | August 11, 2021 | 12:10 AM

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of the capital, the president announced on Tuesday night as the civilian death toll from the blazes rose to...

Ethiopia calls ‘all capable’ citizens to fight in Tigray war

Published:Wednesday | August 11, 2021 | 12:10 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Ethiopia’s government on Tuesday summoned all capable citizens to war, urging them to join the country’s military to stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region “once and for all”. The call to arms is an ominous sign...

Prince Andrew faces no good choice in Epstein accuser case

Published:Wednesday | August 11, 2021 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): Britain’s Prince Andrew is likely to do anything he can to avoid giving evidence in a US lawsuit filed by an American woman who alleges that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic say. Andrew...

Governor Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations

Published:Wednesday | August 11, 2021 | 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during some of...

Wildfires in Algeria leave 32 dead, including 25 soldiers

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 4:34 PM

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of the capital, the president announced Tuesday night as the civilian death toll from the blazes...

Unpaid doctors strike in Nigeria amid new COVID-19 surge

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 3:35 PM

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Dr Olaniyi Olaoye and the other resident doctors at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria haven't been paid at all for five months. Since the pandemic began, there have been many months when they...

Miami orders residents to evacuate 8-storey condo building

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 2:34 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Residents of an eight-storey condo building in Miami were ordered to evacuate after the building was deemed unsafe by city officials. On Monday night, six weeks after 98 people died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers...

Germany to end free coronavirus tests to drive vaccination

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 2:19 PM

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is ending free coronavirus tests for its citizens beginning in October, in part to encourage more people to get vaccinated, officials said Tuesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany now has enough vaccines for its...

Update | Rain batters Puerto Rico, USVI as storm warnings issued

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 1:42 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Heavy rains pelted the northern Caribbean on Tuesday as forecasters warned that a disturbance could soon become Tropical Storm Fred following a quiet month of no named storms in the region. Power outages were...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:34 PM

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced his resignation over a series of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during some of the...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:35 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during...

Tropical storm warnings for US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 9:47 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Islands in the northern Caribbean braced Tuesday for the storm that could be Fred. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected...

Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 9:27 AM

DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from...

Woman accused of injuring prime minister granted bail

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTOWN: Armed police, including some wearing hard helmets and carrying truncheons, were stationed outside the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Monday as Annamay Lewis, a 56-year-old vendor, of Layou, appeared in court charged with wounding Prime...

Students ask Supreme Court to block college vaccine mandate

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The Supreme Court is being asked to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It is the first time the high court has been asked to weigh in on a vaccine mandate and...

France’s virus pass now required in restaurants, trains

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

PARIS (AP): France took a big step on Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafés, or travel by plane, train or bus across the country....

Pressure mounts on Haiti to fully investigate assassination of President Moise

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE: A FORMER Haitian legislator is calling for the appointment of a five-judge panel to investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7, even as the justice authorities are finding it difficult to get a judge to...

Trinidad records first mother-to-child transmission of COVID case

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

PORT OF SPAIN: Trinidad and Tobago registered its first mother-to-child transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as health authorities also confirmed that a woman had died, soon after giving birth, from the virus. Director of Women’s...

Sir Lester was a great son of the soil - Browne

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:08 AM

ST JOHN’S: PRIME MINISTER Gaston Browne on Monday described Sir Lester Bird as a “great son of the soil” as he led the country in mourning the death of the island’s second prime minister. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that...

US investigates latest case of a rare tropical disease

Published:Monday | August 9, 2021 | 4:55 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — United States health officials are investigating the latest fatal case of a rare tropical disease typically found in South Asia. The unidentified person, who died last month in Georgia, was the fourth US case this year of...

China punishes 30 officials for pandemic failing

Published:Monday | August 9, 2021 | 2:34 PM

BEIJING — More than 30 Chinese officials have been fired or received other punishments over accusations they failed to respond properly to the latest surge of the coronavirus in the country. Among those fired were a vice mayor, heads of city...

‘Code red’: UN scientists warn of worsening global warming

Published:Monday | August 9, 2021 | 11:40 AM

Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a “code red for humanity....

Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry US college officials

Published:Monday | August 9, 2021 | 9:53 AM

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (AP) — As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person...

Judge: Norwegian cruises can require proof of vaccination

Published:Monday | August 9, 2021 | 9:28 AM

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Florida law that prevents cruise lines from requiring passengers to prove they're vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the law appears unconstitutional and won't likely hold up in...

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