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Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 2:50 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A majority of state Assembly members support beginning impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo if he doesn't resign over investigative findings that he sexually harassed at least 11...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:55 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government sued United States gun manufacturers and distributors Wednesday in US federal court, arguing that their negligent and illegal commercial practices have unleashed tremendous bloodshed in Mexico....

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 10:35 AM

BEIJING (AP) — China's worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalated Wednesday with dozens more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one city and the punishment of its local leaders....

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 9:44 AM

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries where few people have received their first...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 9:30 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government is introducing a contentious new policy in which coronavirus patients with moderate symptoms will isolate at home instead of in hospitals, as new cases surge in Tokyo to record levels during the Olympic...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): An investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York’s attorney general announced on Tuesday, hastening...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:08 AM

NAIROBI (AP): A Sudanese official says local authorities in Kassala province have found around 50 bodies, apparently people fleeing the war in neighbouring Ethiopia’s Tigray region, floating in the river between the countries over the past week,...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:08 AM

SEOUl (AP): North Korea is releasing emergency military rice reserves as its food shortage worsens, South Korea’s spy agency said on Tuesday, with a heatwave and drought reducing the country’s supply. North Korea’s reported food problems come as...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:08 AM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): Saudi Arabia announced the execution Tuesday of a man it said had been found guilty of armed rebellion and protesting against the state in the Shiite populated eastern region of Qatif. The Interior Ministry said the...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:08 AM

SAN JUAN (AP): Police have detained more than 40 suspects in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, but many people fear Haiti’s crumbling judicial system could result in the assassination going unpunished. Interrogations are continuing, while...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 4:51 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will announce a new 60-day eviction moratorium that would protect areas where 90% of the United States population lives, according to three people familiar with the plans who insisted on anonymity to...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 4:15 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The governing body of the International Monetary Fund has approved a $650 billion expansion in the agency's resources to support economically vulnerable countries battling the coronavirus pandemic and the economic...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 1:18 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, making it the first big city in...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 1:02 PM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gabe Imondi, a 74-year-old landlord from Rhode Island, had come to court hoping to get his apartment back. He was tired of waiting for federal rental assistance and wondered aloud “what they're doing with...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 11:22 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed several women inside and outside state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York's attorney general...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 9:44 AM

BEIJING (AP) — China suspended flights and trains, cancelled professional basketball league games, and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan on Tuesday as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 12:08 AM

BEIJING (AP): More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, the authorities said on Monday, three times the previously announced toll. The Henan provincial government said 302 people died and 50 remain missing. The vast majority of...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 12:08 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados is reporting a new cluster of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases as the island recorded 48 deaths and more than 4,390 confirmed cases linked to the virus since March last year. Health and Wellness Minister Jeffrey...

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2021 | 12:08 AM

CASTRIES (CMC): The new Cabinet of Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre will be sworn into office on Thursday, August 5, according to an official statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister. However, the statement gave no indication as to the...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 4:57 PM

Zoom will pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that weak privacy controls opened too many peepholes into the personal information of users and that it was too easy for outsiders to disrupt video meetings during the early stages of the...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 2:52 PM

LONDON (AP) — Britain opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from the United States and the European Union on Monday as travel industry leaders urged the government to further ease restrictions and allow people to enjoy the...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 10:01 AM

LONDON (AP) — Black people whose right to live in the United Kingdom was illegally challenged by the government marked the anniversary Sunday of the act that freed slaves throughout the British Empire, drawing a direct link between...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 9:26 AM

BOSTON (AP) — Evictions, which have mostly been on pause during the pandemic, were expected to ramp up Monday after the Biden administration allowed the federal moratorium to expire over the weekend and Congress was unable to do anything to...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 12:08 AM

DORI: Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she saw among the attackers: children. Guns slung over their small frames, the children chanted “Allahu akbar,” as they surrounded her home in Solhan town in...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 12:05 AM

VERONA, Italy (AP) Shouts of “Liberty!” have echoed through the streets and squares of Italy and France as thousands show their opposition to plans to require vaccination cards for normal social activities, such as dining indoors at restaurants,...

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