SURFSIDE, Florida (AP): A wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed with a roar in a town outside Miami early Thursday, killing at least one person and trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal. Rescuers pulled out dozens of...
ATHENS (AP): Seven senior members of Greece’s Orthodox Church and three others were hospitalised with burns Wednesday after being attacked with a caustic liquid, allegedly by a priest facing a disciplinary hearing, authorities said. The incident...
Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the US now are among people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle....
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP): Leaders of indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found more than 600 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children – a discovery that follows last month’s...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 4.7 million people out of the middle-class and into vulnerability or poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) last year, likely reversing decades of social gains, according to a new World Bank...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations (UN) said a total of 184 countries in its General Assembly on Wednesday voted in favour of a resolution to demand the end of the United States’ economic blockade on Cuba, for the 29th year in a row, with the...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Thirty thousand doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine are expected to arrive on Friday, Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic said Wednesday, as he also reported a new cluster of COVID-19 cases at one business place...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision to destroy the family home of a detained Palestinian accused of a deadly shooting. It rejected a petition by his estranged wife, who lives in the house with their children and...
ABIDJAN (AP): An Ivory Coast court has sentenced prominent opposition figure and former prime minister, Guillaume Soro, to life in prison for “undermining the security of the state”. The criminal court in the West African country’s largest city,...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government has signalled its intention to impose visa requirements targeting nationals from Haiti and Cuba as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country grapples with an influx of illegal migrants. Last weekend the...
CIUDAD VICTORIA (AP): Mexico’s president vowed to investigate the border shootings that left 19 people dead over the weekend, even as the latest homicide figures showed a rebound in killings nationwide. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said...
BELMOPAN (CMC): Leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Patrick Faber, has been replaced as the opposition leader in Parliament, even as moves are afoot to replace him as leader of the party at a special convention. Faber has...
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom's travel industry held a day of action Wednesday, pressing the British government to allow more quarantine-free travel and provide cash-strapped businesses with much-needed financial support. Hundreds of...
BERLIN — A spokesman for Angela Merkel says the German Chancellor received two different vaccines in a conscious effort to encourage people not to be afraid if they are advised to get a mix of shots. Merkel's office confirmed Tuesday that...
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese prosecutor Wednesday ordered the release of seven people who were detained after last year's deadly massive blast at Beirut's port, state media reported. The decision by Ghassan Khoury came a day after the...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia reached 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 this week, becoming just the tenth country in the world to hit the grim milestone. The South American nation of 50 million has been registering a growing number...
LONDON (AP) — The British government won't extend the June 30 deadline for European Union citizens in the United Kingdom to apply for permanent residency or risk losing their right to live and work in the UK. Britain's departure...
MANILA (AP): The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country if they would not cooperate with efforts to end a public health emergency. President Rodrigo...
GENEVA (AP): Canada and 40 other countries on Tuesday urged China to allow “immediate, meaningful and unfettered access” so independent observers can visit its western Xinjiang region, while a Chinese envoy demanded that Canadian authorities “stop...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as concerns grow about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead. The push is under way as the...
DUBAI (AP): American authorities took down a range of Iran’s state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, the US and Iran said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions...
MANAGUA (AP): International criticism of Nicaragua’s government grew on Tuesday after another night of arrests in Managua. Fifty-nine countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council signed on to a statement expressing concern over arbitrary...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities took down a range of Iran's state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, the US and Iran said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as concerns grow about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead. The push is...
