LONDON (AP) — A terminal at London's Heathrow Airport that was mothballed because of the coronavirus pandemic reopened Tuesday to serve passengers arriving from high-risk countries — an action that critics said was long overdue....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favour of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products. The justices did not comment Tuesday in...
LONDON (AP) — The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 — a contentious proposal that was immediately criticised by opposition leaders as counterproductive. The U.K. government...
PHOENIX (AP) — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the US since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru on Monday announced a sharp increase in its COVID-19 death toll, saying there have been more than 180,000 fatalities since the pandemic hit the country early last year. The announcement was made in the presidential...
BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid ageing of its population, which is adding to strains on the...
LONDON (AP) — The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 — a contentious proposal that was immediately criticised by opposition leaders as counterproductive. The UK government...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is asking for a Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favour of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using the company's talc products. The case features an...
HIALEAH, Florida (AP): Two people died and an estimated 20 to 25 people were injured by gunfire in a shooting outside a banquet hall in South Florida, police said. The gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest Miami-Dade...
MEXICO CITY (AP): The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico’s ‘hugs, not bullets’ policy with a policy of its own: The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to...
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP): The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest indigenous residential school — one of the institutions that held children taken...
MEXICO CITY (AP): The daughter-in-law of a politically influential British magnate was in custody in Belize on Saturday, under investigation in the shooting death of a police superintendent. Police Commissioner Chester C. Williams told local media...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC): The Government of Suriname on Saturday announced a total lockdown of the country for just over two weeks in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. The announcement was made by President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who...
GUYANA Government working to secure food, shelter for flood-affected communities (CMC): Guyana vice-president Dr Bharrat Jagdeo says the Government is working to ensure that persons affected by flooding across the country are provided with...
UNITED STATES (AP): The inaugural harvest of genetically modified salmon began last week after the pandemic delayed the sale of the first such altered animal to be cleared for human consumption in the United States, company officials said. Several...
LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds got married yesterday in a small private ceremony in London, UK newspapers reported. Johnson’s office declined to comment on reports in the media that the couple wed...
Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory? Yes, with some exceptions. Experts say United States employers can require employees to take safety measures, including vaccination. That doesn’t necessarily mean you would get fired if you refuse...
After a year of coronavirus lockdowns, the start of summer beckons with vacation plans made possible by relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. But a severe worker shortage brings a warning for travellers: Expect delays and pack a little patience....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP): As the US marks 100 years since one of its most shameful historical chapters, researchers, including descendants of black victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre, are preparing to resume a search for remains believed to have been...
WASHINGTON (AP): Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to study the January 6 attack on the Capitol in a show of party loyalty to former President Donald Trump, aiming to shift the political focus away from the violent...
BOGAN GATE (AP): At night, the floors of sheds vanish beneath carpets of scampering mice. Ceilings come alive with the sounds of scratching. One family blamed mice chewing electrical wires for their house burning down. Vast tracts of land in...
NASSAU: The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation has praised the government’s decision to further support and grow small businesses even as it expressed concerns that additional spending could lead to increased taxes,...
PORT AU PRINCE: The head of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Mission in Haiti, Aline Serin, has condemned the murder of a staff member who was shot on his way home from work. “Moise was our colleague and our friend, and now he is another victim...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Actor Bill Cosby won't be released on parole this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programmes during his nearly three years in state prison in Pennsylvania. The 83-year-old Cosby has long said he...
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security says there won't be any federal vaccination database or any mandate that requires people to get a single vaccination credential. It says there are no plans for anything like a US passport....
