VENICE, Italy (AP): The sky itself is no limit for billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sánchez, who have traveled into space – and expectations were about as high ahead of their wedding in Venice on Friday. One of the world’s most enchanting...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There’s little to celebrate. Its clout on the world stage is diminished. Facing major...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): The Grenada government says there will be several restrictions in place when its seeks parliamentary approval to amend the legislation that will decriminalise the use of cannabis or marijuana for recreational, religious...
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): The Ministry of National Education says it is preparing to distribute more than 34,000 cheques to all its staff, teachers and administrative staff throughout Haiti. It said each of the cheques represents four months of...
BELMOPAN (CMC): The Joint Unions Negotiating Team (JUNT) says it is will meet to discuss the latest wage offer from the government for public sector workers in Belize. The government is now offering a 4.5 per cent salary increase, starting this...
BASSETERRE (CMC): The St Kitts-Nevis government has announced a three-month temporary tax relief measure on school supplies beginning from July this year. “Education is the foundation of our nation’s future and we recognise the financial...
BANGUI (AP): An explosion and the stampede that followed killed at least 29 schoolchildren and injured more than 250 at a high school in Central African Republic’s capital city, authorities said Thursday. The explosion occurred Wednesday at the...
CAIRO (AP): A truck and a microbus collided on a road in Egypt on Friday, killing 19 people, officials said. The microbus was carrying workers on a regional road in the city of Ashmoun, in the Nile Delta province of Menoufia, as they were heading...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP): The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp. Homeland...
TOKYO (AP): A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan’s Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer”, was sentenced to death in 2020 for the...
SEOUL (AP): Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans were apprehended on front-line...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo said Friday he has not signed an agreement with the United States to take asylum seekers from other countries, pushing back against comments from US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC -The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Friday said that it had seized marijuana worth more than one million Trinidad and Tobago dollars after arresting a 25-year-old man at the Scarborough Port on Thursday. “...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, US$1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans were...
NEW YORK (AP): The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP): Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention centre to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Republican Governor...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that his country had delivered a “slap to America’s face” by striking a US air base in Qatar and warned against further attacks in his first public...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Former attorney general, Cajeton Hood, says he is not in favour of a decision by the government to change a section of Grenada’s Constitution by tabling legislation in the Parliament. Hood, who served as attorney general from...
MIAMI, (CMC): A high-school teacher from the state Florida has pleaded guilty to her role in a transnational firearms smuggling operation linked to a criminal organisation based in Trinidad and Tobago. Shannon Lee Samlalsingh, 46, of Tampa,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that states can block the country's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings. The 6-3...
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — An explosion and the stampede that followed killed at least 29 schoolchildren and injured more than 250 at a high school in Central African Republic's capital city, authorities said Thursday. The explosion...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to clear the way for the deportation of several immigrants to South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties. The motion comes a day after the...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defence spending Wednesday after pressure from US President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked. The 32 leaders...
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, (PAHO/WHO): From June 17-19 representatives from the Ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies and other key stakeholders met in Barbados to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least eight Kenyans died and more than 80 others were receiving specialised treatment Wednesday, with some sustaining gunshot wounds, during countrywide protests against police brutality and poor governance, human rights...
