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Scottish gov’t sets stage for another independence vote

Published:Sunday | May 9, 2021 | 12:30 AM

LONDON (AP): The Scottish National Party won its fourth straight parliamentary election on Saturday and insisted it will push on with another referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK, even though it failed by one seat to secure a majority...

Authorities: Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards sold at California bar

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 5:05 PM

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — The owner of a Northern California bar where authorities say made-to-order fake COVID-19 vaccination cards were sold to undercover state agents for $20 each was arrested in what officials call the first such...

UK to ease holiday travel ban, but keeps most quarantine requirements

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 4:22 PM

LONDON (AP) — Britain announced a “first tentative step” Friday toward resuming international travel, saying United Kingdom citizens will be able to travel to countries including Portugal, Iceland, and Israel later this month...

WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 12:13 PM

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorisation Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of doses to reach needy countries through a WHO-backed...

UK to offer under-40s alternative to AstraZeneca shot over blood clot concerns

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 10:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — People under 40 in Britain will not be given the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine if another shot is available because of a link to extremely rare blood clots, the government said Friday. It said the change would not...

Four ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in George Floyd death

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 9:42 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis cops involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained...

Country to hold referendum in June

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 12:23 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti has signalled its intention to hold a controversial referendum ahead of presidential and general elections despite growing international criticism. “A referendum is an act of sovereignty. It essentially concerns...

Gov’t eases hospital oxygen shortage as demand jumps

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 12:22 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): UNDER ORDER by the Supreme Court, India’s government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a two-week-old shortage that worsened the country’s exploding...

Florida governor signs GOP voting law critics call ‘un-American’

Published:Friday | May 7, 2021 | 12:22 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP): Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging list of new voting restrictions into law Thursday, staging a misleading, made-for-TV ceremony meant to tout his credentials on a top priority for the Republican Party’s...

CDC sets rules for trial cruises with volunteer passengers

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 4:55 PM

Cruise lines can soon begin trial voyages in the United States waters with volunteer passengers helping test whether the ships can sail safely during a pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave ship operators final technical...

More support for easing vaccine patent rules, but hurdles remain

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 2:35 PM

GENEVA (AP) — Several world leaders Thursday praised a call by the United States to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries by removing patent protections on the shots. But the proposal faces a multitude of hurdles, including...

India hits another grim coronavirus record as oxygen demand jumps

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 9:53 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped sevenfold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. The number of...

EU proposes developing COVID-19 drug treatments

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 9:33 AM

BRUSSELS — The European Union's executive arm has proposed EU nations join forces to develop and deploy COVID-19 treatments across the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission says vaccines will not eradicate coronavirus “overnight...

Facebook board upholds Trump ban

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 12:19 AM

Four months after Facebook suspended Trump’s accounts, having concluded that he incited violence leading to the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, the company’s quasi-independent oversight board upheld the bans. But it told Facebook to specify how long...

Virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 12:17 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India’s hospitals were packed with coronavirus patients, relatives of the sick scrambled to find supplies of oxygen, and crematoriums were running near full capacity to handle the dead. Yet despite those clear signs of an...

Woman gives birth to nonuplets – 5 girls, 4 boys

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 12:16 AM

BAMAKO, Mali (AP): A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at once – after only expecting seven, according to Mali’s minister of health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born. It appeared to be the first time on record that a...

Gov’t wins appeal preventing creditors from garnishing state accounts

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 12:15 AM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): The Grenada government says it has won an appeal to prevent State creditors from garnishing the State’s accounts and using other similar execution methods when enforcing money judgments against the State. In a statement...

Country to hold referendum in June

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 12:15 AM

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): Haiti has signalled its intention to hold a controversial referendum ahead of presidential and general elections, despite growing international criticism. “A referendum is an act of sovereignty. It essentially concerns...

US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 5:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai...

Chauvin’s lawyer seeks new trial, hearing to impeach verdict

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 2:49 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defence attorney for the former Minneapolis cop convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion, and he wants a hearing to have the verdict impeached because...

Canada authorises Pfizer vaccine for age 12 and older

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 12:06 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian health officials said Wednesday they have become the first to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for ages as young as 12. Dr Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, confirmed the decision for ages 12...

Top court orders India’s government to present oxygen plan

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 10:03 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's government, facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in coronavirus infections, was ordered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday to submit a plan to meet New Delhi hospitals' oxygen needs...

Facebook board upholds Trump suspension

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 9:39 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump won't return to Facebook — at least not yet. The social network's quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended...

Gov’t, Opposition differ on need to extend state of emergency

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 12:19 AM

CASTRIES, (CMC): Government and Opposition legislators Tuesday differed on the need for extending a state of emergency (SOE) by a further five months with at least one legislator noting that there should have been a general consensus “on the ground...

Grenada bans travellers from India, Brazil

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2021 | 12:18 AM

ST. GEORGE’S, (CMC): Grenada Tuesday announced a ban on persons entering the island with a travel history that includes visits to India and Brazil in the past 14 days as it seeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “This...

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