A group of nervous fish sellers got very close to La Soufrière, the volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, on the morning of May 7, 1902. "The top of the mountain was covered in mist, and the foremost of them followed the path up to the...
TORONTO (AP): Ontario's premier retracted restrictions Saturday that banned playgrounds and allowed police to require anyone not at home to explain why they're out after a backlash from police forces, health officials and the public. The pandemic...
WINDSOR, England (AP): Sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth cut a regal but solitary figure: still the monarch, but now alone. The queen sat apart from family members at the simple but sombre ceremony at...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to US President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful environmental track record by his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, and urging him to condition any support for...
LONDON (AP): Prince Philip, who liked Land Rovers and drove them for much of his life, made his last journey in one – a no-nonsense vehicle customised at his direction, down to its military green colour. The modified Land Rover TD5 130 carried...
HAVANA (AP): Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution. The 89-year-old Castro made the announcement Friday...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Former secretary general of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, Dr Patrick Gomes, says “very tough negotiations will be necessary depending on the priorities of countries and regions” as he welcomes...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The World Bank has launched an early replenishment process of the International Development Association (IDA) to support Caribbean and other countries in their recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, and transition to “green, resilient...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC): Parliament is due to hold its first sitting on Wednesday next week following this week’s legislative elections, but there remains confusion as to who will head a new government in this British overseas territory...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): The Guyana government Friday denied as “mischievous and malicious” reports on social media that a councillor had died after he had been administered the COVID-19 vaccine. A statement issued by the Ministry of Health said...
PORT AU Prince, Haiti (CMC): The United States says it is looking forward to working with the new prime minister of Haiti, Claude Joseph, who has pledged to continue efforts for the staging of a referendum and the organisation of new elections in...
President of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) Dr Lynden Rose is encouraging citizens to report justices of the peace (JPs) operating in breach of the code of conduct to the office of the custos in their parish. “In terms of how...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The chief executive of Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines and a critical supplier of the World Health Organization-backed COVAX facility, asked President Joe Biden on Twitter to lift the US...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia reported its first death linked to the AstraZeneca shot on Friday. The 48-year-old woman was injected with the vaccine on April 8. That was hours before Australian authorities recommended people under the age...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP): Former Officer Derek Chauvin chose not to take the stand as testimony at his murder trial ended Thursday, passing up the chance to explain to the jury and the public for the first time what he was thinking when he pressed his knee...
WASHINGTON (AP): The Biden administration on Thursday announced the US is expelling 10 Russian diplomats and imposing sanctions against dozens of companies and people, holding the Kremlin accountable for interference in last year’s presidential...
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe has announced his resignation with President Jovenel Moise saying that his departure “will make it possible to address the glaring problem of insecurity” in the French-speaking Caribbean Community...
GEORGE TOWN (CMC): Finance Minister Roy McTaggart is being tipped to lead the new coalition government in this British Overseas Territory after voters on Wednesday re-elected 12 incumbents and seven newcomers including three women to the 19-seat...
WELLINGTON (AP): When the pall-bearers brought Phil McLean’s coffin into the chapel, there were gasps before a wave of laughter rippled through the hundreds of mourners. The coffin was a giant cream doughnut. “It overshadowed the sadness and the...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court has allowed a Senate investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic to go forward, one of two cases it tackled that could affect the leader’s bid for reelection...
GENEVA (AP) — A top official from the World Health Organization says Europe has surpassed one million deaths from COVID-19 and the situation remains “serious,” with about 1.6 million new cases reported each week in the region. The...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s top health official said Thursday he wants to believe that India will lift export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, warning that “India is not an island” while some African...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP): George Floyd died of a sudden heart rhythm disturbance as a result of his heart disease, a forensic pathologist testified for the defense Wednesday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, contradicting experts who said...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP): A Burkina Faso military tribunal on Tuesday charged former President Blaise Compaore with complicity in the murder of Thomas Sankara, whom he ousted in a 1987 coup. Thirteen other people were charged in connection...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): More than a dozen men broke into a US-run orphanage in Haiti’s capital, killed the security guard and then raped two girls and a woman, the manager told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The incident occurred late Sunday...
