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Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

Published:Friday | November 6, 2020 | 12:09 AM

ATHENS (AP): With a surge in coronavirus cases straining health systems in many European countries, Greece announced a nationwide lockdown Thursday in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its hospitals come under “unbearable”...

Request denied for moving trial of ex-officers in Floyd’s death

Published:Friday | November 6, 2020 | 12:08 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP): A judge on Thursday rejected defence requests to move the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death, and also ordered that all four will be tried together instead of separately. Hennepin...

Border control reinforced following attacks

Published:Friday | November 6, 2020 | 12:08 AM

PARIS (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France is reinforcing its border controls after a series of attacks that hit the country in recent weeks. Macron said the number of police and troops in charge of border controls...

Fact Check | Trump fabricates election corruption

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 10:34 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing “horror stories”, President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabricated accusations Thursday in an audacious attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. election. Standing behind the presidential...

#USelection | Election judge worked despite COVID-19 diagnosis, then died

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 3:12 PM

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St Louis election official who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a positive test for the coronavirus has now died, raising concerns for the nearly 2,000 people who voted there. St....

US sets record for cases amid election battle over coronavirus

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 1:14 PM

New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States have climbed to an all-time high of more than 86,000 per day on average, in a glimpse of the worsening crisis that lies ahead for the winner of the presidential election. Cases and...

#USelection | Georgia judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 12:04 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in Georgia has dismissed a lawsuit by the state Republican Party and President Donald Trump’s campaign that asked him to ensure a coastal county was following state laws on processing absentee ballots. Chatham...

Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 9:39 AM

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence from Serbia in the late 1990s, resigned on Thursday and will face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity...

#USelection | Election observer says no evidence for Trump’s fraud claims

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 9:33 AM

BERLIN (AP) — The head of an international delegation monitoring the US election says his team has no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claims about alleged fraud involving mail-in absentee ballots. Michael Georg Link, a...

#USelection | Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the White House

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 9:17 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President...

‘Travel Bubble’ burst

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 12:11 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): The St Kitts-Nevis government says it is opting out of the ‘CARICOM Travel Bubble’, citing a number of health concerns to its citizens and residents as the region continues to grapple with the impact of the coronavirus (...

US formally exits Paris Agreement

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 12:10 AM

BERLIN (AP): The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact it helped forge five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threatened by US President Donald Trump and triggered by...

Scattered protests, but no wide unrest seen

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 12:10 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Scattered protests took place from Washington, DC, to Washington state in the hours after polls closed, but there were no signs of widespread unrest or violence linked to the US election. The outcome of the hard-fought contest for...

Caribbean-American legislators victorious in US elections

Published:Thursday | November 5, 2020 | 12:09 AM

NEW YORK, (CMC): Even as a clear winner is yet to be determined between Republican President Donald J. Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the United states presidential election, the overwhelming number of Caribbean Americans...

#USelection | Scattered protests in US cities, but no wide unrest seen

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 5:01 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scattered protests took place from Washington, D.C., to Washington state as votes were counted, but there were no signs of widespread unrest or violence linked to the US election. The outcome of the hard-fought contest...

#USelection | Trump sues in Pennsylvania and Michigan vote count, asks for recount in Wisconsin

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 3:52 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign said it filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania and Michigan, laying the groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states that could determine whether President Donald Trump gets...

#USelection | Police: 6 arrested in Election Day protest in North Carolina

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 2:15 PM

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Six people were arrested in North Carolina’s capital city when a crowd of protesters marching on Election Day began throwing rocks and other items during the demonstration, police said. The arrests...

#USelection | Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 11:52 AM

A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as five more states legalised marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine...

Eta lashes Nicaragua with rains, deadly mudslides

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 10:12 AM

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta spun through northern Nicaragua Wednesday after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, its floodwaters isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly...

#USelection | Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs on

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 9:28 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes fading for Senate control, Democrats had a disappointing election night as Republicans swatted down an onslaught of challengers and fought to retain their fragile majority. Several races remained undecided into...

#USelection | Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 9:21 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to go to the US Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated. In a statement sent before 4:00 a.m....

#USelection | Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 9:14 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and...

Referendum to be held on new constitution

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 12:10 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): President Jovenel Moïse has announced plans for a national debate on a new constitution for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country ahead of a referendum on the new document early next year. Moïse, who late...

Retailers fret over Christmas as lockdown looms

Published:Wednesday | November 4, 2020 | 12:10 AM

LONDON (AP): This year, the annual illumination of the Christmas lights on London’s famous Oxford Street was very much a bittersweet moment. The lights, which were turned on this week, are celebrating the people who helped during the coronavirus...

IS attack on university leaves 22 dead

Published:Tuesday | November 3, 2020 | 12:12 AM

KABUL (AP): Islamic State militants in Afghanistan stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at least 22 dead and 22 wounded at the war-torn country...

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