Published:Thursday | September 17, 2020 | 12:08 AM
GENEVA (AP): Independent experts for the United Nations’ (UN) top human rights body accused the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday of crimes against humanity, highlighting grisly cases of torture and killings allegedly...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 2:08 PM
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — About 12 million people in South Africa have “probably” been infected with the coronavirus, but that startlingly high number has not caused a similarly high death rate and might indicate a widespread...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 1:17 PM
LONDON (AP) — United Kingdom lawmakers criticised the government’s handling of the COVID-19 testing crisis for a second day Wednesday as opposition leaders claimed Prime Minister Boris Johnson lacked a cohesive plan to tackle the virus...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 9:22 AM
PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore in Alabama with 105 miles per hour winds and torrential rain Wednesday, swamping homes and trapping people in high water along the Gulf Coast as it crept inland for what could be...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 9:02 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of scepticism rippling across the land. In a report to...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 12:11 AM
Barbados will become a republic by next year, according to the Barbados Nation newspaper. This announcement was made by Governor General Dame Sandra Mason as she delivered the Throne Speech during the State Opening of Parliament at Lloyd Erskine...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 12:10 AM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Barbados government has signalled its intention to recognise same-sex relationships and reducing the penalties for persons caught with a quantity of cannabis commonly referred to on the street as ‘roach’ or ‘spliff...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 12:10 AM
BERLIN (AP): Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany where he’s recuperating from being poisoned with a nerve agent, wryly joking about being able to breathe on his own. “Hi,...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2020 | 12:10 AM
CARACAS (AP): Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Monday said a US citizen recently arrested in the country as a suspected spy has been charged in an alleged terrorist plot to sabotage oil refineries and electrical service in order to stir unrest. The...
ORANGE BEACH, Alabama (AP) — Hurricane Sally drifted in a slow crawl Tuesday toward the northern Gulf Coast, threatening dangerous storm surge and relentless rainfall that forecasters warned could trigger historic flooding as the storm was...
RIO RANCHO, New Mexico (AP) — A growing number of states are facing pressure to ban race-based discrimination against hair texture and hairstyles in schools and the workplace. Advocates this week presented a draft proposal to New Mexico...
GENEVA (AP) — A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States has all but incapacitated the WTO’s ability...
LONDON (AP) — Hospitals in England say a shortage of COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom is jeopardising medical staffing and preparations for a potential surge in coronavirus cases this winter. Inadequate testing is leading to...
A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalised COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery by an additional day. Eli Lilly announced the results Monday from a 1,000-person study...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Almost 1,000 firefighters and 15 water-dropping aircraft battled a major wildfire in central Portugal on Monday, as strong winds pushed the flames through dense and hilly woodlands. The blaze was in central Portugal...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Monday accused a US citizen recently arrested in the Caribbean nation of spying and planning to sabotage oil refineries and electrical service in order to stir unrest and...
WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) — A 70-year-old man was beaten after he asked a man who wasn’t wearing a mask to practice social distancing inside a central Florida gas station, police said. The two men began arguing around 7:30 p.m. on...
BERLIN (AP) — Officials in southern Germany are considering imposing hefty fines against a 26-year-old American woman linked to a cluster of coronavirus cases in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, including at a hotel that...
BRASILIA (AP): A vast swathe of a vital wetlands is burning in Brazil, sweeping across several national parks and obscuring the sun behind dense smoke. Preliminary figures from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, based on satellite images,...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced that a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring...
LAS VEGAS (AP): President Donald Trump on Sunday aimed for further inroads with Latinos who could prove vital in closely contested states that could determine the White House race, promoting economic gains these voters made before the coronavirus...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, will be on a two-day visit this week, a senior Guyana government official has confirmed. Permanent Secretary in the foreign ministry, Ambassador Audrey Jardine-Waddell, told...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): United States-based carrier JetBlue is set to launch a major Caribbean expansion in November, with new routes across the region from Aruba to St Maarten. In a recent announcement, the airline said that starting November 19, it...
NASSAU (CMC): Members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Royal Bahamas Police Marine Division and the United States Coast Guard were on Sunday continuing a search-and-rescue mission for several Haitian and Jamaican nationals reportedly...
NEW DELHI (AP): India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 1,114 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up...
