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Independent legislator resigns

Published:Wednesday | September 9, 2020 | 12:13 AM

ST GEORGE’S, (CMC): Two years after electing Dr Dunstan Campbell as the representative for the agricultural and fishing communities in the Upper House of Parliament, he has had to step down due to medical reasons. President of the Senate, Chester...

Opposition parties blank request from OAS

Published:Wednesday | September 9, 2020 | 12:13 AM

PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): Opposition parties say they do not support a recent call by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almargo, that legislative elections should be held in the French-speaking Caribbean Community...

Computer glitches disrupt US classes as schools return online

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 5:11 PM

HOUSTON (AP) — Students across the United States ran into computer glitches Tuesday as they began the school year with online instruction at home because of the coronavirus, adding to the list of problems that have thrust many a harried...

Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 3:10 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed something about the people severely ill from COVID-19: Many were obese. The link became more apparent as coronavirus swept across the globe and data mounted, and researchers...

Young adults blamed as UK sees sharp spike in virus cases

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 11:04 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British government faced pressure to act fast Tuesday to keep a lid on daily new coronavirus infections after a sharp spike across the United Kingdom that has been largely blamed on party-going young adults disregarding...

Fearing virus, parents in Spain rise against back to school

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 9:51 AM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ángela López hardly fits the profile of a rule-breaker. But the mother of a 7-year-old girl with respiratory problems has found herself among parents ready to challenge Spanish authorities on a blanket...

California fire sparked by device to reveal baby’s gender

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 9:34 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A couple’s plan to reveal their baby’s gender went up not in blue or pink smoke but in flames when the device they used sparked a wildfire that burned thousands of acres and forced people to flee from a city...

During pandemic, black families trust black doctors

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 12:20 AM

JACKSON (AP): Dr Janice Bacon was exactly the person Kay McField hoped to talk to when she found herself spending most of her days in bed, feeling too depressed to get up as the coronavirus pandemic threatened those around her. As she watched those...

Gov’t slaps quarantines on Greek island travellers as cases rise

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 12:20 AM

LONDON (AP): The United Kingdom (UK) on Monday recorded nearly 3,000 new coronavirus cases for the second day running and unveiled a new “islands policy” that will require anyone returning to England from seven Greek islands, including Crete,...

Putin critic out of coma, is responsive

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 12:19 AM

BERLIN (AP): Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said on Monday. Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic of Russian...

Gov’t committed to racial harmony

Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2020 | 12:17 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on Monday said that it is committed to easing racial tension in the country and appealed to all citizens to do everything possible to deal with race conflict in Guyana. He said...

Tropical Storm Paulette forms in the central Atlantic

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 2:15 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Paulette formed Monday morning in the central Atlantic, far from land. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 40 miles per hour with modest strengthening expected over the next few days, the US ...

Saudi court issues final verdicts in Khashoggi killing

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 11:02 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his son, who still resides in the kingdom, announced pardons that spared...

Johnson says UK will quit Brexit talks if no deal by October 15

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 9:22 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked tough on Sunday ahead of a crucial round of post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union, saying Britain could walk away from the talks within weeks and insisting that a no-deal...

Anti-immigrant protesters scuffle with police in Dover

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:17 AM

LONDON (AP): Far-right protesters clashed with police Saturday in the English port of Dover, where thousands of migrants have arrived in recent months after crossing the Channel in small boats. Dozens of anti-immigrant demonstrators, some wearing...

Deposed president evacuated for medical treatment

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:17 AM

BAMAKO, (AP): Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted by a military coup in August, was evacuated late Saturday to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment, a diplomat said. The 75-year-old’s health has been in question since he...

WikiLeaks’ Assange to fight US extradition bid in court

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:17 AM

LONDON (AP): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to fight for his freedom in a British court after a decade of legal drama, as he challenges American authorities’ attempt to extradite him on spying charges over the site’s publication of secret...

Island shuts some schools after a week of classes

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:17 AM

HAVANA A small outbreak of COVID-19 cases has prompted authorities to reclose schools in a central Cuban province only a week after they opened. Ciego de Avila schools director Bárbara Rodríguez said 75 of the province’s 90 schools would return...

Businessman forms new party ahead of election

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:16 AM

HAMILTON, (CMC): Businessman Marc Bean, a controversial former Progressive Labour Party (PLP) leader, has launched a third force in Bermudian politics ahead of next month’s snap general election, and says the Free Democratic Movement (FDM) is ready...

Premier hoping for significant decline in COVID-19 cases by October

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:16 AM

TORTOLA, (CMC): Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Andrew Fahie is hoping that the recent spike in cases of COVID-19 will be brought under control by late October. Speaking during a recent interview, the premier said that vigorous...

Governor approves same-sex partnerships law

Published:Monday | September 7, 2020 | 12:16 AM

GEORGE TOWN, (CMC): The governor of the Cayman Islands, Martyn Roper, on Friday approved a law making same-sex partnerships legal in this British Overseas territory. “Today we will end the discrimination being suffered by Caymanians and others on...

Election chiefs in US worry about uncertainty as voting nears

Published:Friday | September 4, 2020 | 5:14 PM

Political battles and pending court fights threaten to upend months of planning for the pandemic election, election officials are warning. In key states, they remain hamstrung with only weeks to prepare. Ongoing partisan litigation could dictate...

Model projects 1.9M more coronavirus deaths by end of 2020

Published:Friday | September 4, 2020 | 3:45 PM

SEATTLE — A widely cited model predicts worsening outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere will lead to 1.9 million more coronavirus deaths in 2020 unless governments act. Mask mandates and social distancing could save hundreds of thousands of...

WHO: No vaccine to be endorsed before it’s safe and effective

Published:Friday | September 4, 2020 | 12:38 PM

LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said the UN health agency will not recommend any COVID-19 vaccine before it is proved safe and effective, even as Russia and China have started using their experimental vaccines before...

German prosecutors to charge mom with murder of 5 children

Published:Friday | September 4, 2020 | 12:24 PM

BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Friday they will charge a 27-year-old woman with murder after five of her young children were found dead at their home in the western city of Solingen. Heribert Kaune-Gebhardt, a prosecutor in nearby...

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