MOSCOW (AP) — Russian scientists have belatedly published first results from early trials into the experimental Sputnik V vaccine, which received government approval last month but drew considerable criticism from experts, as the shots had...
BEIRUT (AP) — Rescue workers used cranes, shovels and their bare hands in search operations that resumed early Friday in the rubble of a building that collapsed last month in Beirut’s catastrophic explosion, hoping to find a survivor...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said Thursday that people who vote early by mail should show up at their local polling places on election day and vote again if their ballots haven’t been counted, a suggestion that experts said would lead to...
BEIJING (AP): Beijing’s main international airport on Thursday began receiving international flights again from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection. Passengers flying in from Cambodia, Greece, Denmark,...
SAN JUAN (CMC): The police in Puerto Rico, along with officials from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), on Wednesday arrested three nationals from the Dominican Republic and seized 174.07 pounds of cocaine after they landed near a beach in...
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): The government of Haiti is in the process of organising a charter flight to facilitate the repatriation of citizens who have been stranded in the French Antilles following restrictions applied on international air travel due...
HAMILTON (CMC): Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier has accused Premier David Burt of embarking on a “personal power trip” in calling a snap general election next month, despite holding a commanding 11-seat majority in the House of Assembly....
PUNTA GORDA (AP): Hurricane Nana made landfall in Belize, pelting a relatively sparsely populated stretch of the country’s coast with heavy rain and wind, before weakening to a tropical storm while pushing across Guatemala on Thursday. The US...
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by November 1. The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise...
PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Hurricane Nana made landfall in Belize, pelting a relatively sparsely populated stretch of the country’s coast with heavy rain and wind before weakening to a tropical storm. The US National Hurricane Center...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it won’t pay more than $60 million in dues it owes to the World Health Organization and will use the money instead to pay down other contributions to the United Nations. The...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s justice minister says the nation is confronting cyberattacks on an unprecedented scale, targeting everything from the stock market to the weather service. Andrew Little said in an interview...
Published:Wednesday | September 2, 2020 | 11:04 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and one of her top aides for continuing to investigate war crimes allegations against...
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting calls to extend a government programme that has paid the wages of millions of workers laid off during the coronavirus lockdown. Since April, the government has paid 80% of the...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Omar formed off the US east coast on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nana approached the coast of Central America, the US National Hurricane Center reported. Forecasters predict Nana will strengthen to a hurricane by the...
Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday’s report, from tests on more than 30,000 people...
Published:Wednesday | September 2, 2020 | 12:29 AM
HAVANA (AP): Cuban authorities ordered a strict 15-day lockdown of Havana on Tuesday seeking to stamp out the low-level but persistent spread of the novel coronavirus in the capital. Aggressive anti-virus measures, including closing down air travel...
Published:Wednesday | September 2, 2020 | 12:26 AM
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Former government minister Manzoor Nadir was on Tuesday elected unopposed as Speaker of the National Assembly, but the opposition legislators walked out to protest the election of Lenox Shuman as deputy speaker Nadir was...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities ordered a strict 15-day lockdown of Havana on Tuesday seeking to stamp out the low-level but persistent spread of the novel coronavirus in the capital. Aggressive anti-virus measures including closing down air...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked a New York prosecutor from obtaining Donald Trump’s tax returns while his lawyers continue to fight a subpoena seeking the records. The three-judge panel ruled after hearing...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nana will likely be a hurricane before it strikes the coast of Central America, the United States National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. Forecasters said people in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Mexico...
PARIS (AP) — Tugging on their masks or dashing to hug long-unseen friends, millions of children returned to school across Europe and beyond Tuesday in a mass experiment aimed at bridging inequalities and resuscitating economies —...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against the plastic waste that litters Africa, according to environmentalists who fear the continent will be used as a...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As the COVID-19 pandemic froze the United States economy, not all Latin American immigrants living there were affected equally, a look at the money they sent back to their birthplaces reveals. While remittances for the...
BEIJING (AP) — Rescue efforts ended at a two-story restaurant in a northern Chinese village that collapsed during a local resident’s 80th birthday celebration, leaving 29 people dead, authorities said Sunday. The Ministry of Emergency...
