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Machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school, killing four children

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 5:10 PM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A man killed four children in a machete attack inside a nursery school in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Thursday, police said. The man gained access to the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala by...

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 4:43 PM

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think...

Bahamians vote for new government on May 12

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 4:04 PM

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - Bahamians go to the polls on May 12 to elect a new government, with Prime Minister Philip Davis saying that Parliament will be dissolved on April 8 and that the writs for the elections, issued five months ahead of the...

Amazon to slap 3.5% surcharge on third-party sellers as Middle East war drives up fuel prices

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 9:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers using its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran started. The temporary charge is effective April 17 for...

Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as US pressures the island’s government

Published:Friday | April 3, 2026 | 8:59 AM

HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the...

FBI team arrives in Cuba to investigate fatal shooting of US-flagged speedboat

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 3:13 PM

HAVANA (AP) — FBI agents have arrived in Cuba to investigate the fatal shooting of five men aboard a United States-flagged speedboat in February that the Cuban government said was carrying suspects who were trying to infiltrate the island. Five...

Trinidad and Tobago Police Service website faced shutdown due to non-payment to service providers

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 12:45 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Homeland Security Minister in Trinidad, Roger Alexander, confirmed on Wednesday that the website of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) was shut down in February following the non-payment to service...

UK gathers more than 40 countries to plot ways of reopening Strait of Hormuz

Published:Thursday | April 2, 2026 | 8:33 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world’s economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the US-Israeli war...

St Kitts wants cautious approach to marijuana use

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 1:08 PM

BASSETERRE, ST Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew says the integration of cannabis into the St Kitts and Nevis society must be done responsibly to safeguard the economy, public health, as well as the social and financial stability of the...

South Africa hit by record diesel price hikes despite fuel levy cut

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 11:57 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African motorists were on Tuesday headed to gas stations in large numbers in anticipation of record fuel hikes that will come into effect at midnight as the world continues to feel impacts of the Iran war that has...

Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube aren’t fully complying with child account ban, Australia says

Published:Wednesday | April 1, 2026 | 8:26 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog said Tuesday it was considering court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16...

JetBlue raises checked bag fees as Middle East war affects fuel costs

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 9:42 PM

United States carrier JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees by as much as US$9 as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies and increases fuel prices. The new fees took effect Monday. For most domestic economy passengers, the...

Cuba to introduce two new banknotes honouring women to ease inflation as crises persist

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 9:22 PM

HAVANA (AP) — Cubans accustomed to shopping with wads of bills stuffed into bags because of skyrocketing inflation will get some relief Wednesday when two new high-denomination banknotes go into circulation. Cuba’s Central Bank was set to...

Haiti imposes austerity measures as Middle East war drives up oil prices and disrupts supplies

Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2026 | 7:46 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government announced new austerity measures on Tuesday as the war in Iran disrupts critical oil supplies and drives up prices worldwide. Officials in the troubled Caribbean country imposed a ban on the...

Airport bottlenecks in US ease as TSA workers get paid, but shutdown continues

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 7:08 PM

Frustrating security lines dwindled at United States airports Monday, clearing the worst bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration officers began receiving backpay for working during the government shutdown. Checkpoint lines that at...

Former senior CARICOM official questions re-appointment of secretary general

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:08 AM

CMC Former assistant secretary general (ASG) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Joseph Cox, is raising questions regarding the re-appointment of Dr Carla Barnett as the secretary general of the 15-member regional integration grouping. “Can Dr...

Browne issues warning to supporters ahead of naming date for general election

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:08 AM

ST JOHN’S CMC: Prime Minister Gaston Browne is warning supporters of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) against becoming complacent as the country gears for a general election that is expected to take place next month. While no...

Disney opens World of Frozen in Paris

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:07 AM

CHESSY (AP): A 118-foot mountain of ice rose over the suburban Paris countryside this weekend as Disney opened its Arendelle kingdom to the world –Elsa’s palace glowing at the summit, a ‘Frozen’ Nordic fishing village below, and the company’s new...

Missing sailboats land in Havana after being located by Mexican navy

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:07 AM

HAVANA (AP): Two sailboats that went missing carrying humanitarian aid from southern Mexico to Cuba landed in Havana on Saturday afternoon, hours after Mexico’s navy said it had located the boats days after they went incommunicado because of bad...

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:06 AM

ROME (AP): Pope Leo XIV, on Sunday, rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St Peter’s Square. With the US-Israeli war on Iran...

Pyongyang tests engine for missile capable of targeting US mainland

Published:Monday | March 30, 2026 | 12:06 AM

SEOUL (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for weapons capable of reaching the US mainland, and called it a significant development boosting his country’s strategic military arsenal, state media...

Lebanon | Israeli airstrike kills 3 journalists

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:07 AM

BEIRUT (AP): An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three journalists who were covering the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, their TV stations said. Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV said its longtime correspondent Ali Shoeib was killed in...

Former T&T PM wins defamation appeal

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:06 AM

Former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Stuart Young has successfully defended a defamation ruling against the Trinidad Express, with the Court of Appeal affirming an award of more than TT$500,000 (J$11.5 million) in damages. In a judgment...

Parliament in Antigua to be dissolved on April 1, paving way for elections

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 2:31 PM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister Gaston Browne Friday confirmed that he has written to Governor General, Sir Rodney Williams, advising him to dissolve Parliament for a general election that will be held next month. In the last general...

Kidnapped Trinidadian woman rescued at sea hours after being taken

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2026 | 5:59 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — A 73-year-old kidnapping victim has been safely rescued following a dramatic late-night operation at sea after law enforcement intercepted a vessel off the coast of Trinidad in what officials are calling a major...

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