ALBANY, New York (AP) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd’s killing, including one...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to authorise sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “an unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule...
LONDON (AP) — Three major airlines have launched legal action against the British government, describing the country’s plan to quarantine most incoming travellers as “flawed.” British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair said in a...
LONDON (AP): From Confederate monuments in the United States (US) to statues of British slave traders, memorials erected in honour of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world. The death of George Floyd at the hands of...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be one with a significant difference from other years, with regional countries already reeling from a prolonged drought, as well as the economic fallout from the global pandemic COVID-19. Among...
Cocoa farmers in Grenada are to benefit from a $1-million grant provided by the government, as well as a $1-million loan to the Grenada Cocoa Association for the purpose of providing price support payments to farmers, similar to what was approved a...
The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the United States is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, while hard-hit Brazil is testing a different shot from China. Where to do crucial,...
Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Northwestern Medicine on Thursday announced the procedure, which took place last Friday. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Scores of people waiting to recite the oath of citizenship — the final step in the citizenship process — should be naturalised immediately so that they have time to register to vote this fall, immigrant rights...
LONDON (AP) — From Confederate monuments in the United States to statues of British slave traders, memorials erected in honour of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world. The death of George Floyd at the hands of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a broadside against the International Criminal Court, President Donald Trump on Thursday authorised economic penalties and travel restrictions against court workers involved in investigating American troops and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration authorities can’t make civil arrests at New York state courthouses or arrest anyone going there for a proceeding because a policy change was made in an arbitrary and capricious manner, a federal judge...
JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization says the pandemic in Africa is “accelerating” and that while it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases it took just 18 days to get to 200,000. WHO Africa...
LONDON (AP): London’s mayor announced Tuesday that more statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain’s streets after protesters knocked down the monument to a slave trader, as the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis continued to...
HARARE (AP): Authorities in Zimbabwe have started publicly naming people who have escaped from quarantine centres and urging the public to report them to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Zimbabwe has seen a rise in confirmed cases of COVID-...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to resume publication of full COVID-19 data, including the cumulative death toll, following allegations the government was trying to...
BALTIMORE (AP) — United States employers laid off 7.7 million workers in April — a sign of just how deep the economic hole is after the closure of thousands of offices, restaurants, stores and schools during the pandemic. The...
Some cruise lines are hoping to set sail later this summer but with images of coronavirus-ravaged ships still fresh in many minds, the industry could face years of choppy water ahead. The global cruise industry expected to carry 32 million...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister faces an extra year or more in office after lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend their mandates and hold the national election nine to 12 months after health authorities determine it...
PARIS (AP) — The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century -- and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave of infections, an international economic report warned Wednesday. Hundreds of millions...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Tanzania’s president is again claiming the country is free of the coronavirus because of the power of prayer – six weeks after his government stopped publicly updating virus data. “Corona in our country has been removed by...
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP): Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb has been arrested on war crimes charges related to the conflict in Darfur more than 13 years after a warrant was issued for him, authorities said Tuesday. Kushayb...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): The audit, tax and advisory firm, KPMG, has sought to distance itself from one of its managers who used social media to post a ‘racist’ statement regarding black people in Trinidad and Tobago. Sachin Boodram, an audit manager...
LONDON (AP) — It’s an issue that’s been argued about for months, both by experts and by people strolling through parks all over the world: Can people who don’t feel sick spread the coronavirus, and if so should we all be...
A New Jersey state trooper fired his handgun six times, killing a New York state man after a struggle erupted during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway last month, recently released video showed. About a dozen audio and dashboard camera...
