CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early-morning attempt by a group of armed “mercenaries” to invade the country in a beach landing on speedboats Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. Socialist party...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): PRIME MINISTER Dr Keith Rowley on Saturday dismissed as a “dishonest last gasp and gamble of a dangerously delusional woman”, a statement by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar calling on him “to come clean and tell this...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): THE MAIN opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) said on Saturday that it had renewed a call for a live stream of the recount of ballots in the disputed March 2 regional and general elections, but was not confident...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed “mercenaries” to invade the country in a beach landing on speedboats Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two...
ROME (AP) — While millions of people took advantage of easing coronavirus lockdowns to enjoy spring weather, some of the world’s most populous countries reported worrisome new peaks in infections Sunday, including India, which saw its...
NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus crisis took hold, Akeil Smith’s employer slashed her work as a home health aide to 25 hours per week. Her $15-an-hour salary no longer provided enough to pay her $700 monthly rent, and she had to...
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Florida deputies arrested a man who had been living out his quarantine on a shuttered Disney World island, telling authorities it felt like a “tropical paradise.” Orange County Sheriff’s deputies...
LONDON (AP) — They just wanted to help. But they created a movement. Four women from London’s Hackney Wick neighbourhood responded to the coronavirus pandemic by organising volunteers who so far have churned out more than 3,800 sets of...
Six months ago, the global tourism industry was celebrating a record year for travel. Now, it’s decimated and facing a recovery that could take years. Tourism Economics, a data and consulting firm, predicts global travel demand won’t...
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered more insight into his hospitalisation for coronavirus, telling a British newspaper that he knew doctors were preparing for the worst. The 55-year-old Johnson, who spent three nights in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with 19,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort to get states to grant them emergency protection from...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertiliser factory near Pyongyang, state media said on Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumours that he may be...
NASSAU (CMC): A 25-year-old man has been jailed for six months after he pleaded guilty to sharing an explicit video of his former girlfriend on social media. Livingstone Joseph, 25, sent the recording of himself and the woman to her baby’s father,...
HAVANA (CMC): A group of 11 female nurses left Havana on Friday for Trinidad and Tobago as part of the efforts in helping the twin-island republic deal with the deadly coronavirus. Coordinator of the group, Yaquelín Ramírez Díaz, said that the...
GENEVA (CMC): United Nations human rights experts have called on the United States to urgently lift its long-standing trade and economic embargo against Cuba or risk many lives being lost to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The human rights...
ATLANTA (AP) — As more states begin to relax their coronavirus lockdowns, most are falling short of the minimum levels of testing suggested by the federal government and recommended by a variety of public health researchers, an Associated...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is forcing big changes at the tradition-bound Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments this month by telephone for the first time since Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention...
LONDON — Britain’s Department of Health says a total of 28,131 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for the new coronavirus in the United Kingdom, an increase of 621 from the previous...
COVINGTON, Louisianan (AP) — As her desperately sick daughter was being airlifted to a hospital, Jennifer Daly was thinking about all the parts of life that still lay ahead for her 12-year-old and whether she’d ever experience them:...
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, honouring their grandfathers and doctors who cared for the United Kingdom leader after contracting the coronavirus. Symonds...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertiliser factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered...
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said Thursday they will soon require passengers to cover their faces during flights, following the lead of JetBlue Airways. The move comes as airlines big and small...
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge ordered authorities to release hundreds of immigrants from three Florida detention centers to prevent a wider spread of the coronavirus and protect detainees with underlying conditions. US District Court...
WASHINGTON (AP) — United States regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In Brazil’s bustling Amazon city of Manaus, so many people have died within days in the coronavirus pandemic that coffins had to be stacked on top of each other in long, hastily dug trenches in a city cemetery....
