DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The vehicles have air bags with volatile ammonium nitrate that can explode with too much...
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, the swiftest, most stunning collapse the US job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing "trouble" in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic. About half the country's roughly 110 million people are currently...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament has approved a bill giving Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government extraordinary powers during the coronavirus pandemic and setting no end date for them. The bill was approved by...
LONDON (AP) — Political opponents, scientists, and even usually supportive newspapers lambasted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday over his government’s broken promises on wider testing for the COVID-19 virus. Johnson...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The new coronavirus is forcing more top Israeli officials into isolation after the country’s health minister, who has had frequent contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tested positive, the Health Ministry...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. The stunning...
SAN JUAN (AP): Puerto Rico on Wednesday closed its fifth police station in a week, raising concerns about the US territory’s ability to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as officers accused the government of exposing one of the largest police...
BELMOPAN (CMC): Prime Minister Dean Barrow says the government has borrowed BDZ$75 million (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) from the Central Bank to help persons who have been placed on the unemployment line and unable to take care of themselves...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC) Grenada police on Wednesday announced the use of drones as part of the strategy to ensure people are not violating the 24-hour curfew that had been announced earlier this week to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19)....
WHEN IT became apparent in January that the new coronavirus (COVID-19) would become a serious pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that each country would have to adopt untested strategies to manage the crisis. Here in the Caribbean...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet...
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida officials were locked in a standoff with two cruise ships steaming toward the coast Tuesday as more coronavirus hot spots flared around the country and embattled New York City used forklifts to load bodies onto...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP): Ethiopia’s election set for August has been postponed as the national election board said yesterday the coronavirus makes it impossible to prepare. The vote has been highly anticipated in a country that has seen...
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP): Knox County’s judges have ordered the sheriff’s office to book and release all arrestees charged with misdemeanours and non-violent felonies in an effort to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, while Memphis has...
GAZA CITY (AP): A United Nations aid agency yesterday began delivering food to the homes of impoverished Palestinians instead of making them pick up such parcels at crowded distribution centres – part of an attempt to prevent a mass outbreak of the...
SAO PAULO (AP): Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who have lined up against his controversial stance regarding the new coronavirus....
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP): A confrontation that apparently began over coughing in a convenience store parking lot resulted in gunfire, Johnstown police said in court documents released yesterday. Two men were charged with aggravated assault....
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,600 Tuesday, eclipsing China’s official count, as hard-hit New York City rushed to bring in more medical professionals and ambulances and parked...
One way Americans are coping with the new coronavirus? Booze. US sales of alcoholic beverages rose 55% in the week ending March 21, according to Nielsen. Spirits like tequila, gin and pre-mixed cocktails led the way, with sales jumping 75%...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The bullet struck the 13-year-old as he stood on the balcony of his family’s home with his siblings. Below, police officers moved through the crowded neighbourhood, enforcing Kenya’s new coronavirus curfew....
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido, US officials...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City reported its first coronavirus death of a person under 18 years old as the number of fatalities in the epicenter of the United States outbreak continued to rise rapidly. City officials announced Tuesday that 250...
SAN JUAN (AP): A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Puerto Rico at a shallow depth and was felt across the United States (US) territory on Monday. The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at a depth of five kilometres near the southwest coastal...
WUHAN (AP): Shopkeepers in the city at the center of the virus outbreak in China were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens of millions of people at home for two months. “...
