LONDON (AP) — Britain begins the day as a member of the European Union. Its status at the end of the day — as a proud nation that has reclaimed its sovereignty, or a diminished presence in Europe and the world — will still be up...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years needs some $76 million to help control measures and the money is “required by, actually, now,” the United Nations (UN) said Thursday. So far, just $15...
BASSETERRE, CMC: One week after the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) predicted that the ruling Team Unity administration would most likely win the next general election here, another regionally based pollster is...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial lurched into a final day of questions and answers Thursday before a crucial vote on calling witnesses — even as attention focused on a Trump attorney’s controversial defence and a...
LONDON (AP) — United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the US and Britain would retain and enhance their special relationship once the UK leaves the European Union this week. He also said that American...
BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked tenfold in a week. The...
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials Thursday reported the first US case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The man is married to the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from a trip to Wuhan,...
Vanessa Bryant made her first public comment Wednesday since the helicopter crash that killed husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven other people, taking to Instagram to thank people for the global outpouring of support...
TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states urged their Republican colleagues Tuesday to join a national push to outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks....
BUENOS AIRES (AP): Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies yesterday began discussing a bill to restructure the country’s external public debt, which officials say is unpayable amid a deep recession, and has reawakened old fears of financial crises. With...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Barbados government says it is moving ahead with plans for the establishment of an early-warning system as it expresses concerns about the challenges presented by new psychoactive substances (NPS). The Mia Mottley...
BELMOPAN (CMC): Health authorities here have denied reports that a visiting Chinese national had contracted the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 100 people in the Asian country. The Ministry of Health said that the unidentified visitor...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Less than 72 hours after the grand reopening of the multimillion-dollar refurbished parliament building, heavy rains have exposed some flaws in the facility. The Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (...
RIVERSIDE, California (AP): A plane evacuating 201 Americans from the Chinese city at the centre of the virus outbreak arrived yesterday at a Southern California military base after everyone aboard passed a health-screening test in Anchorage, where...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain’s departure from the European Union was backed by European lawmakers Wednesday, after a debate that mixed warm words of love with hard-headed warnings to the country not to seek too many concessions during...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant didn’t have a recommended warning system to alert the pilot he was too close to land but it’s not clear it would have averted the crash that killed nine because the pilot may...
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations has been hacked. An internal confidential document from the United Nations, leaked to The New Humanitarian and seen by The Associated Press, says that dozens of servers were “compromised...
BANGKOK (AP) — British Airways said Wednesday it is halting all flights to China, joining several Asian carriers that are either suspending or significantly cutting back service there as fears spread about a new virus that has killed more...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday raised to 50 the number of United States service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran’s missile strike earlier this month on an Iraqi airbase, the third time the number of...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico opened only 20% of its public schools on Tuesday following a strong earthquake that delayed the start of classes by nearly three weeks as fears linger over the safety of students. Only 177 schools were...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan Tuesday, calling for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem. He declared it a “win-win”...
LONDON (AP) — A panel of immigration experts says Britain should lower the salary threshold for immigrants after Brexit and urged the government to quickly set up new migration rules once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. The...
CALABASAS, California (AP) — A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers, authorities said. But even experienced...
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong said Tuesday it will cut all rail links to mainland China as the United States and other governments prepared to evacuate citizens from the Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak that has now killed more than...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. The new policy can be used to deny...
