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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP): Denmark on Thursday summoned the top US diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish...

DAR ES SALAAM (AP): A magistrate court in Tanzania on Tuesday ordered that an opposition leader who was charged with treason last month be brought to court in person next month after he went on hunger strike to protest against virtual hearings....

WASHINGTON (AP): US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faced off in the Oval Office on Tuesday and showed no signs of retreating from their gaping differences in an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP): Israel approved plans Monday to seize the Gaza Strip and to stay in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, a move that, if implemented, would vastly expand Israel’s operations...

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz, a popular US tourist destination, into a federal prison again, more than 60 years after the California island fortress was shut down as too costly. Trump says Alcatraz, now part of the National Park...

BEIJING (AP): Four boats capsized in a sudden storm at a tourist spot in southwestern China, killing 10 people, state media said Monday. More than 80 people fell into a river when strong winds hit the scenic area in Guizhou province late Sunday...

Premier Natalio Wheatley has promised “to negotiate very hard” with the United Kingdom to retain control over key institutions in the BVI as preparations are being made for constitutional talks. Speaking on a radio programme, Wheatley said the...

BRIDGETOWN CMC Barbadians will begin to receive the one-off Solidarity Allowance payments as announced in this year’s Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, starting May 14. Individuals 18 years and over, whose banking details are already...

VITERBO (AP): It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in the history of the Catholic Church, forging for the first time the word ‘conclave’. The Viterbo conclave in...