Mexico City: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Mexican authorities to open a credible and transparent investigation into the death of reporter Fidel Ávila Góme, whose body was found on January 7 near the state borders of...
PANAMA CITY (AP): Prosecutors in Panama said Thursday they have found the corpses of six children and one adult in a clandestine burial pit, where a religious sect was found torturing indigenous people in apparent exorcism rituals. Prosecutors...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Attorney General Dale Marshall, guaranteeing that “some people will face the court”, says the government has employed the services of a British law firm to assist in the investigations of several state enterprises. Marshall told...
Last week, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the attack on the Paris headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which killed 12 people including eight members of its staff, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two United...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Fifteen years after re-establishing diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, Grenada on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to adhering to the One-China policy, while also expressing satisfaction with the level of...
BASSETERRE (CMC): Challenges faced by small island developing states and the federation’s preparation for its 2020 Mutual Financial Evaluation Report were discussed when Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris met with several high-level officials from...
The World Bank has expressed pessimism about Haiti’s global economic outlook after negative growth in its gross domestic product (GDP) of – 0.9 per cent in 2019. According to the World Bank, this negative trend should continue this year and into...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday. The Government...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state says it’s seeing more reported cases of influenza so far this season than in recent years. The state’s online flu tracker shows the state has seen over 10,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of...
TOMALI, Malawi (AP) — A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history’s deadliest and most stubborn of diseases. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic procession across the United States Capitol, House Democrats carried the formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, setting the stage for only the third trial to...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): One medical doctor was killed and another seriously injured during a botched kidnapping after the vehicle in which they were travelling crashed along the Solomon Hochoy Highway, south of here, early yesterday morning, the...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): National Security Minister Marvin Dames says the government is serious in its commitment to reduce crime in The Bahamas as it signed an agreement with the Trinidad-based AE Tactical, for body and dash cams for police...
CASTRIES (CMC): Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says his administration will be making “a concerted effort” to improve the tourism sector as the island recorded its highest number of stayover visitors. “For the first time in St Lucia’s history, we...
NEW YORK (AP): Michael Avenatti, the embattled former attorney for the porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested Tuesday evening in California for alleged bail violations, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. The arrest came as...
CARACAS, (AP): Government security forces and armed motorcycle groups loyal to Venezuela’s president forcefully blocked opposition lawmakers from entering the National Assembly building yesterday, prompting them to hold their session on the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a trade agreement Wednesday with China that is expected to boost exports from United States farmers and manufacturers, protect American trade secrets and lower tensions in a long-running dispute...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi named House prosecutors for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday ahead of votes to send the charges to the Senate, even as new information about the president’s Ukraine...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse electronic sensors. Modern government office blocks in the Australian capital...
CUDAHY, California (AP) — Federal authorities will investigate why an airliner with engine trouble dumped jet fuel over a densely populated area of Southern California while making an emergency return to the airport, dousing dozens of...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US House is set to vote today to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, and pressure was mounting yesterday on senators to call fresh witnesses for the historic trial. Speaker Nancy...
LONDON (AP): When accomplished, glamorous American actress Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in 2018, she was hailed as a breath of fresh air for Britain’s fusty royal family. That honeymoon didn’t last. Now the couple wants independence, saying...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States House is set to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, and pressure was mounting Tuesday on senators to call fresh witnesses for the...
The United States' National Security Agency has discovered a major security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system that could allow hackers to intercept seemingly secure communications. But rather than exploit the flaw for its...
TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — A volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava into the sky and trembled constantly Tuesday, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and...
