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HONOLULU, Hawaii (CMC): A major publication has predicted that a “man-made hurricane” may be forming over the Caribbean with the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) elimination of the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK)...

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): A 27-year-old artiste was jailed for seven days after he pleaded guilty for making an unauthorised performance on the counter of a popular fast-food restaurant on New Year’s Eve. Magistrate Douglas Frederick, saying that a strong...

WASHINGTON (CMC): Stating that it is a valid criticism of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that they have more often failed than succeeded in coordinating their foreign policy actions, Antigua and Barbuda’s top diplomat in Washington,...

SYDNEY (AP): It has been described as Australia’s Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country’s most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone decades of careful conservation work on...

NAIROBI (AP): Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by US counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, destroying US aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said. It was the al-Qaida-linked group’s first attack against US...

A former leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa can be targeted to avenge a general killed by a United Strikes drone strike in Baghdad. Mohsen Rezaee made the comment Sunday in Tehran at a ceremony in...

BEIJING (AP): China replaced its top official in Hong Kong on yesterday, state media said, as anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory enter their eighth month. Luo Huining, the former Communist Party chief for Shanxi province, has...

SYDNEY (AP): A father and son who were battling flames for two days are the latest victims of the worst wildfire season in Australian history, and the path of destruction widened in at least three states yesterday due to strong winds and high...

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): The Dominica Employers Federation (DEF) has said that, in order to comply with demands from the public for “more shopping hours” it would seek to have the government amend existing legislation to allow business places to...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): The main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has named retired Brigadier Mark A. Phillips as its prime ministerial candidate for the March 2 regional and general election. Late last month, the party had...