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Iran vows ‘harsh’ response to US killing of top general

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2020 | 12:00 AM

BAGHDAD (AP): Iran vowed “harsh retaliation” for a US airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed a top Iranian general who had been the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing...

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2020 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The national flag of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been installed at the United Nations Security Council as the island begin its historical two-year term as a non-permanent member. In June 2019, St Vincent and the...

‘Millions of sparks’: Weather raises fire danger

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2020 | 12:00 AM

SYDNEY (AP): One of the largest evacuations in Australia’s history was under way yesterday ahead of hot weather and strong winds that are forecast to worsen devastating wildfires raging across the country. More than 200 fires were burning, and...

…‘A more dangerous world’

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2020 | 12:00 AM

PARIS, France (AP): Global powers warned Friday that the world became a more dangerous place after the US assassinated Iran’s top general, urging restraint on all sides. Britain and Germany also suggested that Iran shared some blame for provoking...

Trump says US not looking to start war with Iran

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 5:16 PM

BAGHDAD (AP) — President Donald Trump says the killing of General Qassem Soleimani was not undertaken in an effort to begin a conflict with Iran. Speaking to reporters in Florida for the first time since the drone strike on Soleimani,...

Bank of England looks to Ja’s central bank for communication ideas – Bloomberg

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 2:40 PM

The Bank of Jamaica’s videos of reggae stars singing about inflation targets and its monetary policy comic books are among the more unusual central bank communication strategies being studied by the Bank of England, Bloomberg is...

NY politician who warned about driving drunk charged with DUI

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 4:31 PM

VICTOR, N.Y. (AP) — The top republican in the New York State Assembly was charged New Year’s Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle, just a week after he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting...

US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 11:16 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump, defence officials said...

WhatsApp sets record, more than 100 billion messages sent on New Year's Eve

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 11:16 AM

More than 100 billion messages were sent using WhatsApp on New Year's Eve, setting a new record. Sky News is reporting that the Facebook-owned service said it was the highest number sent in a single day in the app's 10-year history. In the...

Indonesia capital floods leave 43 dead, 397,000 displaced

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 10:35 AM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital rose to 43 on Friday as rescuers found more bodies amid receding floodwaters, disaster officials said. Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged at least 182...

Oil prices jump on fears of Iranian retaliation against US

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 9:41 AM

LONDON (AP) — The price of oil surged Friday on concerns that Iran might respond to the killing of its top general by the United States by disrupting global supplies of energy from the Mideast. If sustained, the rise in oil prices could lead...

Abducted Sri Lankan journalist’s wife: Military derails case

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 12:00 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): The wife of an abducted Sri Lankan journalist is accusing the military of trying to derail a court case in which nine soldiers have been charged with her husband’s abduction and enforced disappearance nearly 10 years ago....

IAPA concerned about discrimination in distribution of official advertising in Guyana

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed concern to the Guyana authorities regarding a complaint of discrimination in the distribution of official advertising against the Stabroek News in retaliation for its journalistic content....

Interpol issues wanted notice for ex-Nissan exec

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 12:27 AM

BEIRUT (AP): Interpol issued a wanted notice Thursday for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in an escape that has baffled and embarrassed...

Two toddlers dead in Chicago after stabbing, high-rise plunge

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 12:26 AM

CHICAGO (AP): Two toddlers died early Thursday in Chicago after a woman believed to be their mother allegedly stabbed a 70-year-old man, left one of the children in a bathtub and threw the other child out an 11th-floor apartment before jumping...

Opposition concerned about decline in registered vessels

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 12:00 AM

TORTOLA (CMC): A senior member of the opposition has expressed concern that the British Overseas territory has experiencing a decline in registered vessels in recent years. Opposition legislator Julian Fraser, while speaking at a recent sitting...

Iran may be planning more attacks on US interests - says Esper

Published:Friday | January 3, 2020 | 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, and the US is prepared to take preemptive military action if it gets sufficient warning, Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday...

Trump plans to curb teen vaping, exempts some flavours

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 12:37 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — United States health officials will ban most flavoured e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but with major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices....

Lebanon receives Interpol wanted notice for Nissan ex-chair who fled trial

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 9:30 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s justice minister said Thursday that Lebanon has received an international wanted notice from Interpol for Nissan’s ex-chair Carlos Ghosn, four days after he fled Japan to Lebanon to evade trial on financial...

Global air crash deaths fall by more than half in 2019

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 9:09 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The number of deaths in major air crashes around the globe fell by more than half in 2019, according to a report by an aviation consulting firm. The To70 consultancy said Wednesday that 257 people died in eight fatal...

Mottley sets CARICOM agenda for 2020

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 12:35 AM

GEORGETOWN, (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has taken over the chairmanship of the regional integration movement, CARICOM, confident that the 15-member grouping is on the right path towards a brighter socio-economic and political future...

Military aid sent to wildfire towns as death toll rises

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 12:33 AM

PERTH (AP): Australia deployed military ships and aircraft yesterday to help communities ravaged by apocalyptic wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead nationwide and sent thousands of residents and holidaymakers fleeing to the shoreline...

Police Commissioner disappointed at failure to get 10 per cent decline in murders last year

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 12:26 AM

BELMOPAN, Belize: CMC Police Commissioner Chester Williams has acknowledged that law enforcement has been unable to register a 10 per cent reduction in murders here in 2019, but said “significant progress” had been made in gang-related crimes. In...

Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy, but Iraq tensions linger

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 12:23 AM

BAGHDAD (AP): Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the United States (US) Embassy compound in Baghdad yesterday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but US-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence....

Israel PM seeks immunity, buying time until after vote

Published:Wednesday | January 1, 2020 | 6:17 PM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would seek immunity from corruption charges, likely delaying any trial until after March elections, when he hopes to have a majority coalition that will shield him...

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