GEORGETOWN (CMC): Chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, says the regional grouping exemplifies the spirt of togetherness “when we celebrate our achievements in different fields of endeavour and...
CASTRIES (CMC): Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says he is looking forward to welcoming Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson “for a longer stay, very, very soon” after the British prime minister made a “short layover” on Thursday night. “I...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Less than 24 hours after several Caribbean countries were jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research centre (SRC) said Friday that a stronger quake had been felt in some other territories...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Police said that a three-year-old child died in an early morning fire on Friday at his home in St James, Trinidad. Fire services personnel who responded to the incident said that charred remains of Aqualani Alleyne were found...
MOSCOW (AP): Russia’s defence minister reported to President Vladimir Putin that a new hypersonic weapon of intercontinental range became operational Friday, following years of tests. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin that the first...
MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian Orthodox Church has cut ties with the head of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria following his decision to recognise Ukraine’s new independent Orthodox Church. The Russian church’s Holy Synod ruled late...
BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union (EU) and Britain will struggle to seal an agreement on trade and other aspects of their future ties after Brexit next year and should consider extending the negotiations beyond 2020, a top EU official said in an...
NEW YORK (AP): The Lord’s Prayer ended with the bang of dozens of fists that landed on open palms after a circular motion and a thumbs up in a joint ‘Amen!’ Not a voice could be heard inside the cavernous sanctuary of Holyrood Episcopal Church-...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): Indiana residents who’ve had felony convictions expunged from their criminal records are eligible, in most circumstances, to again buy and obtain a licence to carry guns, according to an opinion from the state attorney general’s...
Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S. The new law enacted last week by Congress also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine. The...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s highest court on Thursday ruled in favour of Wikipedia, saying the Turkish government’s two-year ban on the online encyclopedia constitutes a violation of freedom of expression, the state-run news...
MOSCOW (AP) — A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia’s defence minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country’s nuclear strike capability....
NEW DELHI (AP) — A group of protesters in New Delhi was beaten and shoved into buses by police on Friday as they attempted to demonstrate against a new citizenship law that has triggered nationwide protests in recent weeks. About two dozen...
PARIS (AP) — French union activists disrupted two of the country’s eight oil refineries Friday as part of nationwide strikes against a higher retirement age that have lasted for 23 days, the longest such walkout in France in decades....
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon that barrelled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people, Kazakh officials said. There were 54 people hospitalised with injuries, at least 10 of them in...
MANILA, Philippines (AP): A strong typhoon that barrelled through the central Philippines left at least 20 people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Catholic country. Typhoon...
Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have paid nearly $84 million to 564 victims of sexual abuse, a tally that’s sure to grow substantially in the new year as compensation fund administrators work through a backlog of claims, according to an...
RIO RANCHO (AP): Police in New Mexico on Thursday were investigating the apparent fatal shooting of four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in a suburb of Albuquerque. All of the victims appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds, police...
PARIS (AP): Holocaust survivors sang at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, danced in Paris and lit candles in other cities to celebrate Hanukkah together, recalling Nazi horrors that Jewish community leaders fear are fading from the world’s collective...
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Areas of Australia that have been ravaged by deadly wildfires experienced temporary relief on Wednesday, but oppressive conditions are expected to return this weekend. About 5 million hectares of land have burned...
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons. Speaking at a meeting with top military brass,...
Published:Wednesday | December 25, 2019 | 11:24 AM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have ended a nearly five-year-long dispute over shared oil fields and have agreed to resume oil production from the divided Neutral Zone, but stressed this would not change their OPEC...
Published:Wednesday | December 25, 2019 | 10:29 AM
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, celebrating Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Visitors converged on the town’s large Christmas tree...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee held open the possibility Monday of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as it pressed anew for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn....
