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US permits sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 10:36 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — United States health officials on Tuesday endorsed a type of cigarette that could help ease the addictive grip of smoking by delivering very low levels of nicotine. The Food and Drug Administration will allow 22nd Century...

California analysts urge marijuana tax based on potency

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 10:31 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California analysts Tuesday recommended scrapping the state’s often-criticised system for taxing legal marijuana and replacing it with one hitched to the potency of products. In other words, the stronger the smoke,...

UK services industry sees little joy in post-Brexit world

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 9:26 AM

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decisive victory in last week’s general election provided little comfort to Britain’s once world-beating financial services industry, which has been battered by Brexit for more...

Trump on brink of impeachment as House readies historic vote

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 9:20 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House, with a historic debate set Wednesday on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress ahead of votes that will leave a defining mark on his...

Strike standstill

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 12:27 AM

PARIS (AP): French union activists cut electricity to nearly 100,000 homes or offices. Eiffel Tower staff walked off the job. Even Paris opera workers joined in Tuesday’s nationwide protests across France, singing an aria of anger as workers...

Johnson: No Brexit delay

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 12:25 AM

LONDON (AP): Buoyed by a big new Conservative majority in Parliament, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson toughened his Brexit stance on Tuesday, ruling out any extension of an end-of-2020 deadline to strike a trade deal with the European Union....

Christians alarmed at alleged police rapes

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2019 | 12:25 AM

KINGSTOWN (CMC): The Christian Coalition in St Vincent and the Grenadines expressed alarm on Tuesday about “the recent reports of rape and sexual abuse” in the country. The group said that the most recent cases allegedly involving police officers “...

US proposes new rules to increase organ transplants

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 3:52 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States government is overhauling parts of the nation’s transplant system to make sure organs from the dead no longer go to waste — and to make it easier for the living to donate. The rules proposed...

Pakistan sentences former dictator to death in treason case

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 3:22 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced the country’s former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf to death in a treason case related to the state of emergency he imposed in 2007 while in power, officials said. It...

Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 2:21 PM

Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air. The Chicago-based company said production would halt at...

Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 1:48 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump’s fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president’s own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump’s reelection and punish...

UK's Johnson seeks to rule out Brexit trade pact delay

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — Buoyed by a big new Conservative majority in Parliament, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson toughened his Brexit stance on Tuesday, ruling out any extension of an end-of-2020 deadline to strike a trade deal with the European...

Johnson talks with Trump, welcomes new lawmakers

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 12:20 AM

LONDON (AP) : Britain’s new political landscape began to take shape Monday as triumphant Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked trade with President Donald Trump and readied a pep talk for his new Conservative Party lawmakers. The incoming class of...

VP’s wife charged with attempting to kill him

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 12:19 AM

HARARE (AP): The wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president has been charged with attempting to kill her husband. Marry Chiwenga, a former model and wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court Monday, where she...

Merkel looks outside EU for nurses, other professionals

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 12:19 AM

BERLIN (AP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with German business and union officials Monday to work out strategies to attract skilled workers from outside the European Union (EU) as the country tries to tackle a shortfall of qualified...

Moise hoping for better 2020 for Haitians

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2019 | 12:18 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): President Jovenel Moise, who has withstood calls for his resignation throughout the year, is promising to work harder to improve the lives of Haitians in 2020. In a message for the Christmas season, Moise, who came to power in...

Germany looks outside EU for nurses, other professionals

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 3:57 PM

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government hashed out strategies Monday with German business and union officials on attracting skilled workers from outside the European Union as the country tries to tackle a shortfall of...

Bond granted for Mississippi man tried 6 times in killings

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 3:20 PM

WINONA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the United States Supreme Court for racial bias was granted his freedom for the first time in 22 years Monday while prosecutors decide whether to retry him for a...

Private investigation of billionaire murders over in Canada

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 11:40 AM

TORONTO (AP) — Police said Monday the private investigation into the murders of Canadian drug company billionaire businessman Barry Sherman and his wife is over but the police investigation remains active. Toronto police homicide Inspector...

UK's Johnson to welcome new lawmakers, get Brexit rolling

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 9:11 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ready to give a pep talk Monday to a new group of Conservative Party lawmakers as he begins his push to secure parliamentary approval for his Brexit deal. Johnson will welcome 109 newly...

UN AIDS agency fires whistleblower after misconduct probe

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 9:07 AM

TORONTO (AP) — The United Nations’ AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower whose allegations of being sexually assaulted sparked months of turmoil at the organisation. Last...

Small-island states call for decisive action on climate change

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MADRID, (CMC) The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has called for parties at COP25 to seize the last significant window of opportunity to act decisively. “As people living on the frontiers and in the epicentres of climate risk and...

Antigua strengthens bilateral relations with Qatar

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 12:00 AM

DOHA (CMC): The government of Antigua and Barbuda and the government of Qatar have taken steps to strengthen bilateral relations. This was revealed by Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who on Saturday participated in the Doha...

FAA downgrades Venezuelan aviation-safety rating

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) United States (US) authorities downgraded Venezuela’s aviation rating Friday, saying that the crisis-torn nation isn’t able to meet basic international standards for airline safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (...

Climate talks end with slim deal

Published:Monday | December 16, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP): Marathon United Nations (UN) climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment after major polluters resisted calls for ramping up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponed...

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