WASHINGTON (AP): New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg has taken another step towards launching a Democratic bid for president. The former New York City mayor, who became a Democrat just last year, filed paperwork with the Federal Election...
BVI to provide emergency flights for visitors ahead of hurricanes TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC): The government of the British Virgin Islands says plans will soon be implemented to provide emergency airlifts for visitors if a hurricane is...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A divided United States House committee approved a proposal Wednesday to decriminalise and tax marijuana at the federal level, a vote that was alternately described as a momentous turning point in national cannabis policy...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman charged with a crime after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home is fighting the case that could force her to register as a sex offender, citing a court ruling that overturned a topless ban in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily halted the first federal execution in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues. US District Judge Tanya S. Chutka said in a Wednesday evening ruling...
LONDON (AP): Britain’s Prince Andrew said Wednesday he is stepping back from public duties with the queen’s permission. Andrew said it has become clear to him in recent days that his association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...
WASHINGTON (AP): Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, was the most anticipated witness in the House impeachment inquiry and his testimony Wednesday showed why. He made repeated references to a quid pro quo...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s pleased that the “political battles” in Washington have put on the back-burner accusations that Russia interfered in US elections. "Thank God,” he told an economic forum in the Russian...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba on Wednesday accused the top US diplomat in the country of working closely with José Daniel Ferrer, the detained head of one of the country’s largest opposition groups. The accusations against charge d’affaires Mara Tekach were a...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will conduct a national citizen survey to weed out those living illegally in the country, the government said Wednesday. Home Minister Amit Shah said people from all religions who can prove they are Indian citizens will be...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman swindled money from four people in a scam aimed at getting visas for crime victims who help police that involved cutting them, according to criminal charges filed against her. Yuridia Hernandez Linares, 36...
Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2019 | 11:55 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has begun shutting off power to people in the San Francisco Bay Area and portions of California’s northern coast amid warm and windy weather that can help fan wildfires. The utility is...
MADRID (AP) — Two Spaniards who were among a group of five men convicted earlier this year of raping a woman were each sentenced Wednesday to an additional three years and three months in prison for having made videos of the rape with their...
Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2019 | 12:00 AM
STOCKHOLM (AP): Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made over nine years ago....
Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2019 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP): One top national security aide who listened to President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukraine’s president called it “improper”. Another said it was “unusual”. The two testified Tuesday at House impeachment hearings as the inquiry...
Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2019 | 12:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP): Two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records. Guards Toval Noel and Michael Thomas were accused in a grand jury indictment of...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Days of protests in Iran over rising fuel prices and a subsequent government crackdown have killed at least 106 people across the Islamic Republic, Amnesty International said Tuesday, citing “credible...
Fifty-nine-year-old Arlington Hinds of Eagle Path Way in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew is suspected to have committed suicide at his house on Monday. The police report that about 11:15 a.m. a relative found Hinds hanging from a grille...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made over nine years ago...
DETROIT (AP) — More than 800 rear-seat passengers who weren’t wearing seat belts were killed last year in US traffic crashes, and a highway safety group says states aren’t making enough progress in getting people to buckle up...
HONG KONG (AP): Police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped Monday night in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chinese control over the semi-autonomous city. The...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): A report by a Brazilian government agency says the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade. The National Institute for Space Research said Monday that deforestation between August...
LA PAZ (AP) : Residents in several Bolivian cities are reporting food and gasolene shortages because of protests by supporters of ousted President Evo Morales. Bolivia’s interim government said Monday that its efforts to resupply La Paz face...
LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced new questions Monday about his relationship with an American businesswoman who allegedly received favours and public funds while he was the mayor of London. Johnson’s major speech to United...
LONDON (AP) — The International Olympic Committee signed up Airbnb as an Olympic sponsor sparking concerns from 2024 host city Paris that the home-sharing company is contributing to the rising cost of rents in the French capital. Paris...
