HONG KONG (AP) — Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of classes Monday as part of a citywide strike following a violent weekend of demonstrations...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Global Environment Facility-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF IWEco) project has launched a video urging Caribbean people to “break-...
McLEAN’S TOWN CAY, Bahamas (AP) — In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded...
McLEAN’S TOWN CAY (AP): Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its record 185mph winds ripping off roofs and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and other shelters....
BENI (AP): The United Nations (UN) secretar general has visited Congo’s eastern city of Beni, pledging solidarity as the region faces both extremist violence and an Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 2,000 people. UN chief Antonio Guterres said...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel’s prime minister kicked off the unofficial start of his new election campaign with a move straight out of his old playbook: attacking the media and pandering to his nationalist base. After a sleepy summer, longtime Israeli...
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — The death toll in a West Texas shooting rampage increased to seven today as authorities investigated why a man stopped by state troopers for failing to signal a left turn opened fire on them and fled, shooting more than...
McLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas (AP) — Large waves and heavy winds pounded the northern Bahamas today as Hurricane Dorian barrelled toward the islands as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds while authorities made a last-minute...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Dorian powered toward Florida with increasing fury Friday — but also indications that it might just skirt the U.S. coastline and spare it from the devastating direct hit that forecasters have been fearing for days...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has gotten hacked, and whoever broke in sent racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers. Some of the tweets were up for about 30 minutes before Twitter took them down....
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ judicial ethics commission has found 11 current and former judges broke the law by indiscriminately denying free bail to thousands of poor people charged with crimes. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct this...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials are investigating more cases of a breathing illness associated with vaping. While the cause remains unclear, officials said Friday that many reports involve e-cigarette products that contain THC, the mind-...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. The Great...
LONDON (AP) — The first legal challenge to prevent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from suspending Parliament amid the U.K.’s Brexit crisis was delayed in a Scottish court on Friday. The Court of Session in Edinburgh refused to...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says there has been a “dramatic resurgence” of measles in Europe, in part fuelled by vaccine refusals, with nearly 90,000 people sickened by the virus in the first half of 2019. In a...
LONDON (AP) — Opposition to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament intensified Thursday, with the head of the Labour Party vowing “to politically stop him” from pushing through a chaotic no-deal...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida as it pushed over open waters Thursday after leaving limited damage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to grow...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies could face far looser oversight of emissions of potent climate-changing methane gas under a proposal expected from the Trump administration as soon as Thursday, oil industry and environmental...
LONDON (AP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson manoeuvred Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the October 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament....
DAKAR (AP): While the world has watched with fear and fascination the fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, satellite images show a far greater number of blazes on the African continent. The National Aeronatuics and Space Administration (...
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency and is urging residents to take precautions as Hurricane Dorian strengthens in the Caribbean on a path expected to take it to the U.S. mainland. Florida...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dorian became a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday as it struck the U.S. Virgin Islands, with forecasters saying it could grow to Category 3 status as it nears the U.S. mainland as early as the weekend. The British...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is apologising for allowing outsiders to listen to snippets of people’s recorded conversations with its digital assistant Siri, a practice that undermined its attempts to position itself as a trusted steward...
PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AP) — Lingering smoke in the Amazon is reportedly causing increased respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly — as fires in the region rage. “The kids are affected the most. They...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Dorian threatened Puerto Rico with a direct hit at near-hurricane force on Wednesday and forecasters said it could strengthen further as it approaches the U.S. mainland. The storm was expected to...
