WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200 per cent tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey. The European tariff, which was unveiled...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says she is prepared to have her United States visa revoked as she urged CARICOM countries to ensure that they are able to explain "what the Cubans have been able to do for us” as...
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP): Insurgents who attacked a passenger train in Pakistan killed 21 hostages, the military said Wednesday, while security forces rescued over 300 others and killed all 50 of the assailants. The military spokesman, Lt Gen Ahmad...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump openly challenged U.S. allies on Wednesday by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25 per cent as he vowed to take back wealth “stolen” by other countries, drawing quick retaliation from...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The British government on Wednesday announced that it is imposing, with immediate effect, a visa requirement for Trinidad and Tobago (T...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — US arms deliveries to Ukraine resumed Wednesday, officials said, a day after the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid for Kyiv in its fight against Russia's invasion, and officials awaited the Kremlin's...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The British government Wednesday announced that it is imposing with immediate effect, a visa requirement for Trinidad and Tobago nationals wanting to travel to or transiting the United Kingdom, including on short...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – An estimated 191,018 Belizeans are eligible to cast ballots on Wednesday in a general election that Prime Minister John Briceño called nine months ahead of the constitutional deadline. The Elections and Boundaries...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed disappointment Wednesday over the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on global steel and aluminium imports, and said a retaliatory response was possible. During his...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): A bus lost control and flipped on a highway early Tuesday near Johannesburg’s international airport, killing 16 as some were thrown from the vehicle, the transport ministry said. Ministry spokesman Collen Msibi said 12 people...
GEORGETOWN (AP): Caribbean leaders are pushing back against a new US policy that aims to crack down on Cuban medical missions, saying that the work of hundreds of Cuban medical staff across the region is essential. Hugh Todd, Guyana’s foreign...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminium from 25 per cent to 50 per cent for Canada, escalating a trade war with the United States' northern neighbour and standing unmoved...
TORONTO (AP): Canada’s next prime minister has already helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by US President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation, and an expected...
WASHINGTON, DC (AP): Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programmes of the six-decade-old US Agency for International Development (USAID) and said he would move the 18 per...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) on Monday congratulated Suriname’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Ramdin, on his “historic” election as the new Secretary-General of the Organization of American...
Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a "massive cyberattack." "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of...
TORONTO (AP) — Ontario's premier, the leader of Canada's most populous province, announced that effective Monday it is charging 25 per cent more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to US President Donald Trump's trade war....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programmes of the six-decade-old US Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18 per cent of aid and...
ROME (AP): Pope Francis issued a message on Sunday thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick, as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia and doctors reported some positive news: After more than three weeks...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the United States (US). The state media agency on Saturday...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Police Commissioner of Belize Chester Williams said a “message" is being sent after the graves of two Belizean men were desecrated at the cemetery in Alta Mira, Corozal Town, at least nine miles from the border with Mexico...
CAIRO (AP) — Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan's White Nile State, said Doctors Without Borders. The international medical aid group, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, said...
PANAMA CITY (AP): Panama President José Raúl Mulino on Wednesday accused US President Donald Trump of lying when he said in his address to Congress that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama Canal. Trump was referencing a deal announced...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations (UN) report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25 per cent tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war. Trump's announcement comes after his Commerce...
