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Belgium airspace closed for 2 hours over technical glitch

Published:Thursday | July 19, 2018 | 2:34 PM

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s airspace was closed off for landings and departures for about two hours on Thursday afternoon because of a technical glitch in the data system of the air safety control centre. Belgocontrol spokesman Dominque...

US deporting crime victims while they wait for special visa

Published:Thursday | July 19, 2018 | 2:24 PM

For victims of crime on U.S. soil who are living in the country illegally, a special visa programme encourages them to help solve their cases and catch criminals and often provides their only clear path to citizenship. But, as Republican President...

Out of hospital, Thai boys recount moment they were found

Published:Wednesday | July 18, 2018 | 1:33 PM

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — Trapped in the recesses of a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the 12 boys and their soccer coach were trying to dig their way out when they heard voices in the darkness. Their coach quickly told everyone to be...

EU fines Google a record $5 billion over mobile practices

Published:Wednesday | July 18, 2018 | 1:25 PM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union fined Google a record $5 billion Wednesday for forcing cellphone makers that use the company’s hugely popular Android operating system to install Google apps. The EU said the practice restricts...

Hotel sues Las Vegas shooting victims in push to avoid liability

Published:Wednesday | July 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts International has sued hundreds of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in a bid to avoid liability for the gunfire that rained down from its Mandalay Bay casino-resort in Las Vegas. The...

US judge temporarily halts deportation of reunified migrant families

Published:Tuesday | July 17, 2018 | 2:40 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to deportations of immigrant families reunited after being separated at the border, as the Trump administration races to meet a July 26 deadline for putting more than 2,500...

'Credible fear' for US asylum harder to prove under Trump

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

AP:Patricia Aragon told the United States asylum officer at her recent case assessment that she was fleeing her native Honduras because she had been robbed and raped by a gang member who threatened to kill her and her nine-year-old daughter if she...

Girl who fuelled opposition to splitting families joins mom

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

AP:A six-year-old girl from El Salvador who became a face of the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant families at the border has been reunited with her mother.Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid and her mother, Cindy Madrid, were...

Trump stands by 'culture' criticism of European immigration

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

England (AP):President Donald Trump pressed ahead with his complaints that European immigration policies are changing the "fabric of Europe" and destroying European culture.During a news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump...

China files WTO challenge to US $200B tariff plan

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 12:20 PM

BEIJING (AP) — China announced it filed a World Trade Organization challenge Monday to President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, stepping up its diplomatic efforts to counter U.S. pressure in a spiralling technology dispute. The...

Puerto Ricans return to power grid, but fear for long term

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 12:13 PM

ADJUNTAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — It was finally a night to celebrate in the village of Adjuntas which is tucked into the mountains of central Puerto Rico. People pressed TV remote buttons, clicked on fans and plugged in refrigerators as...

JA to present national statement at high level political forum on SDGs

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 10:31 AM

Jamaica will participate in the United Nations High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York from July 16-18. During the high-level sessions, Jamaica's Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the actions and...

Russia on a high as World Cup wraps

Published:Sunday | July 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):Despite a national wave of elation from the World Cup that bathed Russia in a rosy light, President Vladimir Putin will face some challenges in extending the post-football glow at home and abroad.Well-organised, festive and friendly, the...

Trump arrives in Finland for closely watched Putin summit

Published:Sunday | July 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HELSINKI (AP):President Donald Trump arrived in Finland on Sunday for a closely watched one-on-one summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, hours after telling an interviewer that he was going into the meeting on Monday with "low expectations"....

UK’s Theresa May: Trump told me to ‘sue the EU’ over Brexit

Published:Sunday | July 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — Donald Trump has advised British Prime Minister Theresa May to “sue” the European Union to resolve the tense negotiations over Britain’s impending exit from the bloc.The American president told reporters Friday at a joint press...

Food sent to migrants off Sicily as Italy awaits EU offers

Published:Sunday | July 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP) — Another day’s worth of food and beverages was being sent Sunday to a pair of military ships off Sicily as Italy waited for more European nations to pledge to take a share of the hundreds of migrants on board before allowing the asylum-...

Nicaraguan students reunite with families after police attacks

Published:Saturday | July 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MANAGUA (AP):More than 200 Nicaraguan university students were reunited with their parents yesterday after a tense night of armed attacks that left two dead and dozens wounded.The students had sought refuge in a local church after police forced them...

US official: No signs Russia targeting elections like 2016

Published:Saturday | July 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP):The United States homeland security secretary said yesterday there are no signs that Russia is targeting this year's midterm elections with the same "scale or scope" it targeted the 2016 presidential election.Department of Homeland...

Home may be forever lost for displaced within Syria

Published:Saturday | July 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JARABLUS (AP):When Hikmat's mother managed to sneak back into their home city of Aleppo, now controlled by government forces, she found a single word spray-painted in red on their house: 'Confiscated.' Same with the family store and another house....

Trump tweets, hits links before high-stakes Putin meeting

Published:Saturday | July 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TURNBERRY (AP):Two days before a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump played golf and tweeted yesterday from one of his namesake resorts, blaming his predecessor for Russian election meddling and lashing...

Moscow now accused of US election meddling

Published:Friday | July 13, 2018 | 4:20 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Russian military intelligence officers hacked into the Clinton presidential campaign and Democratic Party, releasing tens of thousands of stolen and politically damaging communications, in a sweeping conspiracy by the...

US says all eligible youngest children, families reunited

Published:Thursday | July 12, 2018 | 12:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says all eligible small children separated from their families as a result of its zero-tolerance immigration policy have been reunited with their parents. But, nearly half of the children under 5...

China vows retaliation for $200 billion US tariff threat

Published:Wednesday | July 11, 2018 | 11:24 AM

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government vowed Wednesday to take “firm and forceful measures” as the U.S. threatened to expand tariffs to thousands of Chinese imports like fish sticks, apples and French doors, the latest salvo in...

Baby found alive buried under debris in woods

Published:Tuesday | July 10, 2018 | 12:53 PM

MISSOULA, Montana. (AP) — A 5-month-old infant who miraculously survived more than nine hours being buried under a pile of sticks and debris in the woods of western Montana suffered only minor injuries despite wearing wet and soiled clothes...

Weinstein pleads not guilty, released on bail

Published:Monday | July 9, 2018 | 1:13 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, who was previously indicted on charges involving two women, was released on bail on Monday while fighting sex crime accusations that now include a third woman. “We fight these battles one day at a time...

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