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There will be no negotiation about ownership of canal, says president

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 5:00 PM

PANAMA CITY (AP): Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming visit will allow them to focus on...

Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly DC plane crash begins

Published:Thursday | January 30, 2025 | 6:34 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity initiatives for undermining air safety and questioned the actions of a US...

At least 30 killed in stampede at massive religious festival

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:56 PM

PRAYAGRAJ (AP): At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, police said, as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh festival in...

20 die in Chinese oil company’s flight crash

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:56 PM

South Sudan (AP): A small plane chartered by a Chinese oil company crashed Wednesday in a remote part of South Sudan, killing 20 people, authorities said. One passenger survived. The flight chartered by Greater Pioneer Operating Company had 21...

Congolese civilians caught in growing rebellion face a terrible choice

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:56 PM

GISENYI (AP): Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of a weak army in disarray, or cross into nearby Rwanda, which is accused of...

Leader calls for snap election to fight Trump’s threatened tariffs

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:56 PM

VANCOUVER (AP): The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, on Wednesday triggered a snap election, saying he needs a strong four-year mandate to fight the tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump. Doug Ford, leader of the...

Passenger jet collides with helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport, FAA says

Published:Wednesday | January 29, 2025 | 10:27 PM

ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) — A passenger jet collided Wednesday with a military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There was no...

Deportation flights resume after a diplomatic spat

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:47 PM

BOGOTA (AP): Colombian migrants returning home Tuesday on Colombian military flights described being shackled during earlier US flights that were blocked by their country’s leader in a dispute with President Donald Trump that nearly sparked a trade...

Humanitarian crisis looms in Goma

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:46 PM

DAKAR (AP): Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, water and internet access are cut off, and medical and food...

‘I asked God to protect my people’

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:39 PM

SPRINGFIELD (AP): At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around him as he knelt in prayer, flanked by the flags of Haiti and the United...

Hundreds of US visa appointments cancelled in Colombia following spat over deportation flights

Published:Monday | January 27, 2025 | 2:43 PM

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — A dispute over deportation flights from the United States to Colombia entered its second day on Monday, with the US backing down on a threat to impose steep tariffs on Colombian goods after the South...

Iran's foreign minister meets Taliban officials

Published:Monday | January 27, 2025 | 6:41 AM

KABUL (AP) Top Taliban officials met Iran's foreign minister on Sunday to discuss tensions along their shared border, the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran and water rights. It was Iran's foreign minister's first visit to the Afghan capital...

A new luxury hotel towers over Havana as Cuba’s economic troubles mount

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:35 PM

HAVANA (AP): It’s impossible to miss. The huge rectangular mass of concrete and glass – the tallest building in Havana – dominates the city skyline, towering 150 metres (490 feet) above colonial homes with its 542 luxury rooms and majestic views...

Jamaica Brew Festival: A historic day for Garvey legacy

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:35 PMFabian Lyon - Contributor

As Dr Julius Garvey settled into his seat for the second annual Jamaica Brew Festival’s ‘The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey’ panel on Saturday, January 18, Bob Marley’s ‘Africa Unite’ pulsated through the Miramar Cultural Center theatre sound...

Decentralised finance and blockchain in agriculture share spotlight at FiX25

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:34 PM

The Fintech Islands Experience 2025 (FiX25), organised in Barbados, spotlighted several transformative trends reshaping the fintech landscape. Attendees delved into topics ranging from fintech’s role in emerging markets to the revolutionary...

Republic Day celebrated with Indonesian president as chief guest

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:34 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) : India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a colourful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity on a boulevard in the heart of the country’s capital. The Indonesian president was the guest of honour....

Goma: What to know about the escalating conflict as rebels gain ground

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:34 PM

DAKAR (AP): Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the region bordering Rwanda. The offensive by the Rwanda-...

Prosecutors indict impeached president over martial law

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:34 PM

SEOUL (AP): South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, news reports said, a criminal charges that could put him to death or jail for life...

Why were warning signs missed for UK teen before stabbing rampage?

Published:Sunday | January 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (AP): Six months after a teenage attacker stabbed three girls to death at a children’s dance class in England, new details about his background have sparked questions about how authorities repeatedly failed to spot the threat he posed....

What products contain Red 3 dye?

Published:Sunday | January 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products US consumers eat and drink. The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications decades ago because a study showed it...

Haitian leader says Trump’s plans will be ‘catastrophic’ for his country

Published:Sunday | January 26, 2025 | 12:11 AM

ROME (AP): The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council said the Trump administration’s decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti. Leslie Voltaire made the comment in an...

Governor dies fighting with rebels

Published:Saturday | January 25, 2025 | 4:14 AM

GOMA (AP): The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital. M23 made significant territorial gains...

Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes after Trump’s border crackdown begins

Published:Saturday | January 25, 2025 | 4:13 AM

ATOTONILCO DE TULA(AP): When Dayana Castro heard that the US asylum appointment she waited over a year for was cancelled in an instant, she had no doubt. She was heading north anyway she could. The 25-year-old migrant, her husband and their four-...

Kremlin scoffs at Trump’s claim that drop in oil prices will end Ukraine conflict

Published:Saturday | January 25, 2025 | 4:13 AM

MOSCOW (AP): The Kremlin insisted Friday that a settlement in Ukraine couldn’t be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices, as US President Donald Trump has suggested. Speaking by video from the White House to the annual World Economic Forum in...

Cancer society urges gov’t to ban Red Dye #3

Published:Saturday | January 25, 2025 | 4:10 AM

TORTOLA (CMC): The BVI Cancer Society has launched a petition urging the government to ban Red Dye #3, a synthetic food colouring linked to health risks, including cancer. The society highlighted studies that associate high doses of the dye with...

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