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Final Irish election results leave nation in political limbo

Published:Thursday | March 3, 2016 | 6:29 AM

DUBLIN (AP):The final results from Ireland's election a week ago have been declared following an overnight recount of disputed ballots in the Irish midlands.Politicians from the two outgoing government parties, Fine Gael and Labour, won the last two...

Migrants, EU referendum, come to fore at France-UK summit

Published:Thursday | March 3, 2016 | 6:17 AM

PARIS (AP):The French and British leaders are using their first summit since the November 13 terror attacks to make the case for the European Union.Ahead of a referendum on Britain's future in the EU and migrant tensions, Prime Minister David...

North Korea fires short-range projectiles into sea

Published:Thursday | March 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SEOUL (AP):North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast yesterday, South Korean officials said, just hours after the United Nations (UN) Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on the North in two decades...

Immigrant students urge passage of financial aid bill

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 6:07 AM

CONNECTICUT (AP):Immigrant students without legal status in the United States are urging Connecticut lawmakers to make them eligible for institutional financial assistance at state-run colleges and universities.Students from countries including...

Caribbean Community presses Britain for slavery reparations

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 6:15 AM

GEORGETOWN, (AP):A senior Caribbean Comm-unity official said the organization is moving forward with its effort to seek reparations from Britain for slavery.Assistant Secretary General Douglas Slater says Caricom sent a formal letter of complaint to...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cemented as 2016 leaders

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 6:42 AM

MIAMI, (AP):Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, emboldened by commanding victories on Tuesday, across large swaths of the country, are beginning to focus on each other in the race for the White House.Clinton previewed a "love and...

Deported Residents-Subpoenas

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 6:56 AM

CONNECTICUT, (AP):Two Connecticut residents who were deported to Italy several years ago because of criminal convictions are asking the federal government for permission to return to the state to appear before state lawmakers, who subpoenaed them to...

7.8 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia coast

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 12:00 AM

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of western Indonesia. There have been no immediate reports of damage. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 7:49 local time with an epicentre was 805 kilometres...

More than 4,000 children abused

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC) The Children's Authority of Trinidad and Tobago said it is dealing with an estimated 4,158 cases of children in need of care and protection, nine months after it had been established."This is the highest number of cases to be reported in the country...

Spain's socialists face uphill task to form government

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):Spain's Socialist party leader Pedro Sanchez is hoping to persuade a majority of parliamentary deputies to back his bid to form a new government, but the lack of support from other parties suggests he won't be successful.Sanchez's...

Photographer, Secret Service agent tussle at Trump rally

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2016 | 7:38 AMVIRGINIA (AP):

A Secret Service agent and a news media photographer got into a verbal and physical altercation at a raucous Donald Trump presidential campaign rally riddled with protests Monday in Virginia.Chad Morris, the photographer, was escorted out of the...

Canada reaches goal of 25K Syrian refugees by March

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2016 | 12:00 AM

TORONTO, (AP):Canada's immigration minister on Monday disclosed that the country has reached a significant milestone with the arrival of 25,000 Syrian refugees.Immigration Minister John McCallum said work continues to integrate the Syrians into the...

Georgia voters hope to influence presidential picks

Published:Monday | February 29, 2016 | 11:37 AM

ATLANTA (AP):Voters in Georgia will get their say in the presidential race today, with one of the largest delegate totals up for grabs among 12 states.Georgia's deep-red status and pool of delegates is drawing last-minute visits from multiple...

Pregnant woman has Guillain-Barre, possibly Zika

Published:Monday | February 29, 2016 | 10:09 AM

TEGUCIGALPA (AP):Health officials in Honduras said a 29-year-old pregnant woman showing symptoms of the Zika virus has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder that causes paralysis.Honduran authorities said it could be the first...

New twist in addiction crisis: Deadly painkiller impostors

Published:Monday | February 29, 2016 | 10:24 AM

OHIO (AP):Authorities are sounding the alarm about a new and deadly twist in the country's drug-addiction crisis in the form of a potent painkiller disguised as other medications.Tennessee officials said they've seen two dozen cases in recent months...

Tempers flare, migrants protest at Greek-Macedonian border

Published:Monday | February 29, 2016 | 11:11 AM

IDOMENI (AP):Macedonia sent special police reinforcements by helicopter yesterday to its border with Greece, after repelling hundreds of frustrated Iraqi and Syrian refugees with tear gas and stun grenades when they tried to force their way across...

Australian sex abuse victims await cardinal's testimony

Published:Sunday | February 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP) Australians who were raped and molested by Catholic priests when they were children are hoping to learn the truth about what a top Vatican cardinal knew about their attackers when he testifies last night  before an investigative...

KKK rally ends in violence

Published:Sunday | February 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP):Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally were waiting by a Southern California park when six Klansmen pulled up in a black SUV and took out signs reading "White Lives Matter". The KKK members were...

Clinton Thunders to Big Win in South Carolina

Published:Sunday | February 28, 2016 | 3:20 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C.Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in Saturday's South Carolina primary, drawing staggering support from the state's black Democrats and seizing an increasingly strong position as the presidential race barrels towards Super...

US ELECTIONS: Cruz, Rubio scrambling to catch Trump ahead of Super Tuesday

Published:Sunday | February 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continue to swing at Donald Trump ahead of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries that could help the Republican front-runner expand his delegate lead in an increasingly caustic nomination fight. From...

IAPA welcomes decriminalisation of defamation in Dom Rep

Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed satisfaction at a new advance regarding press freedom in the Dominican Republic following the annulment of seven articles that made defamation and slander in matters of public interest...

Saudi-led air strikes kill over 30, mostly civilians

Published:Saturday | February 27, 2016 | 12:54 PM

SANAA (AP):Saudi-led air strikes targeting Shiite rebels killed at least 30 people, mostly civilians, when they hit a market area outside the capital yesterday, Yemeni security officials said.They said the raid hit the popular market in the Nihm...

Big bash for Mugabe's 92nd birthday

Published:Saturday | February 27, 2016 | 1:11 PM

MASVINGO (AP):Calling Robert Mugabe "Dear Father," "His Royal Highness," and "the Moses of Africa", members of Zimbabwe's ruling party reasserted their loyalty to the long-time leader at thecelebration of his recent 92nd birthday.By bus, truck and...

All eyes on Super Tuesday

Published:Saturday | February 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

COLUMBIA,SC (AP):The bickering Republicans presidential candidates are trying to figure out how to cash in on the largest single-day haul of delegates in the race.At stake on Super Tuesday are 595 delegates in 11 states.Ted Cruz tells supporters in...

Muscovites mark year since opposition chief slain

Published:Saturday | February 27, 2016 | 1:30 PM

MOSCOW (AP):Chanting "Russia will be free", about 30,000 people marched across Moscow yesterday in memory of the slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in a strong outpouring of emotion on the anniversary of his killing. Some carried signs...

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