KAMPALA, (AP):Uganda's long-time president yesterday attended a televised debate in which he faces seven challengers, including his former prime minister.President Yoweri Museveni missed the first presidential debate and later said such events "...
ROSEAU CMC:Five men are now in custody following an incident on Carnival Monday in which a policeman was severely beaten.Yesterday, the police reported that the men are being held on suspicion of attemptedmurder.Acting Inspector Pellam Jno Baptiste...
MONTERREY (AP):A brawl between rival drug gangs resulted in a riot and fire early yesterday at an overcrowded penitentiary in northern Mexico, leaving 52 inmates dead and 12 injured. It is the country's deadliest prison melee in years.Rescue workers...
SOUTH KOREA (AP):Tensions with North Korea have escalated sharply since the country launched a long-range rocket to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday. In the latest developments:n North Korea ordered a military takeover of the factory park that...
ATLANTA (AP):More than 40 prison guards and officers in Georgia have been indicted on charges of accepting bribes and drug trafficking, the latest in a federal effort to crack down on contraband and criminal activity in the state's prisons.Since...
The US Senate has voted unanimously in favour of tougher sanctions against North Korea, after the country's recent nuclear and rocket tests. It targets anyone who directly or indirectly helps Pyongyang's weapons proliferation or human...
NEW HAMPSHIRE (AP):The current and former chiefs of the state Republican Party condemned him. New Hampshire's only two Republican members of Congress refused to endorse him. The conservative owner of the state's largest newspaper called him "a con...
BEIJING (AP):China's first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently travelled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said yesterday.The man from the southern city of Ganzhou had been treated...
LONDON (AP):Thousands of junior doctors throughout England went on strike yesterday after the failure of contract negotiations.The junior doctors only provided emergency medical care during the 24-hour strike. It's their second strike of the year....
Published:Wednesday | February 10, 2016 | 12:00 AM
Zimbabwe has appealed to local businesses and charities for more than US$1.5 billion in aid to save more than a quarter of the population from starvation due to drought. At a news conference in the capital Harare yesterday, Zimbabwe's vice...
WASHINGTON (CMC):The United States has called on all political actors in Haiti to support the agreement that averted a constitutional crisis in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country after President Michel Martelly demitted office...
MISSISSIPPI (AP):The Attorney general's office has taken over the prosecution in a voting fraud case filed last year against fivesouthwestern Mississippi poll workers.The Enterprise-Journal of McComb reports that a Republican Party poll watcher and...
Published:Monday | February 8, 2016 | 11:53 AMUNITED STATES
NEW HAMPSHIRE, (AP):Encouraged by Marco Rubio's stumbles, the Republicans' second-tier candidates are seeing fresh hope for survival as they sprint to the finish line in New Hampshire. The Democrats' Clinton-Sanders duel is veering into gender...
Published:Monday | February 8, 2016 | 10:52 AMST VINCENT
KINGSTOWN CMC:Four months after his South Leeward constituency office was destroyed by fire, another blaze has gutted the constituency office of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Jomo Thomas.Thomas told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that...
TAINAN, Taiwan (AP)As anxious families waited nearby, rescuers on yesterday painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake that shook southern Taiwan and...
PYONGYANG, North KoreaHours after the rest of the world already knew, North Korea's state media triumphantly announced in a special news bulletin to the nation yesterday that it had successfully launched a satellite into orbit, calling it a major...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The Latest on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket (all times local): 2:15 a.m. The president of the Security Council says he expects the U.N.'s most powerful body to unanimously condemn North Korea's...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):Michel Martelly took office promising a stronger Haiti following a messy election that provoked widespread scepticism.He is due to leave power today at the close of his five-year term with few accomplishments and a legacy clouded...
AMSTERDAM (AP):European Union (EU) nations, anxious to stem the flow of asylum-seekers coming through the Balkans, are increasingly considering sending more help to non-member Macedonia as a better way to protect European borders instead of relying...
TAINAN (AP):Up to late yesterday rescuers were still searching for more than 100 people still missing after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn, causing a high-rise residential building to collapse and killing at least...
UNITED STATESIOWA CITY, (AP) -- An Iowa City man accused of throwing two tomatoes at GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will stand trial in the case.The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that trial for 28-year-old Andrew Joseph Alemao has been...
GUYANAGEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is opening an office in Guyana, a presence it's been seeking for more than a decade.US Ambassador Perry Holloway yesterday said the office is expected to open...
Health authorities in Colombia say three persons have died after contracting the Zika virus and developing a rare nerve disorder. The head of Colombia's National Health Institute, Martha Lucia Ospina says six other deaths are being investigated...
