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Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome’s Colosseum

Published:Saturday | November 23, 2024 | 12:07 AM

ROME (AP): The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights – albeit staged – for the first time in two millennia under a US$1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to promote “a more conscious tourism”. But some...

Police chief in Mexico kills himself as troops try to arrest him in corruption probe

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 9:45 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The police chief in a small town in central Mexico took his own life Friday as troops closed in to arrest him as part of anti-corruption raids that also detained several other top police commanders and a mayor in other...

2 convicted in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death on US-Canada border

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 9:40 PM

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross...

Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing in order to decide where case should go now

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 6:07 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge confirmed Friday that President-elect Donald Trump won't be sentenced this month in his hush money case, instead setting a schedule for prosecutors and his lawyers to expand on their ideas about what...

Conor McGregor must pay $250K to woman who says he raped her, civil jury rules

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 4:44 PM

LONDON (AP) — A woman who claimed mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in a Dublin hotel penthouse was awarded nearly 250,000 Euros (US$257,000) on Friday by a civil court jury in Ireland....

Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 2:09 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse as aggrieved families...

Brazilian police indict former President Bolsonaro and aides over alleged 2022 coup attempt

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 11:21 AM

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their...

London's Gatwick Airport terminal reopening after security alert

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 10:01 AM

LONDON (AP) — London Gatwick Airport is reopening its South Terminal for passengers after police resolved security issue relating to a suspicious item found in luggage. However, flight delays remain. Authorities were called to the...

Police indict former president in alleged 2022 coup attempt

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 12:10 AM

SAO PAULO (AP): Brazil’s federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on charges of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his electoral defeat in the 2022 elections. The findings were to be...

Russia, China oppose changing Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 12:10 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP): Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a US-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a UN peacekeeping mission. The two allies called a UN...

Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas officials

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 12:09 AM

THE HAGUE (AP): The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for the leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with their war that...

Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 3:29 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on his ability to...

Nearly US$100 million awarded to family of St Lucia-born man fatally shot in his apartment by officer

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 10:06 AM

DALLAS (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own was awarded nearly $100 million Wednesday in a federal civil trial. The jury found after a three-day trial that ex-...

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 9:51 AM

United States regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The...

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 9:22 AM

THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against...

Thousands of undocumented migrants to be legalised

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:09 AM

MADRID (AP): Spain will legalise about 300,000 undocumented migrants a year, starting next May and through 2027, the country’s migration minister said Wednesday. The policy aims to expand the ageing country’s workforce and allow foreigners living...

Millions needed to repair damage caused by rains – PM

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:09 AM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): The Grenada government said that millions of dollars would be required to repair and/or replace public infrastructure damaged or demolished by the flooding caused by the excessive rainfall the country has been...

Government cracking down on security firms hiring non-nationals

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:09 AM

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): The Bahamas government will hold a seminar on Friday with stakeholders as it cracks down on private security firms illegally hiring non-nationals for positions and violating the law. “We suspect that a number of non-Bahamians...

Imran Khan gets bail, but is staying in prison

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:09 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): A Pakistani court granted bail Wednesday to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, his lawyer said. But with a slew of other charges pending against him, the opposition leader is staying behind bars. Still, the order by a...

Welby end official duties in early January

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LONDON (AP): Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, will wrap up his official duties in early January amid an abuse scandal in the Church of England, his office said Wednesday. Welby resigned last...

Man charged for planning attack on New York Stock Exchange

Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 8:42 PM

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or...

About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico

Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 7:08 PM

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 1,500 migrants formed a new caravan Wednesday in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the US border. The migrants are mainly from Central and South America. Some say they are hoping to reach the...

Archbishop of Canterbury will end official duties in early January amid sex abuse scandal

Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 5:56 PM

LONDON (AP) — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, will wrap up his official duties in early January amid an abuse scandal in the Church of England, his office said Wednesday. Welby...

US vetoes Gaza cease-fire resolution

Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 3:24 PM

The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with the Americans saying that the resolution Wednesday was not linked to an immediate release of hostages still...

'Bomb cyclone' kills one and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest US

Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 8:45 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest US, battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive...

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