Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 12:10 AM
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for war-torn Gaza, and an end to hostilities in the Mideast and Ukraine, issuing a joint declaration Monday that was heavy on...
Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 12:09 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police. The attack on Pétionville was led by the...
Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2024 | 12:09 AM
AP: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows US President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a so-called “sanctuary city” ordinance that bars city resources from being used for immigration enforcement and city departments from sharing information on...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump's hush money conviction, but they expressed openness Tuesday to delaying sentencing until after his second term. In a court filing,...
NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of three people in random attacks across Manhattan, police said Tuesday. Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody after he was found with...
A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually call bombogenesis. It's...
LONDON (AP) — With banners, bullhorns and toy tractors, thousands of British farmers descended on Parliament on Tuesday to protest a tax hike they say will deal a "hammer blow" to struggling family farms. UK farmers are rarely as...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti's capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police. The attack on P...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police arrested five officers accused over a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, authorities said. According...
ST JOHN’S (CMC): The Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda Sir Rodney Williams has been appointed president of the West India Committee (WIC), an organisation that has served the Caribbean for nearly 300 years. Sir Rodney assumed leadership on...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus was released on GUY$10.5 million (one Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) bail when he appeared in a court here charged with more than 200 financial crime charges. In October, the...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil pushed for concerted action to alleviate hunger Monday as it hosted a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies amid global uncertainty over two major wars and incoming US President-elect Donald Trump. Brazilian...
NEW DELHI (AP): Authorities in India’s capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on Monday after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season. Residents of New Delhi woke up to thick,...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian senators on Monday voted to censure an Indigenous colleague who yelled at King Charles III during a reception in Parliament House last month. The censure of independent Senator Lidia Thorpe...
NEW DELHI (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (East) Jaideep Mazumdar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Guyana marks a significant milestone, being the first visit by an Indian prime minister in over half a...
A comprehensive study conducted across 15 Caribbean territories by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has revealed significant deficiencies in the region’s infrastructure, emphasising the need for climate resilient...
LONDON (AP) A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck. The 18-carat Tiffany...
ROME (AP) Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. It’s the first time that...
WASHINGTON (AP) Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the US intelligence services, in 2022 endorsed one of Russia’s main justifications for invading Ukraine: the existence of dozens of US-funded biolabs working on some of...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara on Sunday neared landfall in Belize, where forecasters expect heavy rain to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides. The storm's centre was expected to make landfall in...
Democratic governors and state attorneys general are dusting off the playbooks from their offices’ pushback against President-elect Donald Trump’s policies, but they know it could be a harder battle in his second time in office. Trump’s campaign...
WASHINGTON (AP): As United States President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip over Senate...
BEIRUT (AP): Lebanon's caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back...
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC): A Jamaican national who broke his leg while attempting to evade immigration officials, is among 11 Jamaicans denied entry into Belize during the period November 4-11. The Department of Border Management and Immigration...
