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Doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother’s partner with fake COVID vaccine

Published:Thursday | November 7, 2024 | 12:11 AM

LONDON (AP): A British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and injected his mother’s boyfriend with poison presented as a COVID-19 vaccine was sentenced onn Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Dr Thomas Kwan disguised himself as a nurse...

Global leaders congratulate Trump but his victory looks set to roil the world -- again

Published:Wednesday | November 6, 2024 | 8:41 AM

LONDON (AP) — The verdict of US voters was more decisive than most pundits and analysts had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a second time is as destabilising many American allies...

Trump on verge of clinching US presidency after win in Pennsylvania

Published:Wednesday | November 6, 2024 | 4:47 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was on the verge of clinching the presidency Wednesday after winning Pennsylvania, putting him just three electoral votes shy of defeating Kamala Harris to secure his return to the White House. Trump has 267 of...

Climate change threatens our sovereignty – PM Davis

Published:Wednesday | November 6, 2024 | 12:07 AM

NASSAU (CMC): Prime Minister Phillip Davis says while the aspirations of The Bahamas remain unchanged, to stand as a free nation, bound by neither fear nor force, climate change is threatening the very sovereignty off the country. “For us, climate...

Netanyahu fires defense minister in surprise announcement

Published:Wednesday | November 6, 2024 | 12:07 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region. Netanyahu and...

UK introduces a bill that would eventually make the purchase of cigarettes illegal

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 9:47 AM

LONDON (AP) — Legislation intended to ban today's British children from ever legally being able to smoke began its journey through Parliament on Tuesday. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would also bar smoking and vaping in some outdoor spaces...

Conservatives pick first black woman to head party

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected outspoken lawmaker Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. The first black woman to lead a major British...

Storm in the Caribbean on track to hit Cuba as a hurricane

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:09 AM

MIAMI (AP): A new tropical storm was expected to form on Monday in the Caribbean and bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, before strengthening to a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. The storm was expected to be...

Trump says he shouldn’t have left White House after 2020 loss

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:09 AM

LITITZ, Pennsylvania (AP): Donald Trump delivered a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before today’s presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after his 2020 loss...

Volcanic eruption burns houses, killing at least 10 people

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:08 AM

MAUMERE (AP): Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said on Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores. The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki around midnight spewed...

Schools close for a week due to dangerous air quality

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LAHORE (AP): Dangerously poor air quality on Monday forced Pakistani authorities in the cultural capital of Lahore to close primary schools for a week, government officials said, after the air-quality index hit a record high over the weekend. The...

Islamic scholar calls for implementation of Sharia law to fight crime

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:07 AM

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): An Islamic scholar has made a call for the implementation of Sharia law to solve the crime problem in the twin-island republic. Abraar Alli, the principal of Al-Ihsaan School and chairman of the Al-Ihsaan Institute,...

Harris and Trump are making a furious last-day push before Election Day

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 11:18 AM

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election...

Crashing waves in a hilltop village, a night of terror from floods

Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 12:06 AM

CHIVA (AP) Irene Cuevas will never forget the sound of the waves crashing below her apartment’s balcony. If only there had been a flash of lightning in the darkness to let her glimpse what sounded like a roaring sea. “It was a constant fear...

Spain flood survivors hurl mud at royals and top government officials

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 5:55 PM

PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday during their first visit to the epicentre of their nation's deadliest natural...

14 people killed when lightning hits church in Uganda

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 5:45 PM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Fourteen people were killed in a lightning strike in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police said Sunday. The incident happened Saturday in the remote district of Lamwo. Police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said 34 other...

Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza’s most devastated region

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:09 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip. In northern Gaza, Hamas militants carry out hit-and-...

Deaths of 10 newborns shake trust in Turkey’s healthcare system

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:09 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP): The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit. It was the last time Burcu Gokdeniz would see her baby alive. The doctor in charge...

What does a parliamentary loss for Japan’s ruling party really mean?

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:07 AM

TOKYO (AP): Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party and its junior partner lost their majority in last Sunday’s parliamentary election. The loss, much bigger than expected, is bad news for a leader who’s only been in power for a month...

TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection as sit-down restaurant struggles continue

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 5:02 PM

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays filed for bankruptcy protection Saturday, saying it is looking for ways to “ensure the long-term viability” of the casual dining brand after closing many of its branches this year. The Dallas-based company...

29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 4:33 PM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country's record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them collapsed in court...

NYC declares drought watch and asks residents to conserve water

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 3:36 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's mayor urged residents to take shorter showers, fix dripping faucets and otherwise conserve water, issuing a drought watch Saturday after a parched October in NYC and in much of the United States. A drought watch...

Local sheriff asks FBI to investigate death of black man found hanging in Alabama

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:17 PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the death of a black man in Alabama, who was found hanging in an abandoned house, following a request from a local sheriff amid fears among community members who accuse local law enforcement of...

UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first black woman to head big British party

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 10:21 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected outspoken lawmaker Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. The first...

War of words heats up

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:07 AM

GLENDALE, Arizona (AP): Donald Trump is suggesting that former Representative Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, should have rifles “shooting at her” to see how she feels about sending troops to fight. Cheney responded by...

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