DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's parliament voted Monday to delay the West African nation's presidential election until December 15 in a chaotic voting process that took place after opposition lawmakers were forcefully removed from the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president's claims that he is immune from...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago Judiciary says it wishes to “record its strong objection to the broad sweeping and totally unsupported claims” made by the German-based Transparency International (TI), and “echoed” by the Trinidad and...
GEORGETOWN, (CMC): The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education Monday differed sharply as to the response of teachers for them to participate in a general strike to press demands for increased salaries. The GTU said that...
LONDON (AP): King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public duties but will continue with state business, and...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The case in which a former public servant is accused of stealing more than EC$195,000 (one EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) from the St Vincent and the Grenadines government has been adjourned to March 18, after the presiding magistrate...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (AP): Protests shut down major cities in Haiti on Monday as demonstrators clashed with the police and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Banks, schools and government agencies closed in Haiti’s northern and...
RIYADH (AP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hoping to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and...
GEORGETOWN (AP): The US government is increasing its urgent military assistance to Guyana, officials said on Monday, as neighbouring Venezuela threatens to seize a large part of the country’s territory it has long claimed. The US is pledging to...
SANTIAGO (AP): Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris on Monday from neighbourhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 122. Hundreds of people...
SAN SALVADOR (AP): El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savouring what appears to be a landslide re-election victory, and is railing against his international critics and the press. The populist leader has declared himself a harbinger of...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm of historic proportions unleashed record levels of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes, posing grave dangers for the city's...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The US government is increasing its urgent military assistance to Guyana, officials said Monday, as neighbouring Venezuela threatens to seize a large part of the country's territory it has long claimed. The US is...
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow hit the Tokyo area on Monday, disrupting trains and grounding more than 100 flights, with transport officials cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the snowfall was...
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos reported Sunday. The 59-year-old has now spent more than 878 days and 12 hours in space, surpassing fellow...
HARARE (AP) Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly swore in his deputy to complete the remaining time in office. Geingob...
JERUSALEM (AP) Iran issued a warning Sunday to the US over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Middle-East long suspected of serving as forwarding operating base for Iranian commandos, just after America and the United Kingdom launched...
JERUSALEM (AP) Criticism of President Joe Biden by a far-right minister in Israel's government who said Donald Trump would allow more freedom to fight Hamas sparked outrage there on Sunday, highlighting the sensitivity of relations as...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's police on Sunday fired tear gas at opposition supporters who were protesting against the decision by President Macky Sall to postpone the Feb. 25 election over a dispute between parliament and the...
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia's president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly swore in his deputy to complete the term in...
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have left at least 19 people dead and destroyed about 1,100 homes, officials said Saturday. Chile's Interior Minister Carolina...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for February 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president says corruption and officials' incompetence allowed a liquid petroleum plant to operate in one of Nairobi's most crowded residential neighbourhoods, where an explosion killed three people...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): A new United Nations human rights report has revealed a spike in violence in Haiti. According to the latest quarterly update from the UN integrated office, known by the French acronym BINUH, in the crisis-wracked, French-...
ST. JOHN’S (CMC): The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will undertake a re-registration of voters here to “preserve the integrity of the voters’ list,” as it contemplates whether or not to renew the voter identification cards which will...
