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Rodent causes islandwide electricity blackout in St Lucia

The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that an island wide blackout last weekend was due to an “unexpected fault” that occurred on an 11 kilovolt (11kV) breaker within its Cul-de-Sac electricity network.

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Updated 18 hours ago

Police detain suspect in case of rat poison found in baby food jars on supermarket shelves
VIENNA (AP)  Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which…
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Updated 17 hours ago

People struggle to survive on pocket-size government ration books as products dwindle
HAVANA (AP) — José Luis Amate López hasn't had a customer in almost two weeks, not counting the scrawny brown kitten that slinks around the bodega where he works in central Havana. The shelves…
Updated 12 hours ago

Rodent causes islandwide electricity blackout in St Lucia
The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that an island wide blackout last weekend was due to an “unexpected fault” that occurred on an 11 kilovolt (11kV) breaker within its…
May 3, 2026

Rudy Giuliani hospitalised in critical condition, his spokesman says
Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable condition at a hospital, his spokesman said Sunday.
May 2, 2026

Gaston Browne wins fourth consecutive term in Antigua snap election
Incumbent Prime Minister Gaston Browne led the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to an unprecedented fourth consecutive electoral victory, following a snap election that reduced the main…
Christopher Okello Onyum, a man accused of killing four children, appears in court at the Ggaba Community Church grounds in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, April 13, 2026.
April 30, 2026

Judge sentences Ugandan man to death following speedy trial for killing four children

WAKISO, Uganda (AP) — A judge on Thursday sentenced a Ugandan man to death after rejecting his insanity plea in the killings of four children in a nursery school earlier this month. A crowd watching…
Antiguans voting for a new government.
April 30, 2026

Antiguans voting for a new government

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC -Voters in Antigua are going to an estimated 190 polling stations on Thursday to cast ballots in a general election that Prime Minister Gaston Browne called almost two years…
A worker cleans the check-in area ahead of the arrival of a US commercial flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, April 30, 2026, as direct air service between the United States and Venezuela resumes after seven yea
April 30, 2026

The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in seven years is heading to Caracas

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela departed a bit early Thursday on its way to the capital of the South American country, seven years…
FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, File)
April 30, 2026

Man guilty of killing his 13-year-old step-niece is set to be Florida's 6th execution of 2026

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is…