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February 17, 2026
Shein faces EU investigation over illegal products and addictive design features
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators are investigating Shein over concerns the online retailer hasn’t done enough to limit the sale of illegal products or protect users from the platform’s…
February 17, 2026
St Lucia PM confirms ‘lost lives’ in latest US strike against alleged drug dealers
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip Pierre Monday said the St Lucia government “is actively engaging through established diplomatic and security channels” after confirming that “people…
February 16, 2026
A Kurdish-majority neighbourhood recovers from clashes with hope for the future
ALEPPO (AP): A month after clashes rocked a Kurdish-majority neighbourhood in Syria ‘s second-largest city of Aleppo, most of the tens of thousands of residents who fled the fighting between…
February 16, 2026
Eight thousand troops ready for possible peacekeeping mission in Gaza
JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia’s military said Sunday that up to 8,000 troops are expected to be ready by the end of June for a potential deployment to Gaza as part of a humanitarian and peace mission, the…
February 16, 2026
Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’
MUNICH (AP): A top European Union (EU) official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure”, pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.
February 16, 2026
Cohabiting couples in Grenada to be afforded same rights as married people
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada is amending its domestic violence law to recognise the rights of couples who have lived together for more than five years by extending to them the same rights as…
February 13, 2026
New Barbados gov’t to introduce legislation to deal with politicians crossing the political floor
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has indicated that her new Barbados Labour Party (BLP) government will introduce legislation dealing with how legislators cross the floor…
February 13, 2026
US spent $40 million on roughly 300 deportations to third nations, Democratic report finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own as immigration officials expanded the practice over the last year…
February 12, 2026
Mia Mottley leads BLP to another clean sweep in general election
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has become the second Caribbean politician to win all the seats in a national parliament on three occasions as she led her Barbados Labour Party…