World News
January 3, 2026
Federal ruling blocks Hawaii’s climate change tourist tax on cruise ships
HONOLULU (AP): A federal appeals court ruling on New Year’s Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ship passengers, a levy that was set to go into effect at the start…
January 3, 2026
Government issues warning to gold miners
GEORGETOWN (CMC): President Irfaan Ali says gold miners who fail to declare their production will face immediate consequences, including deregistration, prosecution, and possible expulsion as the…
January 2, 2026
US-Venezuela tension affecting T&T economy, Central Bank warns
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says domestically, the fluid geopolitical tension between the United States and Venezuela is contributing to building economic…
January 2, 2026
ST VINCENT | Gov’t to prioritise hospital over parliament building
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Godwin Friday says that his new administration will place emphasis on completing the US$78 million hospital under construction in Arnos Vale on the outskirts of the…
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January 2, 2026
New CARICOM chair says differences ‘not unusual’ to bloc
GEORGETOWN (CMC): St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew says recent international developments, including geopolitical tensions in the region and external policy decisions affecting…
December 29, 2025
New York subway ends MetroCard era, switches fully to tap-and-go fares
NEW YORK (AP): When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems.…
December 29, 2025
Hundreds mourn military chief killed in Turkey plane crash
MISRATA (AP): Hundreds of people on Sunday mourned western Libya’s military chief and four others who were killed in a plane crash in Turkey. The coffins of General Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and…
December 29, 2025
Debate over surfing gets gnarly after city removes wave-creating device
FRANKFURT (AP): A debate over how to bring back surfing in Germany’s landmark English Garden escalated on Sunday after city workers removed a beam surreptitiously deployed over Christmas to restore a…
December 29, 2025
Judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees
SÃO PAULO (AP): A Brazilian judge on Saturday issued house arrest orders for 10 people who have been convicted and sentenced for participating in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in…