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WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump is preparing to sign a proclamation that will require a US$100,000 application fee for H-1B visa applications among other changes to the programme for highly skilled foreign workers that has come under...
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JUBA (AP): At 14 months, Adut Duor should be walking. Instead, his spine juts through his skin and his legs dangle like sticks from his mother’s lap in a South Sudan hospital. At half the size of a healthy baby his age, he is unable to walk. Adut’s...
LONDON (AP) — A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe's major airports on Saturday. While the impact on travellers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion...
CAPE TOWN (AP): International rights group Amnesty International called Friday for urgent action from authorities in the African nation of Eswatini to give five men deported there by the United States access to lawyers and explain why they’ve been...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation. Gunmen opened fired on the streets of Bassin Bleu...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United States once again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Thursday that had demanded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages after saying that the effort did not go far enough in...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation. Gunmen opened fire on the streets of...
OAK GLEN, California (AP) — Mudslides and debris flows knocked down trees, ploughed into homes and trapped drivers for 10 hours after several Southern California communities were hit by heavy rain, authorities said. No one was hurt and...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Kerrie Symmonds , has expressed concerns at the recent United States military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking, saying the actions may have bypassed due process and risk...
NEW YORK (CMC): Caribbean immigration advocates in New York have welcomed a United States District Court ruling on Thursday granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency from detaining...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) will outline its policy on artificial intelligence in its manifesto for the general election widely expected by November 2025, ahead of the February 2026 constitutional deadline. Finance minister...
MEXICO CITY (AP): The US Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned members of a Sinaloa cartel faction known as Los Mayos, one of the groups that has tormented Sinaloa’s capital in an ongoing war for control. The move came on the same day that US...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Thursday said that last week’s deadly attack in the commune of Cabaret, in the West Department, has forced thousands of people to flee their home in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
CAIRO (AP): A boat carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire and sank over the weekend off Libya’s coast, killing at least 50 people as it headed toward Greece, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. The boat sank about 60...
WASHINGTON (AP): A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the US alone back to their home country, the latest step in a court struggle over one of...
AYLESBURY (AP): After ABC suspended comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show following a threat from the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), congressional Democrats have denounced the Trump administration’s threats against political...
