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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people overran the runway at Somalia’s main airport and ended up in shallow water at a nearby beach Tuesday during an emergency landing following a technical problem shortly after take-off...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drought conditions have left over two million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya, with cattle-keeping communities in the northeast the hardest hit, according to the United Nations and others. In recent weeks, images of...
KYIV (AP): It is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro’s window pierces the darkness outside. On a wooden surface dusted with flour, the baker Oleksandr Kutsenko...
DUBAI (AP): Iran’s top diplomat insisted Sunday that Tehran’s strength came from its ability to “say no to the great powers”, striking a maximalist position just after negotiations with the United States over its nuclear programme and in the wake...
HAVANA (AP): After a day spent selling books, Solanda Oña typically boards a bus from a wealthy seaside district in Havana to her home in the city’s working-class centre. But on Thursday night, the bus never came. The 64-year-old bookseller spent...
SEOUL (AP): North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, the country’s state media said Sunday, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign policies for the next five years. The ruling...
Two websites that distribute instructions for how to manufacture ghost guns are facing a new lawsuit from the state of California alleging that they provide access to illegal and untraceable firearms. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Rob...
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said Monday it is suspending service to Cuba because of a shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Canada’s largest airline said it took the decision after the Cuban government announced aviation fuel would not be...
ALTO ILA (AP): On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realised he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, he continued his trek, focused entirely on the precious...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading US health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. “Take the...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa on Sunday was released after more than eight months in prison for what are widely considered to be politically motivated accusations. Guanipa, one of the closest allies of...
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Sections of Cuba were rocked by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake early Sunday. The earthquake, which was centred offshore about 34 kilometres from Imías, Cuba, was also felt in parts of Haiti and The Bahamas. It had a depth of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s presidential council stepped down on Saturday after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a US-backed prime minister, who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general...
MIAMI, CMC – Former British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie has filed an appeal challenging his conviction in the United States, arguing that the government’s sting operation involved a substance that “would never test positive” for cocaine...
ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds (US$27 million) each to families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by security forces during British colonial rule, according to the state-run news...
