WASHINGTON (AP): At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States’ two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting. The poll from the...
KHAN YOUNIS (AP): Doctors in Gaza City, faced with dwindling medical supplies, performed surgery on hospital floors, often without anaesthesia, in a desperate bid to save badly wounded victims of a massive blast that killed civilians sheltering...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian congressional panel on Wednesday accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of instigating the country's January 8 riots and recommended that he be charged with attempting to stage a coup. An inquiry panel...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Tammy formed Wednesday afternoon in the Atlantic Ocean, putting a group of islands in the Caribbean on alert for its expected approach. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Tammy was centred at 5 p.m. EDT...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix on Wednesday disclosed summertime subscriber gains that surpassed industry analysts' projections, signalling the video streaming service's crackdown on password sharing is converting former...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Wednesday to condemn all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and to urge humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, saying it was too early to craft an...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day siege on the territory. A massive blast at a Gaza City hospital...
PARIS (AP) — The Palace of Versailles and three airports in cities across France were evacuated for security reasons and temporarily closed Wednesday, the latest in a spate of evacuations in the past five days around France. The former royal...
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk's social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand, in a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the site formerly known as Twitter...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US announced sanctions on Wednesday against a group of 10 Hamas members and the Palestinian militant organisation's financial network across Gaza, Sudan, Turkey, Algeria and Qatar as it responds to the surprise...
KAMPALA (AP): Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths criss-crossing a massive open market in Uganda’s capital. They are mostly looking for second-hand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new, or trying on shoes...
KHAN YOUNIS (AP): The health ministry run by Hamas said an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds of people. If confirmed, the attack would be by far the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG), Miroslav Jenča, has ended a four-day visit to Haiti, where he held talks with Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry and other stakeholders on the troubled French-speaking Caribbean...
DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced massive setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday, as Jordan called off the president's...
A Mexican official on Monday confirmed a shocking video that emerged over the weekend of cartel gunmen forcing the drivers of about a dozen tanker trucks to dump their entire loads of gasolene into a field. The official, who was not authorised to...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda's capital. They are mostly looking for second-hand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new, or...
NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela's government and opposition have reached an agreement on new electoral conditions that once signed Tuesday will trigger relief from United States energy sanctions on President Nicolás Maduro's...
RAFAH (AP): Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza on Monday, as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded for water, food, and fuel for dying generators, saying the tiny Palestinian territory sealed off by Israel after last week’s...
LONDON (AP): A lawyer for Donald Trump told a London judge Monday that the ex-president plans to prove that a discredited report by a former British spy that contained “shocking and scandalous claims” that he was compromised by Russians in his...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Venezuela’s government and opposition will resume their dialogue, mediated by Norway, with talks scheduled for Tuesday in Barbados, Norway’s embassy in Mexico said Monday in a brief statement posted to the platform X. Mexico...
HELSINKI (AP) Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He was 86. The foundation he created for...
CHICAGO (AP): An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing a six-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a...
November 1 marks the beginning of the eighth CARICOM Energy Month 2023 (CEM 2023), which aims to showcase and celebrate the sustainable energy achievements of the Caribbean region. To mark the month, a series of activities is being staged by The...
Castries (CMC): Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre said he expects this week’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Canada summit to further enhance the region’s efforts to get the international community to honour their commitments to assist small island...
