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Israel-Hamas war tests Republican Party’s isolationist shift

Published:Monday | October 16, 2023 | 12:05 AM

Rochester, (AP) Nikki Haley vowed to stand with Israel “every step of the way”. She promised to “decimate” the Iranian economy. And she called for continued funding for Ukraine as it fights to repel the Russian invasion. “It’s a dangerous world...

Venice mayor stops buses operated by company after second crash

Published:Monday | October 16, 2023 | 12:05 AM

Rome (AP) The mayor of Venice ordered an immediate stop to electric buses operated by La Linea company after a bus crashed in the Italian city, injuring 15 people. This is the company’s second accident following the fiery October 3 collision that...

Arab paramedic remembered as a hero

Published:Monday | October 16, 2023 | 12:05 AM

When Hamas unleashed its attack on thousands of Jews attending a music festival in southern Israel earlier this month, an Israeli Arab paramedic insisted on staying at the scene to try to save lives. In the end, he gave his own. Awad Darawshe was...

Man killed Muslim boy and wounded woman in hate crime motivated by Israeli-Hamas war, police say

Published:Sunday | October 15, 2023 | 7:30 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — A 71-year-old Illinois man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 32-year-old woman was charged with a hate crime Sunday. Police allege he singled out the victims because of their Islamic faith...

Italian court confirms extradition of priest wanted for murder, torture in Argentina dictatorship

Published:Sunday | October 15, 2023 | 1:16 PM

ROME (AP) — Italy's top criminal court has confirmed the extradition of an Italian priest sought by Argentina on charges of murder and torture during its last military dictatorship, rejecting the priest's appeal, a lawyer said Sunday...

Powerful earthquake shakes Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region

Published:Sunday | October 15, 2023 | 10:16 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same province. The United States...

Judge denies bid to prohibit US border officials from turning back asylum-seekers at land crossings

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 7:26 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a bid by immigration advocates to prohibit United States officials from turning away asylum-seekers at border crossings with Mexico if they don't have appointments on a mobile phone app....

At least 27 dead with dozens more missing after boat capsizes in Congo

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 5:42 PM

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat capsized in Congo's northwest killing at least 27 people, and more than 70 others were missing, a senior government official said Saturday as rescuers searched frantically for survivors. The locally made boat...

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse passes across Americas

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 1:47 PM

Tens of millions in the Americas got front-row seats for a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun.  What's called an annular solar eclipse briefly dimmed the skies over sections of the western United States and Central and...

France deploying 7,000 troops after deadly school stabbing by suspected Islamic radical

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 10:16 AM

ARRAS, France (AP) — France will mobilise up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack by a former student suspected of Islamic...

Colombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children dies in hospital

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:08 AM

AP A prolific Colombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s died Thursday in a hospital, prison authorities said. He was 66. Luis Alfredo Garavito, nicknamed ‘The Beast’, confessed to having murdered...

New mega prison gradually being filled with alleged gang members

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:07 AM

TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP): With tattoo-covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison. Unveiled earlier this year, the prison 45...

Copa airliner bound for Florida returns after a bomb threat

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:07 AM

PANAMA CITY (AP): A Copa airline flight bound for Tampa, Florida, returned to Panama City’s international airport Friday following a bomb threat, the country’s civil aviation authority said. The Boeing 737-800 landed at Tocumen International...

Jagdeo calls for corrupt practices to be exposed

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:07 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC): Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo says that any attempt between public officials and contractors to engage in corrupt practices should be reported to the highest offices in government. Speaking on Thursday as over 7, 000 government...

Court decision will not prevent deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti – foreign minister

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:07 AM

NASSAU (CMC): Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell says he believes that police officers from Kenya will still be heading to Haiti despite the recent decision made by the court to prevent their deployment. In July, Kenya pledged to send 1,000...

As elections near, military rule to ease in conflict-riddled east

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Goma (AP): Congo’s president said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east and lift some restrictions imposed more than two years ago. Speaking to the nation Thursday, President Felix Tshisekedi said there...

Israeli Embassy employee stabbed in Beijing

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Beijing (AP): A 50-year-old Israeli man who works at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing was stabbed on Friday in front of a supermarket, Chinese police and the Israeli government said. Beijing police said they had arrested a suspect, a 53-year-old...

As abortion access expands, activists support reproductive rights

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Tijuana (AP): It’s Sunday night and Crystal P. Lira is not answering her messages. Inside the headquarters of Colectiva Bloodys y Projects, an organisation that has supported reproductive rights near the US-Mexico border since 2016, her only...

Authorities detain Alexei Navalny’s lawyers

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Tallinn, Estonia (AP): Russian authorities on Friday detained three lawyers representing imprisoned Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny after searching their homes, his allies said, a step that comes amid increasing pressure on the Kremlin’s critics....

Colombian serial killer who murdered more than 190 children dies in hospital

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 8:29 AM

A prolific Colombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s died Thursday in a hospital, prison authorities said. He was 66. Luis Alfredo Garavito, nicknamed “The Beast,” confessed to having...

Dominican Republic partially reopens border with Haiti

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM

DAJABON, (AP): THE DOMINICAN Republic partially reopened its border with Haiti on Wednesday to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier in a continuing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared...

IMF pleased with LAC response to global threats

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM

Marrakech, (CMC): The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, says countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) “have been very prudent over the last years in building sound, macroeconomic and...

IMF projections not a bad report – Gonsalves

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTOWN, (CMC): Prime MInister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has welcomed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) economic projections for St Vincent and the Grenadines, saying it is “not a bad report card”. Speaking on a radio programme here, Gonsalves...

Panama, Costa Rica agree to a plan to speed migrants passing through from Darien Gap

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:06 AM

PANAMA CITY (AP): Panama and Costa Rica announced a plan to quickly bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border, as the countries continue to grapple with a steady increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-...

More than 90 per cent killed in quake are women and children, says UN

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Islamabad (AP): More than 90 per cent of people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan last weekend were women and children, UN officials reported Thursday. Taliban officials said Saturday’s earthquake killed more than 2,000...

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