Published:Thursday | September 14, 2023 | 12:07 AM
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP): For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease – and...
Published:Thursday | September 14, 2023 | 12:07 AM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has welcomed the decision of the G20 countries to add the African Union (AU) as a member, saying Africa a continent with a population of 1.3 billion has a strong and rapidly growing...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 8:56 PM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The outer bands of Hurricane Lee began to lash Bermuda late Thursday as big surf pounded the island, with the Category 2 storm expected to make landfall on the coast of New England or Atlantic Canada over the...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 8:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden late Wednesday brushed off the House Republicans' impeachment inquiry, saying the way he sees it, they launched the investigation against him because they want to shut down the federal government....
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 6:26 PM
LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts (AP) — Hurricane Lee barrelled north toward New England on Wednesday and threatened to unleash violent storms on the region just as communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island dealt with tornado warnings and a...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 3:24 PM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will recommend most citizens don't take the latest COVID-19 booster shot, saying Wednesday there is not enough data to show the potential benefits of the vaccine outweigh potential risks. Republican...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 1:49 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue Airways says it has reached an agreement to turn over Spirit Airlines' operations at airports in Boston and Newark, New Jersey, as it ramps up its effort to win regulatory or court approval to buy Spirit. JetBlue...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 8:38 AM
PARIS (AP) — A government watchdog agency in France has ordered Apple to withdraw the iPhone 12 from the French market, saying it emits levels of electromagnetic radiation that are too high. The National Frequency Agency, which...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 8:32 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is no better than a dummy pill, according to government experts who reviewed the latest research on the long-questioned drug...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 12:10 AM
SEOUL (AP): North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rolled through Russia on an armoured train Tuesday toward a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, a rare encounter between isolated leaders driven together by their need for support in escalating standoffs...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM
CAIRO (AP): Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighbourhoods...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 12:09 AM
HARARE (AP): Newly re-elected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in a new Cabinet on Tuesday after appointing one of his sons and one of his nephews to deputy minister posts. Mnangagwa’s Cabinet was largely made up of loyalists from his...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 12:08 AM
CLIMATE FINANCE AT A gathering of G20 leaders in India September 10-11, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the UK’s biggest ever single financial contribution to helping the world’s most vulnerable people adapt to and mitigate the impact of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is directing the US House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family's business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election...
Americans may soon be able to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months of age and older. The agency's director is expected to sign off on...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Agents from Guatemala's Attorney General's office on Tuesday opened dozens of boxes of votes and photographed their contents in another raid on facilities of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Luis Gerardo Ram...
CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya's eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could spiral with 10,000 people reported still missing after floodwaters smashed...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant farm workers would receive a raft of new protections under a Biden administration proposal to be announced Tuesday, which would boost safety requirements on farms and raise transparency around how such workers are...
SANTIAGO (AP): The president of Chile issued a fervent defense of democracy on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship for almost two decades. The anniversary of the US...
SEOUL (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading to Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that is likely to focus on Russia’s desire to buy ammunition to refill reserves drained by its war in Ukraine. The meeting will also...
SANTO DOMINGO (AP): The president of the Dominican Republic announced Monday that he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he threatened to shut down land, air, and sea traffic between the two neighbours over their latest dispute. President...
TAFEGHAGHTE (AP): The toll of the massive earthquake that devastated Morocco could be seen Monday in dozens of remote villages such as Tafeghaghte, where more than half of the 160 inhabitants are thought to have died. With most of the community...
CAIRO (AP) — Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighbourhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, one...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the...
NEW YORK (AP) — With tolling bells, personal tributes, and tears, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 at anniversary observances that stretched from ground zero to small towns. People gathered at memorials, firehouses, city halls, campuses...
