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Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:08 AM

BELMOPAN (CMC): Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has described as a “farce” the decision by Prime Minister John Briceño to allow his embattled Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, Andre Perez, to proceed on leave while an investigation is...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

SANTO DOMINGO (AP): Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the Caribbean country on Thursday to evaluate the damage Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A preliminary US intelligence assessment concluded that the plane crash presumed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion, US and Western officials said Thursday as Russian...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes one week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated the Jesuit-run...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 4:47 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:05 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Iran and Saudi Arabia were among six countries invited Thursday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies in a move that showed signs of strengthening a China-Russia coalition as tensions...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:09 AM

MATAMOROS (AP): At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the US-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes. Mexico’s immigration...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:09 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday – a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:09 AM

MOSCOW (AP): A private jet crashed in Russia on Wednesday, killing all 10 people aboard, emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he was on board. Prigozhin’s fate has...

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 9:10 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua's government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes one week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated...

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 1:24 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — A private jet crashed over Russia on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, but it wasn't immediately clear if he was on board....

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 12:10 AM

TEHRAN (AP): Iran’s Defense Ministry unveiled a drone on Tuesday resembling America’s armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours and has the range to reach the country’s archenemy Israel. Iran’s state-...

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 12:10 AM

ALEXANDROUPOLIS (AP): Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days. The discovery, near the...

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 12:10 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A team of Kenyan officials is in Haiti to explore how best to help the troubled Caribbean nation fight the scourge of gang violence, following up on Nairobi’s offer to lead a multinational force in the task. The force is meant...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 9:28 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mexico's government has repeatedly raised concerns with the United States about large buoys Texas put on the Rio Grande to deter migrants and agreements between the two countries could suffer if the floating...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 8:27 PM

CAIRO (AP) — About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan — including two dozen babies in a government-run orphanage in the capital of Khartoum — since fighting erupted in the East African country in April, a leading aid...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 3:13 PM

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift rescued eight people from a broken cable car as it dangled hundreds of metres above a canyon Tuesday in a remote, mountainous part of Pakistan,...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 11:51 AM

Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertiliser prices and a yearslong drought in the Horn of Africa...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 8:48 AM

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day found the bodies of 18 people, authorities said Tuesday. They were examining whether the group...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 8:21 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic prepared to shut down the country on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Franklin took aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatened to unleash landslides and...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 12:07 AM

SAN JUAN (AP): Tropical Storm Franklin churned through the Caribbean Sea on Monday as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warned residents to prepare for landslides and heavy floods. The storm was centred at midafternoon about 275 miles...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 12:07 AM

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP): Firefighters successfully prevented wildfires from destroying any more structures in a scenic region of British Columbia, the authorities said on Monday, as the prospect of rain raised hopes for the effort to...

Published:Monday | August 21, 2023 | 2:47 PM

Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertiliser prices and a yearslong drought in the...

Published:Monday | August 21, 2023 | 8:05 AM

LONDON (AP) — A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the...

Published:Monday | August 21, 2023 | 12:07 AM

VANCOUVER (AP): Firefighters battling wildfires in western Canada received help from reinforcements and milder weather on Saturday, after the nation’s worst fire season on record destroyed structures, fouled the air with thick smoke, and prompted...

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