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Chevron is the only United States oil company that has a major presence in Venezuela.
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US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela

NEW YORK (AP) – Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.

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US extends ban on flights to Haiti's capital as gang violence surges

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The US Federal Aviation Administration has extended a ban on United States flights to Haiti's capital until March next year as gang violence persists. The ban means…
Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s national director for government relations.
Published 19 hours ago

Amnesty Int’l calls for end to ‘murderous’ air strikes in Caribbean Sea

NEW YORK (CMC): The international human rights group Amnesty International is calling for an end to the United States military’s “deadly, ongoing and illegal campaign” of air strikes against suspected…
Displaced girls sit at a school converted into a temporary shelter for displaced residents in residents in Bidur, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Tuesday, September 1.
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Mass burials as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

KATHMANDU (AP): Rescue teams with search dogs continued to search through mud, rocks and debris yesterday on the border with Nepal and China for thousands of people still missing following the…
From left: French conservative Party Les Republicains Bruno Retailleau, co-president of French centre-left party, Place Publique Raphael Glucksmann, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, former French Prime Minister and head of Horizons political party Edouard P
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Election campaign to replace Macron heats up

PARIS (AP): With the end of France’s summer vacation season, the election campaign to replace Emmanuel Macron as president next May is bursting to life. An unusually large and broad field of…
FILE - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, Aug. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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NYC, largest school system in US, bans AI for students through 8th grade

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani…
Nepal Army soldiers carry a body of a worker recovered from the site of a hydropower project in Upper Trishuli, Nepal, on Tuesday. - AP photo
September 1, 2026

Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Rescue teams with search dogs continued to search through mud, rocks and debris on Tuesday on the border with Nepal and China for thousands of people still missing following…
Apple's new CEO John Ternus
September 1, 2026

Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, takes over from Tim Cook after 15 years

AP – Apple's new CEO John Ternus takes the helm of the iconic tech giant on Tuesday, ending Tim Cook's 15-year tenure during which the company's value skyrocket to $4.6 trillion thanks…
St Lucia’s Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs Minister, Alva Baptiste.
September 1, 2026

First group under US TCN programme arrives this week

CASTRIES (CMC): The St Lucian government says the first group of people being transferred to the island under a bilateral agreement with the United States will arrive later this week. Alva Baptiste,…
St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew
September 1, 2026

PM hospitalised, to receive care abroad

BASSETERRE (CMC): Prime Minister Terrance Drew of St Kitts and Nevis is to be flown overseas for further medical observation after being admitted to the Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital on…