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Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s national director for government relations.
Published 5 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 drug vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. It is calling on the US Congress to stop the “murderous year-long campaign”.

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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
Published 5 hours ago

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…
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
Published 20 hours ago

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
Published 17 hours ago

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…
People stand on remnants of a bridge that spanned across the Trishuli River and was washed away in flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, on Sunday.
September 1, 2026

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels

KATHMANDU (AP): Rescuers raced yesterday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border as…
Ulrich Sigmund, the top candidate for the ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) party in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, enters the stage at a campaign barbecue hosted by the party in Moeser, Germany, August 13.
September 1, 2026

Upcoming election could produce first far-right state governor since World War II

MOESER (AP): An election in eastern Germany on Sunday could produce the first far-right state governor in the country’s post-World War II history as Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his unpopular…
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September 1, 2026

Military intercepts Iranian drone

DUBAI (AP): The United Arab Emirates said that it intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters yesterday, an attack that comes after the United States and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend for the…
A school official checks students' temperatures as they enter school, on the first day of the new school year amid the Ebola virus outbreak, in Ituri, Congo, Tuesday, Sept.1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)
Published 11 hours ago

Schools reopen in Congo’s Ebola epicentre despite concerns from parents and teachers

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — A new academic year began across Congo on Tuesday despite concerns by parents and teachers that the country’s Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter. The…