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Published 21 hours ago

US strike on vessel in eastern Pacific kills 2

WASHINGTON (AP): After a pause of more than two months, the US military announced yesterday that it once again carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused…
Published 5 hours ago

Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging the region…
People watch as the bodies of their relatives who were killed in a gang attack are carried away by morgue workers in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Published 2 hours ago

More than 50 kidnapped as violent gang attack in Haiti leaves 47 dead

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped when armed men attacked a once-peaceful community near Haiti’s capital earlier this week, the United…
FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Published 1 hour ago

ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new…
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday, Aug. 12 2026, after surviving a leadership vote among his own party’s lawmakers. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay) CORRECTION: Correc
August 24, 2026

New Zealand’s prime minister proposes banning children from using social media

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a proposed law banning children younger than 16 from using social media platforms, citing what he said Monday…
August 24, 2026

Paralysed man awarded US$80,000 interim payment over police shooting in Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A man in the Bahamas left paralysed after being shot by a police officer in 2016 has been awarded a US$80,000 interim payment from the state to help cover urgent medical…
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 24, 2026

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on more Canadian goods as rift with Ottawa deepens

United States President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel starting next year as the trade rift with Ottawa continued to deepen. …
FILE - Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media regarding the federal governments decision to allow Chinese EV's into Canada at Queen's Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
August 24, 2026

Ontario’s premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as trade woes worsen

TORONTO (AP) — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over President Donald Trump’s trade policies and threatened to cut off electricity and critical minerals…
Plane carrying the deportees from the US arrives at the Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Wiaplah)
August 24, 2026

Deportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia sent to Equatorial Guinea

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another ‌African nation that…