World News
May 23, 2026
Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak - WHO upgrades risk assessment
BUNIA (AP):
Authorities in north-eastern Congo banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people yesterday in an effort to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in a region where medical…
May 23, 2026
Governor promises to alleviate power, water shortages
SAN JUAN (AP):
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González has pledged to boost the amount of electricity available to power the US territory as chronic outages persist, angering and frustrating many…
May 23, 2026
NATO allies puzzled by Trump U-turn on Europe troops
HELSINGBORG (AP):
NATO allies and defence officials expressed bewilderment yesterday at US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 US troops to Poland just weeks after ordering…
May 23, 2026
Caribbean Airlines discontinues and adjusts some routes
State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Friday announced that, effective June 1, it will discontinue services on the Dominica, St Kitts, and Ogle in Guyana to Suriname routes as it continues to “focus…
May 22, 2026
Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba
President Donald Trump and America’s top diplomat yesterday again raised the spectre of US military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration…
May 22, 2026
Residents burn an Ebola treatment centre as anger grows
BUNIA (AP):
People set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo yesterday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a…
May 22, 2026
Europe hit by stray Ukrainian drones
Over the past months, Ukrainian drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in…
May 22, 2026
WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and upgrades risk assessment
The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.