VATICAN (CMC): Pope Leo XIV has appealed to the abductors of the Irish missionary, Gena Heraty, to release her and the children whom they kidnapped on August 3, adding that the situation in the French-speaking CARICOM country is “increasingly...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP): Some law enforcement officers are continuing to charge people under a Florida law that bans people living in the US illegally from entering the state, even though a federal judge has halted enforcement of the law while it...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday outside a Target store in Austin, Texas, killing at least three people, and a suspect has been arrested, police said. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect stole a car after the attack...
NASSAU (CMC): Prime Minister Philip Davis has defended the decision to amend the Parliamentary Elections Bill, saying it closes a loop while respecting the rights of voters, the authority of institutions, and the demand from the public for...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony informed that Guyana is now embracing drone technology in its public healthcare system to deliver medical supplies to hard-to-reach areas. “We’ve tested one of the drones and it can fly for 150...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): The Government of Barbados and the Republic of India recently signed a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a state-of-the-art coconut processing plant on the island. The signing of the MOU is seen...
CHICAGO (AP): A review by The Associated Press shows that several of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the federal courts have revealed anti-abortion views, been associated with anti-abortion groups or defended abortion restrictions. Several...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican authorities are accusing sportswear company Adidas of plagiarising artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches. The...
ROME (AP): Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a government plan to build a bridge that would connect the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive 13.5-billion euro ($15.5 billion) infrastructure...
ISLAMABAD (AP): The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations (UN), according to a report published Sunday. In its latest update on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, the...
AP: Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance...
Vanuatu (AP): Beneath the turquoise waters of Vanuatu off the Australian coastline, amid a graveyard of broken coral, a moray eel peers from the branches of a staghorn colony. Nearby, the feathered arms of a yellow sea lily sway in the current and...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): Rwanda has become the third African nation to enter into a deal with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the United States. The Rwandan government said Tuesday it has agreed to accept up to 250...
BEIRUT (AP): Shiite members of Lebanon’s cabinet walked out of a government meeting on Thursday in protest of a proposed plan to disarm the Hezbollah militant group and political organisation. The rest of the cabinet then voted in favour of the US...
HARARE (AP): The United States on Thursday announced a pause on all routine visa applications for citizens of Zimbabwe, the latest restriction on travellers from Africa. It came days after the US unveiled a pilot project requiring citizens of two...
ATLANTA (AP) — A suspected shooter at the campus of Emory University in Atlanta is dead and one law enforcement officer is injured after police responded to reports of an active shooter Friday, according to police. The incident took place near...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that to destroy Hamas Israel intends to take full control of the Gaza Strip and eventually transfer its administration to friendly Arab forces, as the Security Cabinet...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): A wealthy businessman became president Thursday of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country, while a prominent gangster underscored the challenges by vowing to...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The Organization of American States says it “categorically rejects” what it termed the “false and misleading allegations” recently published regarding the internal functioning, human and financial resource management, and...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): The United States on Wednesday denied seeking to determine the outcome of the September 1 general and regional elections even as it maintained its position regarding the candidacy of the political leader of the We...
ROME (AP) — The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, the European Union agency that tracks global warming said Thursday, with temperatures easing slightly for the month as compared with the record high two years ago....
SAN JUAN (AP): The Trump administration has dismissed five out of seven members on Puerto Rico’s federal control board that oversees the US territory’s finances, sparking concern about the future of the island’s fragile economy. Four of the five...
NEW YORK (AP): WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centres” targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week. The account deletions, which Meta said took place over the...
AP: ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group. The...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Lawyers for a New York-based Guyanese-businessman, say their client is asking the High Court to award him GUY$30 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) following a ruling in his favour against a reporter. The High Court had...
