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Published:Wednesday | September 24, 2025 | 9:29 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -Trinidad and Tobago is observing the 49th anniversary of Republicanism with President Christine Kangaloo noting that there were persons who had questioned whether the country was ready for that stage of its political...

Published:Wednesday | September 24, 2025 | 8:58 AM

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly...

Published:Wednesday | September 24, 2025 | 12:09 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have reiterated their support for Haiti as the regional grouping received an updated report on the efforts being made to transition of the Kenya-led Multinational Security...

Published:Wednesday | September 24, 2025 | 12:09 AM

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP): Will Berry was 11 when his mother was killed. Thirty-three-year-old Margaret Parrish Berry was shot in the back of the head during a robbery at the gas station where she worked. Geoffrey Todd West was 21 when he pulled the...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 7:44 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man accused of plotting an attack on behalf of the Islamic State group in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Awais Chudhary, 25, a naturalised US citizen born in Pakistan and living...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 6:00 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – High Court judge, Justice Karen Reid, Tuesday said that the former vice president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Austin Jack Warner was subjected to a “flawed” process when the United States sought...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The Trump administration has barred Iranian diplomats based in or visiting New York from shopping at wholesale club stores like Costco and purchasing luxury goods in the United States without specific permission from the State...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 12:10 AM

JAQUE (AP): As the boat bounced across choppy Pacific waters, Mariela Gómez and her two children huddled for 17 hours on top of sloshing gas tanks, uncertain of what lay ahead in the dense jungle. The 36-year-old Venezuelan mother was among a...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 12:07 AM

LONDON (AP): A number of charities on Monday severed ties with Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, after British newspapers published an email that she reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein,...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 8:47 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Explosive drones targeting a suspected gang leader killed at least eight children inside a slum in Haiti's capital and seriously wounded six others, relatives and activists told The Associated Press on Monday, as they...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 8:17 PM

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal trial beginning in Amazon's hometown this week is set to examine whether the online retailing giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it difficult to cancel after they did so. The Federal...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 7:57 AM

CAIRO (AP) Egyptians reacted with outrage this week after officials said that a 3,000-year-old bracelet that had belonged to an ancient Pharaoh was stolen from Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum and then melted down for gold. Tourism and Antiquities...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:10 AM

YUNGAS (AP): Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet, before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña – where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives – she had rarely encountered people who looked like her. “Back in Santa...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:10 AM

JALALABAD (AP): The Taliban government on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military facility in the Taliban hands. It is...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:10 AM

FIUMICINO (AP): Dog owners often face a dilemma before travelling: leave your beloved pet with a sitter or at a kennel? Both require quite some planning and logistics, which can be stressful and time-consuming for fur parents. Rome’s Fiumicino...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:07 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC) The Ministry of Health on Friday launched the 2025 Influenza Vaccine. According to the ministry, a total of 15,000 doses are available – with pregnant women, children, the elderly, people with chronic non-communicable diseases and...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:07 AM

SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYES (AP) A group of 143 Haitian soldiers on Friday finished military training by the Mexican army as part of a bilateral agreement as Haiti looks to revive its armed forces amid escalating violence in the Caribbean nation,...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:07 AM

TORTOLA (CMC): The British Virgin Islands has officially secured three new trademarks under the Territory of the Virgin Islands Trade Marks Act, 2013, further cementing its reputation as a premier sailing destination. The newly registered...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:07 AM

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC) The media fraternity in Trinidad and Tobago is mourning the sudden death of veteran journalist and presenter Sterling Henderson . His death was announced by interim president of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (...

Published:Monday | September 22, 2025 | 12:07 AM

BOGOTA (AP) The YouTube account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was offline Saturday, with Venezuelan state-run channel Telesur claiming in a message on X that it was “eliminated” late the previous night without justification. YouTube’s...

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 11:33 AM

LONDON (AP) — A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe's major airports on Saturday. While the impact on travellers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion...

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump is preparing to sign a proclamation that will require a US$100,000 application fee for H-1B visa applications among other changes to the programme for highly skilled foreign workers that has come under...

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

JUBA (AP): At 14 months, Adut Duor should be walking. Instead, his spine juts through his skin and his legs dangle like sticks from his mother’s lap in a South Sudan hospital. At half the size of a healthy baby his age, he is unable to walk. Adut’s...

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

CAPE TOWN (AP): International rights group Amnesty International called Friday for urgent action from authorities in the African nation of Eswatini to give five men deported there by the United States access to lawyers and explain why they’ve been...

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation. Gunmen opened fired on the streets of Bassin Bleu...

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