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February 16, 2026
Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’
MUNICH (AP): A top European Union (EU) official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure”, pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.
February 16, 2026
Cohabiting couples in Grenada to be afforded same rights as married people
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada is amending its domestic violence law to recognise the rights of couples who have lived together for more than five years by extending to them the same rights as…
February 13, 2026
New Barbados gov’t to introduce legislation to deal with politicians crossing the political floor
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has indicated that her new Barbados Labour Party (BLP) government will introduce legislation dealing with how legislators cross the floor…
February 13, 2026
US spent $40 million on roughly 300 deportations to third nations, Democratic report finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own as immigration officials expanded the practice over the last year…
February 12, 2026
Mia Mottley leads BLP to another clean sweep in general election
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has become the second Caribbean politician to win all the seats in a national parliament on three occasions as she led her Barbados Labour Party…
February 12, 2026
Mexico delivers humanitarian aid to Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a United States blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks after US…
February 12, 2026
UNICEF says recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country, according to a new UNICEF…
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February 11, 2026
Police issue evacuation order to illegal miners
PARAMARIBO (CMC): The Suriname Police Force (KPS) has given illegal miners until Friday to leave the concession of the Chinese-owned Zijin/Rosebel Gold Mines (RGM), where a recent accident claimed a…
February 11, 2026
Man in Barbados pleads guilty to posting fake social media bribery claim about candidate
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - A 27-year-old man in Barbados has been released on BDS$5,000 bail after he pleaded guilty to posting on social media a video claiming that he had received money from a…