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Cuban foreign minister says Rubio’s ‘personal and corrupt’ agenda risks peace prospects

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Recent US escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region, Cuba’s top diplomat said, adding that his American counterpart is increasingly pushing policies that do not...

11 police officers arrested following killing of five suspects

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 12:10 AM

SANTO DOMINGO (AP): Authorities in the Dominican Republic have detained 11 police officers following the killing of five suspected criminals during a police operation last month. The arrests, made on Tuesday, are unusual in a country where police...

New UN gang-busting force to replace Kenyans

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 12:10 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): Radios across Haiti were abuzz on Wednesday with the news that the UN Security Council had approved the creation of a so-called gang suppression force to help the troubled Caribbean country. The force would replace a...

Hurricane Imelda pummels Bermuda as airport, schools and government offices close

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 7:48 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Imelda lashed Bermuda as a Category 2 storm late Wednesday as officials locked up the tiny British territory. Heavy winds and rain that began pummelling the island on Wednesday afternoon were expected to...

Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 7:22 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The superintendent of Iowa's largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board...

Tennessee court sets execution date for the state's only woman on death row and three male inmates

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 5:07 PM

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row. Christa Pike received the death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of...

Skerrit urges region against sowing seeds of discord among themselves

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 12:08 AM

ROSEAU (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Monday urged Caribbean countries against sowing “seeds of discord among ourselves”, maintaining his adopted position of many years that he would not be commenting publicly on statements made by...

UN authorises much larger force to fight gangs in Haiti

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 12:08 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP): The UN Security Council voted Tuesday to authorise a much larger, 5,550-member international force to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti. The resolution co-sponsored by the United States and Panama will transform the...

Two-year-old chosen as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 12:06 AM

KATHMANDU (AP): A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant Hindu festival. Aryatara Shakya...

Military court sentences former President Kabila to death for treason

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 12:06 AM

AP: A high military court in Congo convicted former President Joseph Kabila of treason Tuesday for his alleged collaboration with anti-government rebels and sentenced him to death. It was not immediately clear how the sentence could be carried out...

Venezuela seeking closer ties with Suriname

Published:Wednesday | October 1, 2025 | 12:06 AM

PARAMARIBO (CMC): Venezuela is seeking closer ties with Suriname and has described as “ a new beginning” discussions held on Monday between Finance and Planning Minister, Adelien Wijnerman and the Venezuelan Ambassador, Ayezim Y. Flores Rivas. The...

Strong earthquake kills 31 people in a central Philippine region hit by deadly storm just days ago

Published:Tuesday | September 30, 2025 | 9:28 PM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 31 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of...

Iowa schools leader held by ICE steps down as he fights deportation

Published:Tuesday | September 30, 2025 | 5:53 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines public schools superintendent who has been detained by immigration authorities submitted his resignation Tuesday while he focuses on challenging his looming deportation, his lawyer said. Ian Roberts had been...

One man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda, Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda

Published:Tuesday | September 30, 2025 | 12:12 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Authorities in The Bahamas closed most schools yesterday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man. The storm was located about...

Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown

Published:Tuesday | September 30, 2025 | 12:12 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump yesterday afternoon showing little willingness to compromise from their entrenched...

Trump, Netanyahu agree on plan to end Gaza war, await Hamas acceptance of terms

Published:Tuesday | September 30, 2025 | 12:11 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): United States (US) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday they’ve agreed on a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms. Trump on Monday laid out...

YouTube to pay US$24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after January 6 attack

Published:Monday | September 29, 2025 | 7:43 PM

Google's YouTube has agreed to pay US$24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump brought after the video site suspended his account following the January 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol following the election that resulted in him...

Zookeeper reflects on caring for Latin America’s last panda

Published:Monday | September 29, 2025 | 12:06 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): After a decade of caring for camels, lions, lynxes and lemurs, Joel Frías joined the team handling the Chapultepec Zoo’s star attraction: the giant pandas. It was 2000, and Mexico City’s zoo, nestled in its massive forested urban...

Death toll climbs to 40 after stampede at political rally for popular actor

Published:Monday | September 29, 2025 | 12:06 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) The death toll following a stampede at a political rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 40, the state’s health minister said Sunday, as medics treated at least 124...

Body of young migrant found on the beach as crossings to UK rise

Published:Monday | September 29, 2025 | 12:06 AM

PARIS (AP): French authorities announced the discovery Sunday of a body on a beach used as one of the launch points for migrants attempting the perilous sea crossing from northern France to the UK on flimsy inflatable boats. Attempted crossings...

Weighing confrontation or diplomacy after UN sanctions reimposed over nuclear programme

Published:Monday | September 29, 2025 | 12:06 AM

DUBAI (AP) Iran’s theocracy prepared Sunday for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear programme, even as some pushed for continued negotiations to ease the economic pain squeezing the...

Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next

Published:Saturday | September 27, 2025 | 1:19 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a separate weather system taking aim at the Southeast US. The mayor of South Carolina's port city...

Prominent educator with Guyanese heritage detained by ICE

Published:Saturday | September 27, 2025 | 11:41 AM

DES MOINES, CMC-The Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) Friday confirmed that the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, Dr Ian Roberts, had been arrested by federal immigration authorities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

UN says Haiti remains in the ‘eye of the storm’

Published:Saturday | September 27, 2025 | 12:08 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed says Haiti is “at the eye of a storm” with armed gangs tearing apart communities and families being forced from their homes. Addressing the high-level meeting on...

Russia helping China to prepare for potential invasion of Taiwan, defence institute says

Published:Saturday | September 27, 2025 | 12:08 AM

LONDON (AP): Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a UK-based defence and security forum. The Royal...

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