World News
13 Oct, 2026
0
St Kitts PM given clean bill of health following stroke
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Kitts Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew said Tuesday that he had been given a “clean bill of health” by his doctors and had since been discharged from the United States…
12 Oct, 2026
0
Trump sticks with tariffs even as US voters turn against them
NEW YORK (AP: Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among…
12 Oct, 2026
0
‘Cockroach’ protest movement leaders vow to continue demonstrations
NEW DELHI (AP): Leaders of a popular Indian youth movement vowed to continue protests Sunday after being released from detention, a day after police cracked down on demonstrations against a…
12 Oct, 2026
0
Airport closure extended, Riyadh schools move online after deadly strike
CAIRO (AP): Saudi Arabia on Sunday kept its main international airport closed and moved Riyadh schools online as Yemen’s Houthi rebels threatened new airstrikes across the kingdom, a day after a…
12 Oct, 2026
0
People turn to free community pharmacies as medicines grow scarce
HAVANA (AP): Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood. Laura Mendoza comes downstairs, checks their names against a…
12 Oct, 2026
0
Premier Wheatley defends charter fees amid dispute with USVI
TORTOLA, CMC: Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has defended increased charter fees that have drawn complaints from operators in the neighbouring US Virgin Islands (USVI), saying the charges apply to…
12 Oct, 2026
0
Unions postpone march to avoid clash with Sparrow’s funeral
PORT-OF-SPAIN, CMC: Trinidad and Tobago’s trade union movement has rescheduled a planned march through Port-of-Spain by one week to avoid a clash with the state-assisted funeral of calypso legend…
12 Oct, 2026
0
Political veteran Eusi Kwayana dies at 101
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Veteran politician, educator and Working People’s Alliance (WPA) co-founder Eusi Kwayana has died at the age of 101, the party announced in a statement issued on Sunday jointly with…
10 Oct, 2026
0
Trio wins medicine prize for breakthrough in brain research
STOCKHOLM (AP): The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and…