Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday. This means kids using teen-specific accounts will see photos and...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Lorenzo formed Monday in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located about 1,095 miles (1,762 kilometres) west of the Cape Verde Islands and had maximum...
MEXICO CITY (AP) The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover. The Spanish called her Marina, pre-Hispanic peoples knew her as Malintzin and later she was renamed Malinche. Her work as...
SAN JUAN (AP) Haiti’s government pledged a quick response to growing hunger in the troubled Caribbean country as a new report warned that more than half the population is experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse. At least 5.7 million...
VICTORIA (AP): Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in a run-off vote, according to official results released early Sunday. Herminie garnered 52.7 per cent of...
SAO PAULO (AP): Carlos Costa would never forget the summer day his grandmother took him to the movies. He was six years old when he first walked into a dark theatre to watch O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão, a 1977 Brazilian comedy that...
KYAUKME (AP): Ten days after it was recaptured by Myanmar’s military government, the town of Kyaukme stands eerily silent. Schools have reopened, but the town’s once-busy market is mostly empty. Vendors at some stalls closed them at the sight of...
GEORGETOWN: The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) continued its regional engagement series in Guyana between October 8-11, meeting with over 300 educators, students, employers and other stakeholders to discuss the implementation of CXC...
CAIRO (AP): Bombardment stopped and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza on Friday under a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead, as US President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It...
WASHINGTON (AP): United States President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and – most vocally – himself. Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 41-year-old father will return to a magistrate court in the Bahamas on December 10 for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to beating his 10-year-old child over a bad grade at school. The father appeared before Magistrate...
McEWEN, Tennessee (AP) — A blast levelled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said. "There's nothing to...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, and a hazardous tsunami was possible nearby. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said...
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday on mortgage fraud charges in a case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after he vowed retribution on his biggest political enemies....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the US military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC—The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday confirmed that a request for the temporary installation of radar equipment and associated technical personnel at the Maurice Bishop International Airport was received from the...
US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war. "This...
Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the US on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, while union leaders for air traffic controllers and airport security screeners warned the situation...
MANZINI (AP): A group of 10 migrants deported from the United States arrived early Monday in the African nation of Eswatini, authorities there said. They are the latest of more than 40 deportees sent to Africa since July after the Trump...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the UN refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump's America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticised a wider "backlash" in some countries against migrants and...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The acting Commissioner of Prisons, Hayden Forde, Monday said that drone drop offs were contributing significantly to contraband reaching prison walls, and is also blaming some prison officials for being part of the...
ISTANBUL (AP) : Hundreds of thousands of people across several Turkish cities marched Sunday in support of Palestinians and an aid flotilla’s attempt to reach Gaza. At the largest demonstration in Istanbul, footage showed crowds walking from the...
ADDIS ABABA (AP): Thousands gathered in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival, which is celebrated annually by the largest ethnic group, the Oromos, who were donning mostly white...
TBILISI (AP) : Georgia’s ruling party claimed victory in every municipality across the South Caucasus country in a local election that was boycotted by the two main opposition blocs as a sham. Tens of thousands poured into the capital, Tbilisi,...
ROME (AP) : Some of the activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have returned to their home countries to describe mistreatment at the hands of Israeli guards, claims that Israel denies. Some 450 activists were arrested as Israeli...
