Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by staring down Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev over the Cuban missile crisis. At least, so goes a standard US-centric...
PARIS (AP): The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels – long admired at home, little known abroad – to global fame. One week on, the country is still wounded by the...
QANDIL (AP): A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq, as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or...
HONG KONG (AP): The main wreckage of a cargo plane that veered off a Hong Kong runway and plunged into the sea was recovered from the waters on Sunday, days after the deadly crash. The Boeing 747, flown by Turkey-based ACT Airlines from Dubai,...
CALIFORNIA (AP): In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun rises. It’s hard work, but so is starting at 4 a.m...
ACCRA (AP) : Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the west African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said Thursday. Police raided a building in the suburb of...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing US tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called “egregious behaviour” aimed at influencing US court...
ZAGREB (AP): Croatia’s parliament on Friday voted to reintroduce compulsory military service in the European Union and NATO member country. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine, as well...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US military has conducted its 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, blaming the Tren de Aragua gang for operating the vessel and leaving six people dead in the Caribbean....
NEW YORK (CMC): Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette. D. Clarke has joined Caribbean immigration advocates in New York in strongly condemning a raid on Tuesday on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown by agents from the United...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalve said on Wednesday that while he has just published a book on regional integration, he also intends to write another one detailing his working relationship with former Cuban leaders, Fidel and Raul...
GEORGETOWN (CMC): A 29-year-old contractor died on Wednesday after being attacked by a swarm of bees while working on a road contract in the village of Triumph, to the east of here. Contractor Winston Semple suffered multiple stings about his...
The US military on Wednesday launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, expanding the Trump administration’s campaign against drug...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was taken into custody late Tuesday after driving his car into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said. The US Secret Service said the man crashed into the security gate at a White House entrance at...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana's opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) on Tuesday urged the public and the media to allow the judicial process to take its course after one of its members was arrested by police on Monday night during a drug...
OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions. Making itself a gateway to online...
KINGSTON (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago’s nomination for a position on the United Nations Security Council for the period 2027-28 could be in jeopardy following Port of Spain’s decision to support the United States in its military build up in parts of...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders met on Wednesday and Thursday last week, including a caucus on the United States request to Grenada to allow Washington to install radar equipment and associate technical personnel at the...
NASSAU (CMC): National Security Minister Wayne Munroe is advising Bahamians to “stay out of go-fast boats leaving Venezuela” as the United States continues its military build up as part of its fight against alleged drug traffickers coming out of...
NITEROI: (AP) Performers twisted and twirled above the sand on a beach across the bay from Rio de Janeiro in an aerial circus show that sought to draw attention to the widespread problem of violence against women in Brazil. Six women and two men...
PARIS: (AP) In a brazen, seven-minute strike, thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre on Sunday morning and, as tourists were already inside, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with jewels of “inestimable value”, France’s...
GEORGE TOWN (CMC): The Government of Cayman Islands has released a bill with its planned immigration law amendments, which the public has until mid-November to respond to. A statement by government accompanying the announcement of the public...
A new partnership between CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will unlock new pathways to mobilise climate and development finance for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU)....
BEIJING: (AP) China, on Sunday, accused the US National Security Agency of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time centre, following an investigation, saying any damage to related facilities could have disrupted network communications,...
CAIRO: (AP) Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, a UN official said. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, told The...
