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Putin expected to meet Trump in Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant

Published:Sunday | October 19, 2025 | 12:06 AM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Hungary soon for talks with United States President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine – despite the Russian leader facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant....

Why Sarkozy will serve time despite appeal

Published:Sunday | October 19, 2025 | 12:06 AM

PARIS (AP): The date for Nicolas Sarkozy’s imprisonment will be set Monday, after the former French president was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his winning 2007 campaign with funds from Libya....

US will send survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel back to Ecuador and Colombia, Trump says

Published:Saturday | October 18, 2025 | 3:28 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Donald Trump said Saturday. The military rescued the...

Prince Andrew says he's giving up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade

Published:Friday | October 17, 2025 | 2:31 PM

LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York and other honours after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. The younger brother of King Charles III said he and...

Iowa superintendent detained by ICE falsely claimed he was a US citizen, indictment says

Published:Friday | October 17, 2025 | 2:01 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa's largest school district has been indicted by a federal grand jury after authorities said he falsely claimed to be a US citizen who was eligible to work. A two-count indictment returned...

US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations

Published:Friday | October 17, 2025 | 10:01 AM

The US has succeeded in blocking a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations. The world's largest maritime nations had been deliberating on regulations to move the...

T&T Gov't urges relatives of those killed in US military strike to come forward

Published:Friday | October 17, 2025 | 9:33 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government on Friday urged relatives of two men allegedly killed when the United States bombed a small vessel in international waters near the coast of Venezuela earlier this week, to come...

Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 2:16 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday ordered federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras and also summoned a senior official to court next week to discuss an enforcement...

Trinidadian nationals among those killed in latest US bombing at sea

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 1:00 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The secretary of the non-governmental organisation, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea, Gary Aboud, Thursday confirmed that two Trinidad and Tobago nationals were among the six people killed following the latest United...

Police fire tear gas at thousands of mourners at former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga's public viewing

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 8:57 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of mourners at a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, an influential politician who died a day earlier in India. The mourners filled a 60,000...

Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital

Published:Wednesday | October 15, 2025 | 9:16 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, which had been a key lifeline in a city now 90 per cent...

Former Suriname president hopes son's immigration status in the US will be treated 'fairly'

Published:Wednesday | October 15, 2025 | 9:10 AM

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC -Former Suriname president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi says he hopes that the detention of his son in the United States in connection with his immigration status “will be handled carefully and fairly, in accordance with...

Instagram says it's safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

Published:Tuesday | October 14, 2025 | 10:03 AM

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...

Tropical Storm Lorenzo forms in the Atlantic Ocean but isn't threatening land

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 8:29 AM

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...

Traitor, survivor or influencer? Rethinking story of conquistador translator Malinche

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 12:09 AM

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...

New report finds hunger rising as government pledges a quick response

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 12:08 AM

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...

Opposition leader Patrick Herminie wins presidential run-off election

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 12:08 AM

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...

A man turns childhood dream into a small cinema for film lovers

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 12:08 AM

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...

A town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 12:07 AM

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...

CXC pushes responsible and ethical use of AI in education assessment

Published:Monday | October 13, 2025 | 12:06 AM

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...

Many unresolved questions remain as a ceasefire begins in Gaza

Published:Sunday | October 12, 2025 | 12:07 AM

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...

Trump’s quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations

Published:Sunday | October 12, 2025 | 12:06 AM

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...

Bahamian father to be sentenced for beating son over bad grade

Published:Friday | October 10, 2025 | 7:58 PM

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...

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff says

Published:Friday | October 10, 2025 | 6:18 PM

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...

7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes offshore from southern Philippines and may cause tsunami

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 9:46 PM

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...

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