LONDON (AP): Britain’s plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international humanitarian organisations after Parliament approved legislation allowing the deportation flights to begin later this year. Both the UN...
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has been convicted of killing and dismembering her landlord and putting some of the victim's remains inside a freezer in the boarding house where she lived. A Cook County jury convicted Sandra Kolalou, 37,...
LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — A family in Quebec is searching for answers after discovering that their father's remains didn't make it to Canada from Cuba, where he died while on vacation, and instead received the remains of another man....
LONDON (AP) — Britain's plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international humanitarian organisations after Parliament approved legislation allowing the deportation flights to begin later this...
HAMILTON (CMC): A member of the main opposition One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) is calling on the government to hold a referendum ahead of Bermuda’s move towards gaining fully membership of CARICOM. “Full membership of CARICOM should be decided by a...
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Barbados will be officially recognising Palestine as a state, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds has disclosed. At a media launch to highlight activities for the 166th Regular Session of the Inter-...
ROSEAU (CMC): High Court Judge Justice Kimberly Cenac-Phulgence, Monday ruled that sections of the Sexual Offenses Act contravene the Dominica Constitution as she ruled in favour of a “gay man” who challenged legislations that criminalise buggery...
MELBOURNE (AP): An Australian judge on Monday ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church, extending the prohibition beyond users in Australia. X Corp., the...
MELBOURNE (AP): Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the US president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. Biden’s...
CAPE TOWN (AP): South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) lost a second court case against a new rival party fronted by former President Jacob Zuma on Monday. A judge in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in the eastern city of Durban...
LONDON (AP): UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the first deportation flights carrying migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda would leave in 10-12 weeks, as he vowed to end the parliamentary deadlock over a key policy...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israeli military intelligence resigned on Monday because of Hamas' October 7 attack, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the stunning failure to anticipate or...
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations labour organisation warned Monday that over 70% of the world's workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. It also warned...
New Delhi (AP) The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an...
TOKYO (AP): Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during night-time training in a possible collision, leaving one dead while rescuers on Sunday searched for seven others missing,...
JERUSALEM (AP): Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgement that despite launching a massive assault, few projectiles...
KYIV (AP) Ukrainian and Western leaders welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the US House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned the passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. The House swiftly...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka on Sunday and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring 20 others, officials said. Thousands of...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians headed to the polls Sunday in a referendum touted by the country's fledgling leader as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiralling wave of violence. The majority of 11 questions posed to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform's China-based owner doesn't sell its stake within a year, but don't expect the app to go away...
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said. The New York City Police Department told The Associated Press...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signalling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent their latest eruption of violence from...
PARIS (AP): With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squat in the south of the country’s capital. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an...
NEW DELHI (AP): Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as...
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami...
