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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration will help 50 countries, including Jamaica, identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly ...
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The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics. WHO...
MIAMI (AP): The Biden administration on Wednesday reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing President Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the US eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC): Suriname police are continuing investigations this week into the execution-style murder of two Guyanese nationals, who were shot multiple times on Tuesday night. The men have since been identified as Jerimiah Smith and...
HAVANA, Cuba (CMC): The Government of Cuba has reaffirmed its willingness to comply with policies established in a bilateral agreement with the United States concerning irregular migration. This was the outcome of talks held earlier this week in...
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): High Court Judge Colin Williams Thursday denied bail to United States national Jonathan Lehrer, one of two American nationals charged with the murders of famed Canadian animator Daniel Langlois, 66, and his long-time partner...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is defending the decision of the ruling Unity Labour Party’s (ULP) not to remove two billboards in the capital, promoting himself and his party, which have been set on fire twice since...
DUBAI (AP): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) tried to wring itself out Thursday after the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, with its main airport allowing more flights even as floodwater still covered portions of major...
HARARE (AP): Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on Thursday. Zimbabwe marked 44 years of independence from white minority rule,...
NAIROBI (AP: Kenya’s military chief General Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced Thursday and declared three days of national mourning. The helicopter was carrying 11 people, including...
LONDON (AP): Prince Harry, the son of King Charles III and fifth in line to the British throne, has formally confirmed he is now a U.S. resident. Four years after Harry and his American wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, decamped to a villa in...
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation struggling with surging gang violence. The...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed UN resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favour...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates struggled Thursday to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): Haiti has named the members of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), paving the way for the French-speaking Caribbean Community country to continue efforts at holding fresh elections in a bid to end the...
TORONTO (AP): Police say nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago. Peel Regional Police said on Wednesday that 6,600 gold bars...
