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August 3, 2026
Trump bank accounts were closed due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in…
August 3, 2026
WestJet reaches tentative deal with flight attendants after brief strike snarled traffic
Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers. …
August 3, 2026
Antigua and Barbuda seeks US review of visa restrictions and bond programme
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa…
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August 3, 2026
IMF urges Guyana to resolve Exxon cost-oil disputes, strengthen oversight
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Guyana to accelerate efforts to resolve longstanding disputes over ExxonMobil’s cost-oil audits, saying the issues have important…
August 3, 2026
Search begins for specialist firm to salvage sunken ferry
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC The Government has begun the search for an experienced marine salvage company to recover the wreck of the ferry – the MV Barima, nearly two weeks after the passenger and cargo…
August 3, 2026
Wheatley orders multiple investigations into unauthorised government investment
TORTOLA (CMC): British Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley has ordered multiple investigations into an unauthorised government investment in Delta Capital Partners…
August 3, 2026
CARICOM chairman calls for economic freedom and reparative justice in Emancipation Day message
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Philip J. Pierre has called on Caribbean nations to continue the “unfinished journey of emancipation” by pursuing economic…
July 31, 2026
Spain's PM blames trafficking gangs as 60,000 cross into Ceuta from Morocco, with 41 deaths
CEUTA, Spain (AP) – About 60,000 migrants have entered Spain's Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said on Friday. That is equivalent to 70 per cent of the city's…
July 31, 2026
US to make visa bond requirements permanent, affecting mostly African countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is making permanent a pilot programme under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a United States visa, and…