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January 2, 2026
New CARICOM chair says differences ‘not unusual’ to bloc
GEORGETOWN (CMC): St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew says recent international developments, including geopolitical tensions in the region and external policy decisions affecting…
December 29, 2025
New York subway ends MetroCard era, switches fully to tap-and-go fares
NEW YORK (AP): When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems.…
December 29, 2025
Hundreds mourn military chief killed in Turkey plane crash
MISRATA (AP): Hundreds of people on Sunday mourned western Libya’s military chief and four others who were killed in a plane crash in Turkey. The coffins of General Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and…
December 29, 2025
Debate over surfing gets gnarly after city removes wave-creating device
FRANKFURT (AP): A debate over how to bring back surfing in Germany’s landmark English Garden escalated on Sunday after city workers removed a beam surreptitiously deployed over Christmas to restore a…
December 29, 2025
Judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees
SÃO PAULO (AP): A Brazilian judge on Saturday issued house arrest orders for 10 people who have been convicted and sentenced for participating in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in…
December 29, 2025
A family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty
MARACAY (AP) This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought about. But Donald Trump returned…
December 29, 2025
Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional ‘pollera’ skirt
LA PAZ (AP) Before setting out for the wide, white mountain, Ana Lia González Maguiña took stock of her gear: A chunky sweater to guard against the chill. A harness and climbing rope to scale the…
December 28, 2025
Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025
Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of US trade policy - building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His…
December 28, 2025
Why your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill
The holiday season will soon come to a close, but the busiest time of the year for product returns is just beginning. The US National Retail Federation estimates 17 per cent of holiday purchases will…