World News
December 9, 2025
Why doing good also makes us feel good, during the holidays and beyond
WASHINGTON (AP): The holiday season is a time for giving thanks, giving gifts – and for many, a time for giving back. Food banks, services that deliver meals to seniors and other US charities…
December 9, 2025
Phillip Pierre secures second term as PM
CASTRIES (CMC): The “Mood is Red” prevailed Monday as the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won a decisive second consecutive five-year term in office. Supporters of the SLP had long vowed to prevent a…
December 9, 2025
Maduro accepting deported migrants despite Trump’s airspace closure suggestion
CARACAS (AP): US-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the airspace of the South American country should be viewed as…
December 9, 2025
First woman elected to head major political party
BELMOPAN (CMC): Tracy Taegar-Panton has been sworn in as the first ever woman to lead the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) as the party seeks to end the internal divisions that have…
December 9, 2025
Death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
HONG KONG (AP): The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed…
December 9, 2025
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
TEL AVIV (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges – seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly…
December 9, 2025
Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast condemned
ISTANBUL (AP): The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the…
December 9, 2025
Residents hunt for food and water after deadly floods
MEDANC (AP): Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from…
December 9, 2025
Maduro may seem desperate, but his loyalty vs punishment strategy is hard to crack
CARACAS (AP): English phrases once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But, as…