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US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau greets Works and Infrastructure Minister Jearlean John at the August opening of Ibis Steel Company at Point Lisas, Trinidad, on the site of the former ArcelorMittal steel plant.
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US sees strategic gains in steel plant reopening

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): United States Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Monday said the reopening of a steel plant in Trinidad and Tobago reflects a commitment by the leaders of both…
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12 Aug, 2026 0

Chik-V no longer at epidemic levels – health officials

PARAMARIBO (CMC): Suriname is no longer in the epidemic phase of chikungunya, although the virus continues to circulate and cases are still being recorded, particularly in Paramaribo and Brokopondo,…
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12 Aug, 2026 0

PM floats removal of judges over lenient sentences

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne is seeking public advice on whether underperforming members of the judiciary should be removed from Antigua and Barbuda over concerns about sentencing in…
Rescue workers carry Diana Troncoso after pulling her from the rubble the day after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia, Tuesday.
12 Aug, 2026 0

Earthquake tests new president

PEREIRA (AP): Rescue crews and civilians painstakingly searched through rubble yesterday in the hopes of finding survivors trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing in…
12 Aug, 2026 0

Trinidad jolted by 5.1 magnitude earthquake

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on Wednesday, the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the…
FILE - Federal agents walk down a street while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
12 Aug, 2026 0

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to…
This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:38 a.m. EST on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, shows a Potential Tropical Cyclone One- C, about 1,000-miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. (NOAA via AP)
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Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in the Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal formed Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean well west of the Azores, and a Pacific storm system could threaten Hawaii this weekend, forecasters said. There were no…
A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, on Wednesday.
12 Aug, 2026 0

Millions crowd Spanish cities to see country's first total solar eclipse in over a century

MEDINACELI, Spain (AP) – Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain on Wednesday in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth…
A health worker in protective gear washes her hands at the treatment centre in Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, eastern Congo, on Tuesday.
11 Aug, 2026 0

Congo says 2,000 people have died in history's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak

BUNIA, Congo (AP) – At least 2,000 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over…