World News

May 4, 2026

Rodent causes islandwide electricity blackout in St Lucia
The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that an island wide blackout last weekend was due to an “unexpected fault” that occurred on an 11 kilovolt (11kV) breaker within its…
May 3, 2026

Rudy Giuliani hospitalised in critical condition, his spokesman says
Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable condition at a hospital, his spokesman said Sunday.
May 2, 2026

Gaston Browne wins fourth consecutive term in Antigua snap election
Incumbent Prime Minister Gaston Browne led the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to an unprecedented fourth consecutive electoral victory, following a snap election that reduced the main…
Christopher Okello Onyum, a man accused of killing four children, appears in court at the Ggaba Community Church grounds in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, April 13, 2026.
April 30, 2026

Judge sentences Ugandan man to death following speedy trial for killing four children

WAKISO, Uganda (AP) — A judge on Thursday sentenced a Ugandan man to death after rejecting his insanity plea in the killings of four children in a nursery school earlier this month. A crowd watching…
Antiguans voting for a new government.
April 30, 2026

Antiguans voting for a new government

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC -Voters in Antigua are going to an estimated 190 polling stations on Thursday to cast ballots in a general election that Prime Minister Gaston Browne called almost two years…
A worker cleans the check-in area ahead of the arrival of a US commercial flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Thursday, April 30, 2026, as direct air service between the United States and Venezuela resumes after seven yea
April 30, 2026

The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in seven years is heading to Caracas

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela departed a bit early Thursday on its way to the capital of the South American country, seven years…
FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, File)
April 30, 2026

Man guilty of killing his 13-year-old step-niece is set to be Florida's 6th execution of 2026

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is…
President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
April 30, 2026

Mexico to investigate US indictment of officials for alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties, Sheinbaum says

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is vowing an independent investigation of 10 current and former officials indicted in the US on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons in connection…
People pay their respects at a memorial on the steps of the Town Hall following a vigil the previous day in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Saturday, February 14, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, file)
April 29, 2026

Families of Canada school shooting victims sue OpenAI over shooter’s use of ChatGPT

The families of victims of a school shooting in a Canadian Rockies town are suing artificial intelligence company OpenAI in US federal court, seeking to hold the ChatGPT maker responsible for failing…