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May 21, 2026
UK offers cheaper chocolate and tickets to the zoo in bid to ease cost of living squeeze
LONDON (AP) — The British government is offering cheaper chocolate and discounted entry to theme parks as it seeks to ease a cost-of-living squeeze and win back voters. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves on…
May 21, 2026
Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing
Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June.
May 20, 2026
WHO concerned about scale and speed of Ebola outbreak
BUNIA (AP):
The World Health Organization director general yesterday openly expressed worry over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where the authorities…
May 20, 2026
Board of Peace urges UN to press Hamas to disarm
GENEVA (AP):
The body overseeing the US‑brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations Security Council to press the Hamas militant group to disarm.
The report by the Board of Peace, an…
May 20, 2026
Guyana defends increase in fuel prices
The Guyana government has blamed rising global oil prices for the increase in fuel prices, even as the Irfaan Ali administration says it has been absorbing billions of dollars in a bid to cushion the…
May 20, 2026
Trump orders US banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration’s push to clamp down on…
May 20, 2026
St Kitts receives Caribbean nationals, including from Jamaica, deported from US
The St Kitts and Nevis government is reporting that three individuals, including from Jamaica, have arrived in the country as part of an agreement with the United States to allow the transfer of…
May 20, 2026
US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the…
May 19, 2026
Humanitarian ship arrives with aid from Mexico, Uruguay
HAVANA (AP):
A ship laden with humanitarian aid from the governments of Mexico and Uruguay arrived yesterday in Havana to help ease Cuba’s spiralling crises.
The ship, which departed from a Mexican…