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Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Mohabir Anil Nandlall
04 Sep, 2026 0

Guyana breaks ground for fourth regional law school

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s ambition to emerge as a major centre for education and professional training in the Caribbean moved a step further with the establishment of the region’s fourth…
FILE - The sun rises behind the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
04 Sep, 2026 0

Knife-wielding man on Brooklyn Bridge cables fatally shot after ignoring orders to drop weapon

Police fatally shot a knife-wielding man walking on the cables of New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge after he ignored orders to drop the weapon, authorities said Friday. The shooting happened when he…
FILE - An oil spill is visible within the Niger Delta in Ogboinbiri, Nigeria, on Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
04 Sep, 2026 0

Dozens die in Nigeria oil theft attempt after inhaling toxic fumes

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An attempt to steal oil from a loading vessel in Nigeria’s oil-producing Rivers state left at least 37 people dead, most of them from inhaling toxic fumes, an advocacy group said…
FILE - The seal of U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen before the news conference with Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, on May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, Fi
04 Sep, 2026 0

US deports more than 100 people to Haiti as gang violence persists

CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — The United States government deported more than 100 people to Haiti on Thursday as it ramps up such flights to the troubled Caribbean country. The flight departed from…
The $1 coin with United States President Donald Trump's image and gold finish is now on sale. - AP photo
03 Sep, 2026 0

US$1 coin with Trump's face and gold finish now on sale

AP – The US$1 coin designed to celebrate America's 250th birthday – and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish – went on sale on Wednesday, according…
Drew
03 Sep, 2026 0

Report: St Kitts and Nevis PM Drew suffered a stroke

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Martinique media are reporting that St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew suffered a stroke and was treated at the University Hospital of Martinique. …
Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark Guinness beer valued at 115,000 pounds (US$155,000) were stolen from a depot near Liverpool in northwest England, the Cheshire Constabulary said on Thursday.
03 Sep, 2026 0

British police probing theft of 70,000 pints of Guinness beer

LONDON (AP) – British police have a stout task ahead: recovering 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness. Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark beer valued at 115,000 pounds (US$155,000)…
A child wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Menab, Iran, early Wednesday.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Iran strikes Gulf neighbours after US attack

DUBAI (AP): Iran fired on US allies in the Gulf early yesterday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding party. The latest violence…
Naleraq’s Qarsoq Hoeegh-Dam from Greenland, Inuit Ataqatigiit’s Naaja H. Nathanielsen from Greenland, and Minister of Health and Church Affairs Ida Auken, during a meeting in the Folketing Hall at Christiansborg, Copenhagen, on August 27.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Reports split over whether forced contraception of Indigenous women, girls was genocide

NUUK (AP): Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice…