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August 31, 2026
Antigua and Barbuda consumers to pay more for fuel amid ongoing US-Iran war
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has acknowledged that the ongoing war between the United States and Iran is having an impact on energy prices on the global market as Antigua and…
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August 31, 2026
Contracts ended with 31 Cuban teachers amid US labour concerns
NASSAU CMC: The Bahamas Government will not renew the contracts of 31 Cuban teachers for the new academic year, while the recruitment of Cuban healthcare workers remains suspended amid discussions…
August 31, 2026
Plans for multi-million dollar call centre shelved
PORT OF SPAIN CMC The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has shelved a proposed TT$49-million contract for a new call centre system amid concerns about the procurement and…
August 30, 2026
Rescuers retrieve Nepal flood survivors caked in mud
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP): Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that…
August 30, 2026
Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father’s death
The Associated Press: Norway has a new king, whose tasks will include stabilising the Scandinavian country’s monarchy and boosting the royal family’s popularity after his wife’s past contacts with…
August 28, 2026
Hundreds still missing on Nepal-China border as flash flood death toll passes 500
AP – Rescue teams continued to work on Friday through mud and debris in areas devastated by a flash flood on the Himalayan border between Nepal and China. Hundreds of people remain missing as the…
August 28, 2026
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed…
August 28, 2026
Ex-Bosnian warlord who oversaw atrocities dies as a prisoner at 84
BELGRADE (AP): Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II,…
August 28, 2026
Haitians demand answers from police after gangs kill 47, kidnap more than 50
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s National Police faced mounting criticism Thursday over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped.…