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December 9, 2025
Armed men abduct children and staff at a Catholic school in Nigeria, days after latest abduction
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday, the latest in a spate of abductions in…
December 9, 2025
Detention order issued for woman who posted picture of the Trinidad PM’s private residence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A detention order has been issued for a woman who posted an image of Trinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s private residence on social media and urged…
December 9, 2025
UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for countries at climate talks in Brazil to compromise and "show willingness and flexibility to deliver…
December 9, 2025
Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil, but officials say no one hurt
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — A fire spread through pavilions being used for UN climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference but nobody was hurt,…
December 9, 2025
Dick Cheney's funeral brings bipartisan tributes, but Trump was not invited
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington National Cathedral on Thursday hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarising vice president who in later years…
December 9, 2025
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts, blanketing villages with ash and prompting evacuations
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Semeru, the highest peak on Java island, erupted Wednesday, blanketing several villages with falling ash, prompting evacuations and leading authorities…
December 9, 2025
Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, League of Legends and other prominent internet…
December 9, 2025
T&T government widens bans on fetes at sporting venues
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Tuesday widened her ban on carnival activities at major sporting venues, a few weeks after announcing a similar ban at the Brian…
December 9, 2025
Antigua PM urges US to resolve differences with Venezuela using diplomacy
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Monday urged the United States to settle its differences with Venezuela "through diplomacy and dialogue”, reiterating…