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People use a bicycle taxi in Havana, Cuba.
February 9, 2026

As energy crisis deepens, people ask: What more can we sacrifice?

HAVANA (AP): After a day spent selling books, Solanda Oña typically boards a bus from a wealthy seaside district in Havana to her home in the city’s working-class centre. But on Thursday night, the…
Ramón Pucha demonstrates how to turn a leaf into a hat to protect himself from the sun while looking for seeds to grow on his family’s farm.
February 9, 2026

A family’s solitary fight to save endangered plants

ALTO ILA (AP): On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realised he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, he…
Air Canada aircraft sit parked at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, August 18, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, file)
February 9, 2026

Air Canada suspends flights to Cuba because of aviation fuel shortage

TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said Monday it is suspending service to Cuba because of a shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Canada’s largest airline said it took the decision after the Cuban…
Ghost guns are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department, in San Francisco, California.
February 9, 2026

California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns

Two websites that distribute instructions for how to manufacture ghost guns are facing a new lawsuit from the state of California alleging that they provide access to illegal and untraceable firearms.…
There were no reports of damage or injuries.
February 8, 2026

Cuba struck by 5.5 earthquake

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Sections of Cuba were rocked by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake early Sunday. The earthquake, which was centred offshore about 34 kilometres from Imías, Cuba, was also felt in parts of…
Opposition lawmaker Juan Pablo Guanipa displays a sign that reads in Spanish "More than a million residents of Zulia State eat only once a day" during an intervention against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela
February 8, 2026

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa freed after eight months in prison

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa on Sunday was released after more than eight months in prison for what are widely considered to be politically motivated…
Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May at the Lubbock Health Department, February 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.
February 8, 2026

‘Take the vaccine, please,’ top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading US health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing…
The court heard that Dookhoo, who had a history of alcohol use, would become irritated when his mother confronted him about his drinking.
February 7, 2026

Nigerian court orders UK to pay $572 million to families of miners killed during colonial rule

ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds (US$27 million) each to families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by security forces during British…
Former British Virgin Island Premier, Andrew Fahie.
February 7, 2026

Former BVI premier files appeal challenging cocaine trafficking and money laundering conviction

MIAMI, CMC – Former British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie has filed an appeal challenging his conviction in the United States, arguing that the government’s sting operation involved a substance…