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April 13, 2026
Female rickshaw drivers rise above stigma to earn a living and empower women
FREETOWN (AP): As the late afternoon sun settles over Freetown’s main transit park, Hawa Mansaray pulls up her motorized three-wheeled vehicle and steps away for a break and to pray. Mansaray is one…
April 14, 2026
Pope Leo XIV denounces the ‘delusion of omnipotence’ he says fuels the US-Israeli war in Iran
ROME (AP): In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fuelling the US-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate…
April 13, 2026
Chagos Islands handover deal on hold after Trump withdraws support
LONDON (AP): Britain’s agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic UK-American military base is on indefinite hold because US President Donald Trump’s administration…
April 13, 2026
Cuba’s fuel rationing driving some commuters to underwater bus
HAVANA (AP) — On a recent sweltering afternoon in the Cuban capital, dozens of commuters on bicycles, scooters and electric motorcycles gathered in a tidy row at the entrance of the Havana Bay…
April 13, 2026
Trial in a tent draws crowds as Uganda debuts mobile court for man accused of killing four kids
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The trial of a Ugandan man accused of killing four children began on Monday in a tent not far from where the crime was committed, after the president ordered a mobile court…
April 13, 2026
Haiti arrests five police officers and two other suspects over deadly fortress stampede
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti have arrested seven suspects, including five police officers, after a fatal stampede killed at least 25 people at a historic mountaintop fortress over…
April 13, 2026
Another boat strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean leaves two dead, US military says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military said it carried out another strike Monday on a boat accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The campaign of attacks on…
April 13, 2026
Several killed in mass stampede at mountaintop fortress
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): At least 30 people, many of them school-age children as young as 12, have died after a gathering promoted on TikTok turned tragic on Saturday at Haiti’s historic mountaintop…
April 13, 2026
First female deputy governor appointed
GEORGE TOWN (CMC): Gloria McField-Nixon is set to make history as the Cayman Islands’ first female deputy governor when she assumes the post in July, succeeding Franz Manderson, who is retiring after…