ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Aug. 2, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa restrictions and the newly established U.S. Visa Bond Programme. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to U.S. President Donald Trump requesting a review […]
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West Indies, Pakistan share opening day honours
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 2, CMC – Justin Greaves’s unbeaten half century helped the West Indies level the playing field with Pakistan at the end of the first day’s play in the second Test here on Sunday. Greaves finished the day on 64 not out and the Windies fought back to reach 239 for […]
East Coast earthquake: Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes near Te Araroa
GeoNet classified the shaking as strong.
Ron Mark fills the Stuart Nash-shaped hole in NZ First – Adam Pearse
NZ First is seeking to bolster its caucus with experienced MPs.
Act’s ‘reasonable force’ plan for disruptive students sparks safety fears
‘No teacher is asking for more physical restraint power.’
Vietnamese couple brought to NZ to run cannabis grow house in Auckland served with deportation orders
Some 159 plants and seedlings, worth nearly $200,000, were found in a Pukekohe house.
One person dead after two-vehicle crash in Hawke’s Bay
Puketapu Rd will stay closed while the Serious Crash Unit investigates.
Eighth recent SH3 Awakino Gorge closure: Businesses say they’re hurting
The road closes from 6am Saturday, August 22 to 6pm Tuesday, August 25.
Appeal Court dismisses Prime Minister’s challenge in Integrity Commission Dispute
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 1, CMC – The Court of Appeal has upheld a Supreme Court ruling that denied Prime Minister Andrew Holness access to certain unredacted documents in his legal challenge against the Integrity Commission. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the Court of Appeal dismissed Holness’ appeal, affirming Justice Althea Jarrett’s July 31, 2025 […]
Wheatley orders multiple investigations into unauthorized government investment
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Aug. 1, CMC – British Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. Natalio Wheatley has ordered multiple investigations into an unauthorized government investment in Delta Capital Partners Limited, saying the transaction violated the Public Finance Management Act and was made without his knowledge or approval. In a public statement on Thursday, […]