Ukraine’s peace plan includes a diplomatic push, crypto giant Binance could be in hot water with US regulators Biden and McCarthy fail to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling. Plus, house swaps and dog walks: Travelers find cheaper alternatives to lodging Today’s Top News Aerial view shows destruction in Bakhmut, May 21, 2023. Press Service […]

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By CMC News Trinidad and Tobago police (TTPS) say they made the largest-ever drug bust in Chaguaramas, west of the nation’s capital, Port of Spain, estimated at more than TT$234 million. “We have worked closely with our regional and international partners and our joint efforts resulted in what can be described as the largest land […]

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By CMC News The United States government is urging Americans that they should “consider departing Haiti now” as it issued a Level 4 advisory for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country. “Do not travel to Haiti due to kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure. US citizens in Haiti should consider departing Haiti […]

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Text by: Jessica Phelan On 23 May, France marks a national day for the victims of colonial slavery. Descendants of people enslaved by the French empire fought to establish the event 25 years ago, and today they’re still fighting for a national memorial in their ancestors’ honour. It is 175 years since France abolished slavery […]

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Caribbean police commissioners began a five-day meeting in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday overshadowed by the increased level of crime, particularly murders, in the English-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries. Addressing the 37th Annual General Meeting of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister, Fitzgerald Hinds, […]

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MEXICO CITY, May 22 (Reuters) – Mexico will present a program this week to give Central Americans temporary visas to work on public infrastructure projects, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. Such projects require more people such as welders, iron-workers and engineers, Lopez Obrador told his regular daily news conference. “We need a workforce […]

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By Kiana Wilburg May 22 (Reuters) – An overnight fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed at least 19 children may have been arson, the country’s police and fire services said on Monday. The building in the central city of Mahdia was “completely engulfed in flames” by the time firefighters arrived around midnight, […]

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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with a dissident Farc rebel group in the four regions where it is most active. The suspension was triggered by the killing of four indigenous teenagers by the left-wing rebel group EMC-Farc. It comes just two months after Mr Petro put on […]

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James Fitzgerald BBC News Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds.Seven cases have been reported in Espirito Santo state, with another discovered in Rio de Janeiro state. The emergency declaration makes it easier for the government to now bring in measures to stop […]

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by Daniel de Visé Only half of Americans now say they are sure God exists. That finding, from the closely watched General Social Survey, stands out among several nuggets of new data about religion in America. Not quite 50 percent of Americans say they have no doubt about the existence of God, according to the […]

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