(CNN) A joint US and Australian law enforcement operation busted an international drug ring after intercepting 2.4 tons of cocaine aboard a vessel off the coast of South America that had been bound for Australia. The cocaine, linked to a Mexican drug cartel, had a street value of around A$1 billion ($677 million), and was […]
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By CMC News A group of Bahamians in the United States and Canada is reportedly planning to protest against the administration of Prime Minister Phillip Davis later this month in Miami, Florida. According to the head of the minor opposition party, the Coalition of Independents, Lincoln Bain, the protest is planned for March 23. “They […]
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The AP Wire Fox libel defense at odds with top GOP presidential foes NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is on an unlikely collision course with two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination over the rights of journalists. In defending…Read More Biden reelection bid faces resistance from some Democrats LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Democrats […]
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said Sunday. The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were travelling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. The FBI San […]
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HAVANA, March 5 (Reuters) – A Southwest Airlines plane bound for Fort Lauderdale from Havana was forced to return to Cuba’s Jose Marti Airport Sunday after an engine reportedly caught fire following a bird strike, according to passenger cell phone video and media reports. NBC 6 News in Florida reported a Southwest Airlines spokesperson had […]
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Chief Executive of oil producer Rosneft Igor Sechin attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 15, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS HAVANA, March 5 (Reuters) – Russian oil firm Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin met with Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel late on Saturday, the island’s leader […]
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Image caption, Jude Jean has been in and out of jail after stealing in order to get money to buy heroin By Louise Adamou & Chris Alcock BBC Africa Eye, Victoria Some 10% of the local population in the tropical island nation of Seychelles is dependent on heroin in what is now an epidemic, according […]
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The UK has insisted the Falkland Islands are British after Argentina broke a co-operation deal and pushed for talks on the islands’ sovereignty. In 2016, both sides agreed to disagree on the sovereignty of the Falklands in favour of improved relations. Argentina pulled out of the pact this week and informed UK Foreign Secretary James […]
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by Antoinette Radford & Sam Hancock BBC News A group of police officers and oilfield workers taken hostage during protests in Colombia’s southern Caquetá province have been freed, President Petro says. Violence erupted on Thursday after residents blockaded an oil exploration company’s compound. They were demanding its help to build roads in the area. Colombian […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 03, 2023) — A group of 40 employees in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) were appraised on what it meant to be a civil servant and the benefits derived from it, while attending a recent orientation seminar hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources. Mr. Wakely Daniel, Permanent Secretary in […]
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