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The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly in September 2022.
December 9, 2025

US bars Iran’s diplomats from shopping at Costco without permission

NEW YORK (AP): The Trump administration has barred Iranian diplomats based in or visiting New York from shopping at wholesale club stores like Costco and purchasing luxury goods in the United States…
A young member of the Afro-Bolivian community dances the ‘saya’, a traditional dance performed with drums and chants, as part of the celebrations to mark the National Day of Afro-Bolivian people, in La Paz.
December 9, 2025

Afro-descendants fight invisibility with dance and memory

YUNGAS (AP): Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet, before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña – where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives – she had rarely…
In this 2021 photo, a gate is seen at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
December 9, 2025

Taliban reject Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base

JALALABAD (AP): The Taliban government on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling…
A costumer walks with her dog as she leaves the Dog Relais, a hotel for dogs at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport.
December 9, 2025

Rome’s airport opens luxurious dog hotel with pampering services

FIUMICINO (AP): Dog owners often face a dilemma before travelling: leave your beloved pet with a sitter or at a kennel? Both require quite some planning and logistics, which can be stressful and…
Tourists visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt.
December 9, 2025

Outrage after ancient Pharaoh's bracelet stolen and melted down

CAIRO (AP) Egyptians reacted with outrage this week after officials said that a 3,000-year-old bracelet that had belonged to an ancient Pharaoh was stolen from Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a press conference in Caracas.
December 9, 2025

President Maduro’s YouTube account offline as tensions with US escalate

BOGOTA (AP) The YouTube account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was offline Saturday, with Venezuelan state-run channel Telesur claiming in a message on X that it was “eliminated” late the…
Sterling Henderson
December 9, 2025

Tributes pour in for journalist Sterling Henderson

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC) The media fraternity in Trinidad and Tobago is mourning the sudden death of veteran journalist and presenter Sterling Henderson . His death was announced by interim president of…
Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
December 9, 2025

Trademarks secured affirming position as the world’s sailing capital

TORTOLA (CMC): The British Virgin Islands has officially secured three new trademarks under the Territory of the Virgin Islands Trade Marks Act, 2013, further cementing its reputation as a premier…
Haitian soldiers attend a closing ceremony at the end of their military training provided by the Mexican Army, in San Miguel de los Jagüeyes, Mexico.
December 9, 2025

143 Haitian soldiers trained as the nation ramps up fight against gangs

SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYES (AP) A group of 143 Haitian soldiers on Friday finished military training by the Mexican army as part of a bilateral agreement as Haiti looks to revive its armed forces…