International

Washington, USA -- Three years of sluggish growth in the exports of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) make it urgent to implement policies that facilitate trade, according to a study published this week by the Inter-American Development…

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) -- The European Union put up 24.4 million Euros Thursday in a "race against time" to find Ebola vaccines and treatments as deaths from the disease mount in the worst affected countries. The funds will be…

Juba, South Sudan (AFP) - A group of South Sudanese women peace activists has suggested that men in the civil war-torn country be denied sex until they stop fighting. The suggestion emerged after around 90 women, including several members…

Ottawa, Canada (AFP) -- A soldier who was shot at a war memorial at the start of an attack by one or more gunmen on Canada's parliament has succumbed to his injuries, a government minister said. "Condolences to family of the soldier killed…

Johannesburg, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius spent his first night of a five-year jail term in a single cell in the hospital wing of a prison in the capital, Pretoria, said a prison official. He seemed confused and tired when he…

Miami, USA -- A low pressure area in the far southern Bay of Campeche producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Upper-level winds could become a little more conducive for development by Wednesday and, according to the…

New York, United States -- Since the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in Texas, fears of an outbreak of the deadly virus in the US have sparked a surge in sales of personal protection gear and hazmat suits among do-it-yourself pandemic…

Madrid, Spain (AFP) -- A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has been cured of the deadly virus according to definitive test results, doctors said Tuesday. "The criteria set by the World Health Organization…

Pretoria, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van with barred windows Tuesday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Delivering her sentence, Judge Thokozile Masipa…

Abuja, Nigeria (AP) -- The World Health Organisation declared on Monday that Nigeria is free of Ebola, a rare victory in the months-long battle against the fatal disease. Nigeria's containment of the lethal disease is a "spectacular…

Melbourne, Australia (CMC) -- Cricket Australia says it is “deeply concerned” over the West Indies players' decision to abandon the tour of India, especially with the Aussies scheduled to tour the Caribbean next year. Wally Edwards,…

London (AP) -- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have confirmed that their second baby is due in April — the first time they've offered a month for the royal birth. Kensington Palace also said in a statement Monday that the duchess, who…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa have managed to limit its spread on the continent to five countries — and two of them appear to have snuffed out the…

WASHINGTON, (AFP) — US President Barack Obama said Thursday that closing US borders to citizens of three West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic would be counter-productive, after White House crisis talks. He also raised…

(CNN) -- An Ebola-stricken Texas nurse will fly to a Maryland hospital that specializes in the deadly virus, and several Ohioans have isolated themselves out of fear they were exposed to another Texas nurse with Ebola, officials said…