PARIS (AP) -- Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 when she skipped the news conference after her first-round victory at the French Open on Sunday -- and drew a stunning warning from all four Grand Slam tournaments that she could face stiffer...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) -- The Government of Suriname on Saturday announced a total lock-down of the country for just over two weeks in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. The announcement was made by president Chandrikapersad...

The United States Coast Guard says crew members from its cutter, Kathleen Moore, have repatriated eight Cubans to their homeland, after they were interdicted off the coast of Islamorada - a village made up of six of the Florida Keys. The US...

LONDON (AP) -- The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 -- a contentious proposal that was immediately criticised by opposition leaders as counterproductive. The U.K. government...

Jamaica on Saturday recorded three COVID-19 fatalities, increasing the tally to 945. The deceased are an 88-year-old man from Trelawny, a 73-year-old woman from Portland, and a 67-year-old man from St Catherine. One more death is under...

The police say they have arrested four suspected gang members during police operations in St James and St Elizabeth. The operation, which targeted the G-City 6 Gang, was conducted by members of the Specialized Operations, the Lottery Scamming...

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) -- The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada's largest Indigenous residential school -- one of the institutions that held...

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) -- A reported surge in cases of COVID-19 found in passengers travelling through the Road Town Ferry Dock, is being examined by health officials in British Virgin Islands. According to National...

The Government intends to use the Bauxite and Alumina Industries (Special Provisions) Act to speed up the land-titling process for persons who were previously relocated to facilitate mining activities. Minister of Transport and Mining, Robert...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) has offered the population a chance to win US$10,000, as well as 280 other prizes worth a total of US$15,000, as part of an initiative to encourage persons to...

The Ministry of Justice is using animation to offer therapeutic intervention to children who are victims of crime. On Friday, the Ministry, through the Victim Services Division (VSD), launched an animation bundle comprising eight short films, each.....

The Health Ministry is reporting that the country recorded 86 new infections in the last 24 hours. This has moved the tally to 48,374, with 22,197 of the cases being active. Of the new infections, 41 are women and 45 are men with ages ranging...

Nigel Angus, manager for dancehall artiste, Dovey Magnum, has confirmed that his client is no longer in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This follows a post made to the Bawl Out singer's official Instagram page,...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has stepped up his lobby for players in the global community to make their voices heard about the issue of vaccine equity and its implications for global economic recovery, as well as the full restoration of the...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Friday said tobacco use remains a public health problem in the Caribbean region as it urged regional countries make every effort to strengthen multi-...

LONDON (AP) -- British government regulators on Friday authorised another coronavirus vaccine for use in the UK amid concerns about rising COVID-19 cases as a variant of the virus first identified in India spreads around the country. The...

The Tourism Product Development Company Ltd (TPDCo) has withdrawn Rick's Cafe's COVID-19 compliance certification with immediate effect. TPDCo says Rick's Cafe will be required to undergo a re-certification exercise...

Jamaica on Thursday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 936. The deceased is a 79-year-old man from St Ann. One more fatality is under investigation, moving that figure to 145. Meanwhile, there were 108 new cases with ages...

Tourist hotspot Rick's Cafe, located in Negril, Westmoreland, has admitted to breaching the island's COVID-19 safety laws after videos emerged on Thursday of beachgoers frolicking at a Mocha Fest party. "We acknowledge the Mocha Fest...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says an investigation will be launched into a party series in Negril. Outrage intensified Thursday evening when it emerged that the seven-day Mocha Fest event, which started on May 24, was being advertised on the...