US President Joe Biden has decided to stick to his August 31 deadline to pull American forces out of Afghanistan, US media reported Tuesday. Biden made the decision after talks with G7 counterparts and a demand by the Taliban that the United States not extend its...
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has given a clear indication that Barbadians will not be subjected to mandatory vaccination. At the same time, she has indicated that at least two of the existing protocols will be adjusted for the next two weeks. Encouraging residents not to drop their...
Fawad Alam's fifth Test century and Shaheen Shah Afridi's new ball potency pushed Pakistan into the ascendancy on a truncated third day of the rain-affected second Test against the West Indies at Sabina Park yesterday. Fawad's unbeaten 124 lifted the tourists to 302 for nine declared...
The Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) in Haiti says the death toll from the August 14 earthquake has risen to 2,207 with 344 others missing and presumed dead. In a brief statement, the DPC said that the number of people injured by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, a move expected to trigger a new wave of vaccine mandates as the Delta variant batters the country. Around 52 percent of the country is fully vaccinated, but health authorities have hit...