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AP Vodafone store in Central London, UK.
January 2, 2026

Vodafone settles US$256-million merger liabilities

Vodafone Group Plc, one of the world’s largest telecoms companies, has reached a final settlement valued at US$256 million with Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) over liabilities dating back to their 2017…
AP PHOTOS Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell at a hearing for the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in Washington, DC on Wednesday, July 9, 2024.
January 2, 2026

US Federal Reserve officials divided on rate cuts, minutes show

Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping the rate unchanged, minutes released on Tuesday show, underscoring the…
Vehicles drive past the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on December 21, 2025.
January 2, 2026

US-Venezuela tension affecting T&T economy, Central Bank warns

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says domestically, the fluid geopolitical tension between the United States and Venezuela is contributing to building economic…
Prime Minister Dr Godwin Friday.
January 2, 2026

ST VINCENT | Gov’t to prioritise hospital over parliament building

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Godwin Friday says that his new administration will place emphasis on completing the US$78 million hospital under construction in Arnos Vale on the outskirts of the…
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January 2, 2026

New CARICOM chair says differences ‘not unusual’ to bloc

GEORGETOWN (CMC): St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew says recent international developments, including geopolitical tensions in the region and external policy decisions affecting…
AP Short corn is seen in one of farmer Cameron Sorgenfrey’s fields, Monday, September 2024, in Iowa, USA.
January 2, 2026

US farmers get US$12-billion aid following Trump tariffs

US farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a US$12-billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month. The US Department of Agriculture released the…
A general view of France’s national postal service, La Poste, in Paris last August. AP
January 2, 2026

Pro-Russian hackers claim cyberattack on French postal service

A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack that halted package deliveries by France’s national postal service just days before Christmas, prosecutors said in December.…
Grilled lobster.
January 2, 2026

Large lobster theft uncovers seafood gangs that impacts consumers

Imagine the buffet. Forty thousand oysters, lobster worth US$400,000 and a cache of crabmeat all were stolen in separate incidents within weeks of each other in New England. The first seafood vanished…
Abigail Campbell (centre) of Hydel High School wins last year’s Class One Girls 400m final in 53.03 seconds ahead of Abrina Wright (left) of Holmwood Technical and Edwin Allen High’s Kellyann Carr at last year’s ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls’
January 2, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Recovery on track

Head coach of Holmwood Technical High School’s female track and field team Dave Anderson says he is encouraged by the preparations so far despite the major setback caused by the passage of Category 5…