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December 9, 2025
Grandmothers get quinceañera they never had
BOGOTÁ (AP): At age 72, Rosalba Casas finally celebrated her 15th birthday, donning a flowing pink dress and a tiara for the quinceañera she dreamed of as a teenager. “This is the happiest day…
December 9, 2025
Lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during Cuban missile crisis
Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by staring down Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev over the Cuban missile crisis. At…
December 9, 2025
New Kingstown Port inaugurated
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The new Kingstown Port opened on Saturday with the first ship calling at the facility shortly after the formalities, two days before St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) celebrated…
December 9, 2025
Researchers mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
CALIFORNIA (AP): In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun…
December 9, 2025
10th strike on suspected drug-running boat in the Caribbean kills 6
WASHINGTON (AP): The US military has conducted its 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, blaming the Tren de Aragua gang for operating the vessel…
December 9, 2025
Compulsory military service reintroduced amid tensions in Europe
ZAGREB (AP): Croatia’s parliament on Friday voted to reintroduce compulsory military service in the European Union and NATO member country. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following…
December 9, 2025
Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad opposing US tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called “egregious…
December 9, 2025
Police rescue 57 Nigerians in human trafficking, cybercrime crackdown
ACCRA (AP) : Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the west African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said…
December 9, 2025
US strikes two more alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific Ocean
The US military on Wednesday launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, expanding the…