SAN JUAN —A variable day expected today. In the morning, heat indices could reach 111 degrees across coastal sectors of the island, where an excessive heat warning is in effect from 10::00 a.m. to 5:00…
HAVANA — Russia’s deployment of a naval flotilla to Cuba on Wednesday was generally consistent with routine military posturing by Moscow — with one exceptional detail, Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security advisor, told reporters…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian leaders have ousted Frantz Elbé, the beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police, following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs. A government official not authorized to speak…
El Niño is so last season. Federal forecasters say the climate pattern, which brought warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures to the Eastern Pacific — and helped drive global temperatures to new heights — since June 2023, is…
BRIDGETOWN (AP) — Barbados’ government does not support devaluing the Caribbean island’s currency and says it is determined to maintain its fixed exchange rate with the U.S. dollar. The Barbados dollar has been pegged 2-to-1…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations envoy charged with reporting on violations against children in conflicts around the world said Thursday that first and foremost she is worried about what’s happening to youngsters in war-torn Sudan,…
HAVANA — Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, accompanied by a tug boat and a fuel ship, have arrived in Cuba for a five-day visit seen as a show of force by…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s transitional council appointed a new Cabinet on Tuesday, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs. Government spokeswoman Kettia Marcellus confirmed the…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s new interim prime minister, Garry Conille, is in stable condition after being hospitalized for an unspecified illness on Saturday afternoon, his office said. Conille, 58, who took office just over a week…
PORT AU PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille…