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Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Managers of a state-owned fuel trading company in Trinidad and Tobago are facing 15 charges linked to the 2022 deaths of four divers who became trapped in a pipeline while repairing it. Two top managers of Paria Fuel Trading Co., a subsidiary of...
New president of UN General Assembly calls for unity to tackle borderless issues
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cameroon’s former prime minister took over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, issuing “a clarion call” to the world’s divided nations to come together and take action to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and...
Today in History: August 31, Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris crash
Today is Saturday, Aug. 31, the 244th day of 2024. There are 122 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed...
Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In a small auditorium in the seaside capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures came under scrutiny late Wednesday in a lengthy debate punctuated by snickers, applause and outbursts. The government had asked...
Trinidad is redrawing its coat of arms to remove Columbus' three famous ships
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization in a move that many are celebrating. Christopher Columbus’ three ships — the...
Stephen Ames successfully defends Boeing Classic title, birdieing final hole for 1-shot victory
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) — Stephen Ames successfully defended his Boeing Classic title Sunday, birdieing the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and one-stroke victory over Ernie Els, Steven Alker and Robert Karlsson The 60-year-old Ames, a naturalized Canadian from Trinidad and Tobago, won...
Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet, a top Democratic senator who is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court's ethics rules said Monday. Thomas and his wife,...
