LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—World champions Spain came from behind to beat England 3-2 in an entertaining Nations League encounter at Wembley on Saturday, denying the hosts a cathartic win after their painful World Cup exit. Victory for Luis de la Fuente's men extends Spain's astonishing unbeaten run to 39 matches -- a record for a European team. Thomas Tuchel's men got off to a nightmare start when Lamine Yamal pounced...

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)—Thirty-two active member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) have issued a joint statement calling for the United Nations Security Council to renew the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti. They are also urging the international community to provide the personnel, funding, equipment and logistical support required for its full and sustained deployment. The member states reaffirmed their solidarity with the Haitian...

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – United States (US) President Donald Trump on Saturday predicted that the US and Cuba will reach an agreement, and he does not think military action will be necessary. “I would say that Cuba and us will make a deal. I don’t think we’ll need the military,” Trump told reporters at the White House. A US-imposed oil blockade implemented earlier this year has put the country...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the French-speaking Caribbean country is at a “watershed moment” in its struggle against gang violence. He has called for sustained international support alongside stronger national security institutions. In addressing world leaders on Friday during the 81st Session of the United Nations Debate, Fils-Aimé said criminal violence was threatening communities across the country, but insisted Haiti was neither defeated nor...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said on Saturday that the club were confident they could prove their "innocence" after reportedly being found guilty on all but one of 115 charges for breaching Premier League financial rules. News of the decisions reached by an independent commission was widely reported on Friday but no official announcement has been made by the Premier League and there is, as yet,...

Government Senator and consultant urologist Dr Elon Thompson is imploring Jamaican men to take their health seriously and in particular to get screened early for prostate cancer. Thompson made the call during Friday’s sitting of the Senate where he pointed to the last Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey which he remarked, “gives us reason for concern”. According to the survey, only about 28 per cent of Jamaican men aged 40...

PARIS, France (AFP)—France captain Kylian Mbappe suffered a hyperextension of his left knee playing for France, his club Real Madrid said Saturday but could be ready to play again when La Liga resumes. "Following tests carried out today by Real Madrid's medical department on our player Kylian Mbappe, he has been diagnosed with a hyperextension of the posterior capsule of his left knee," the Spanish club said in a statement....

CLARENDON, Jamaica— Detectives in Clarendon are set to question a man identified as a person of interest amid an investigation into the abduction and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in May Pen, Clarendon earlier this month. The man was detained on Thursday by the police as part of the ongoing probe. “He is a person of interest. A man was picked up and we are doing some investigations. He...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Health Fund (NHF) has increased subsidies for four vital diagnostic and screening services, effective September 24. They are used in the detection and management of cervical cancer, breast cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Representing an additional annual investment of approximately $7.76 million, the rate adjustments apply to pap smear, mammogram, electrocardiogram (ECG), and HbA1c testing to encourage early detection and align with national strategies to...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected a truce deal proposed by Iran that Tehran said could have reopened the Strait of Hormuz to shipping within a week. The waterway is key to the world's energy supply and is now central to the conflict between the US and Iran, which is at a stalemate after nearly seven months. "I reject their proposal," Trump told reporters...

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says her responsibilities to Barbados and the wider Caribbean are among the main reasons she decided not to seek the post of United Nations Secretary-General. Mottley addressed the issue during a discussion earlier this week, hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where she was asked why she had chosen not to enter the race to...