Guyana abstained on a US motion on Friday at the UN Security Council on the Gaza war as it did not call for an immediate ceasefire and spared Israel responsibility for the massive deaths and destruction in the Palestinian territory.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia lowered flags to half-mast today for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.
NEW DELHI,(Reuters) – A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief on Sunday became the latest prominent figures, including a judge and an ambassador, to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in recent weeks as it seeks to widen its lead over the opposition.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and an advisor were found shot dead in a car today, said police in the South American country, which is in the grips of a wave of violence that authorities blame on drug trafficking
National police said they were investigating the deaths of Garcia, the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente, and Jairo Loor, after the discovery of their bodies in the province of Manabi.
The Presidents of Guyana and Suriname have instructed their respective teams to enter discussions of financing, pricing and other matters related to the development of the bridge over the Corentyne River.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested three people today, including a federal lawmaker, in connection with the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco and her driver, two sources at the federal police told Reuters.
Two police ranks attached to the Brickdam Police Station have been charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) with demanding money by menace with intent to steal and conspiracy to commit a felony.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia said today it had arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 143 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the deadliest attack in Russia for 20 years.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections.
(Trinidad Express) In what is one of the largest awards of damages made by the courts in a case for false imprisonment, the High Court has directed that the State pay a 16-year-old Venezuelan boy $2.4 million, exclusive of interest, after he was unlawfully detained for 456 days at the Heliport, Chaguaramas.
GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer, Sasenarine Singh is tipped to be Guyana’s new Ambassador to the European Union, according to three different sources spoken to by Stabroek News.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, in one of the worst such attacks on Russia in years.
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council today turned down a U.S.-led resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal after Russia and China vetoed the measure proposed by the United States.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC said it had filed an arbitration claim to establish a right over Hess’ stake in the giant Guyana oilfield Stabroek in the event of the U.S.
(Reuters) – Russia regards itself to be at war due to the West’s intervention on Ukraine’s side, the Kremlin said, shifting the language it uses to describe the conflict in an apparent move to prepare Russians for a longer and harder struggle.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – China interrupted an attempt by several non-governmental groups today to pay homage to a late Chinese human rights activist in a tense incident at a U.N.
President Irfaan Ali (sixth from right) with US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns (fifth from right) and others at State House yesterday.