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VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy, today dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon region to ease an acute scarcity of priests.

GUANGZHOU, China/GENEVA, (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, the country’s senior medical adviser said today, but deaths surpassed 1,000 and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global threat potentially worse than terrorism.

Former Chief of Staff of the GDF, Gary Best who is under investigation over the accident death of cyclist, Jude Bentley says he is suspending his election campaign appearances.

Via his attorney, PPP/C candidate  Charles Ramson Jr has denied that he defamed international cricketer, Chris Gayle.

Former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board  (GRDB) Peter Ramcharran was today sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of one charge of falsification of account.

GUANGZHOU, China/GENEVA, (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections in China may be over by April, its senior medical adviser said today, but the death toll passed 1,000 and the World Health Organization warned of a “very grave” global threat.

BEIJING/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said today the spread of coronavirus cases among people who have not been to China could be “the spark that becomes a bigger fire” and the human race must not let the epidemic get out of control.

Aminata Touré, former prime minister of Senegal, and Jason J. Carter, chairperson of The Carter Center Board of Trustees, will co-lead the Carter Center’s international election observation team in Guyana.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – “Parasite,” a dark social satire from South Korea, won the Oscar for best picture yesterday, making history as the first film in a language other than English to claim the movie industry’s highest honour.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain today said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had doubled to eight as the government declared the virus a serious and imminent threat, giving it additional powers to isolate those suspected of being infected.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will propose tomorrow a 21% cut in foreign aid and slashing social safety net programmes in his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – Authorities are still piecing together details of how a soldier killed at least 29 people and wounded dozens more in a rampage in and around the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima.

(Trinidad Express) When fire fighters extinguished the fire at a house off Bagatelle Road, Diego Martin on Friday night, they came upon a horrific scene.

The National Sports Commission today said it was deeply saddened by the news of the passing of national cyclist and sports philanthropist Jude Bentley.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has issued a spring tide warning effective from today to February 13.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S.

The sugar union GAWU says that GuySuCo today offered a pay increase after denying same for more than four years.

The runway capacity of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was tested when an Atlas Air (747-400) N475MC cargo aircraft landed at 6:15 am today with ballot papers from Canada.

Steven Archibald, 18,  is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Kyle Chase on 2019-12-30 at Guyhoc Park, Georgetown.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Sourav Ganguly has roused India’s mighty cricket board from a three-year slumber and its push for an exclusive new tournament to be included on the international calendar is set to give the game’s governing body and other stakeholders sleepless nights.