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HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas today in the Central financial district, over the harbour in Mong Kok and at universities to break up pro-democracy protests which they said were leading the city to the “brink of total breakdown”.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Gambia has filed a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said today.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong police shot and critically wounded a protester and a man was set on fire today in violence that prompted leader Carrie Lam to denounce “enemies of the people” and which drew a chilling warning from a senior Chinese newspaper editor.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales said today he would resign after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed election that has roiled the South American nation.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales agreed today to hold new presidential elections after a damning report from the Organization of American States (OAS) found serious irregularities in an Oct.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) this morning said that that flight BW 526 yesterday bound for John F.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today attacked right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for impoverishing working Brazilians and vowed to unite the left to win the 2022 elections in a speech one day after being freed from jail.

NEW DELHI/AYODHYA, India, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court today awarded a bitterly contested religious site to Hindus, dealing a defeat to Muslims who also claim the land that has sparked some of the country’s bloodiest riots since independence.

(Trinidad Express) Angela Swamber, 60, is ­severely visually impaired but she’s a woman possessed of ­extraordinary grit and determination and has been taking care of her son, Aaron, 29, who suffers from cerebral palsy, all his life.

BRASILIA/CURITIBA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left prison today after a judge ordered his release, startling financial markets and reigniting both ends of the political spectrum with calls for demonstrations in coming days.

CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have agreed to collectively approach the Region’s telecommunications providers to axe mobile roaming charges throughout the Community.

Governing coalition partner the WPA today again called on the government to release the report on the commission of inquiry into the killing of its leader, historian Dr Walter Rodney.

BAVISPE, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Angry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row today, passing up promising offshore blocks and forcing officials to reconsider a bidding system that gives a privileged position to state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court sentenced former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda today to 30 years in prison for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

Government cannot commit to public servants receiving a bonus this year as its current status restricts  spending, President David Granger this morning said.

Three new parties on the scene: ANUG, FED-UP and TNM have pledged not to support either of the two main parties: PPP/C and PNCR in the upcoming general elections.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland said he knew that the Trump administration withheld nearly $400 million in American aid while pressuring Ukraine to investigate President Donald Trump’s political rivals, according to an excerpt of his testimony released today.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, abandoning weeks of comparative restraint to unleash live gunfire in a bid to crush demonstrations against the political parties that control the government.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has named his main political rival as his “drugs tsar” after she criticised the high death toll his anti-narcotics campaign has caused, but her camp dismissed the offer as a gimmick.