BRASILIA, (Reuters) – An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report yesterday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A “fanatical Islamist” inspired by Islamic State was found guilty yesterday of murdering veteran British lawmaker David Amess by knifing him to death in a frenzied attack in a church where he was meeting voters.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top election authority, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), told Reuters yesterday it has invited the European Union for the first time to observe its general elections this year, when President Jair Bolsonaro will seek re-election.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda.
Approximately 15,000 educators from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are set to benefit from professional development training designed for them to assist students in overcoming the learning losses occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile yesterday announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million.
Addressing the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) dinner on Saturday, Justice Adrian Saunders, President of the CCJ called for the substantive appointment of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and a Chief Justice before the end of the year.
LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine said today its forces were still holding out in the port of Mariupol, where Russia was renewing its assault in a siege believed to have killed thousands of trapped civilians.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A “fanatical Islamist” inspired by Islamic State was found guilty today of murdering veteran British lawmaker David Amess by knifing him to death in a frenzied attack in a church where he was meeting voters.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament chose a more Western-friendly politician, Shehbaz Sharif, as prime minister today, completing the ousting of predecessor Imran Khan in a political crisis that has sparked street protests and a mass resignation of lawmakers.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Nine out of ten Mexicans voting yesterday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Nubank NU.N, Latin America’s most valuable fintech, is fueling its expansion in Mexico and Colombia with the investment of a $650 million line of credit, the digital bank said today.
Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday acknowledged that a deal reached in August last year for 150 Guyanese fishermen to be licensed for Surinamese waters is in limbo.
Annai Village Councillor, Lennox George died yesterday morning after the minibus he was driving crashed into a tree in the vicinity of Bina Hill Junction.
The Government of Guyana remains in discussions with the Indian supplier of the nine non-performing drainage pumps procured under the previous APNU+AFC government, according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha.
After a two-year gap, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be visiting Guyana for Article IV consultations where it will meet with government officials and collect information and data as it assesses this country’s economic developments.
LYIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s armed forces braced today for a new Russian offensive as powerful explosions rocked cities in the south and east, while Austria’s leader planned to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and call for an end to the conflict.