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MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said today he would step back from public duties for a week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings.

President Irfaan Ali today offered  condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Bhappi Roopchan, owner of the popular Shakti Strings Band.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) today said it has observed a concerning trend in the occupancy of bed space within its facilities.

LISBON, (Reuters) – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late yesterday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, and suggested there was a need for reparations.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the United States, some of which included Jewish Passover Seders, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza.

(Trinidad Guardian) NiQuan yesterday terminated its 75 employees and will now mothball its Pointe-a-Pierre plant, which had been in “sleep” mode.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela unity opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will appear as three parties’ candidate on the ballot for July presidential elections, after two additional parties said today they were able to list him in their slots.

On Sunday 21st April 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation on High Street, Georgetown, where they intercepted a motor car.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said today that he was “horrified” by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies there, according to a spokesperson.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three Pan American Health Organization experts, who have been selected to probe the deaths of babies at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, have arrived in the country and already engaged North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) officials as part of their initial investigation.

UNITED NATIONS/PORT-AU-PRINCE, 2 (Reuters) – Haiti’s capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the U.N.

Sophia labourer Alvin Griffith, 22, was fatally shot last night after two men tried to relieve him of his motorcycle.

The Government of Guyana, through the Guyana Geology and Mine Commission (GGMC), today disclosed the signing of a Mineral Agreement with Reunion Gold Corporation.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office and national police said today they have recaptured a well-known alleged leader of the Los Lobos gang – Fabricio Colon Pico Suarez – who escaped from prison in January.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired “several” short-range ballistic missiles today toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, drawing a swift condemnation from Seoul, which called it a grave threat to stability on the Korean peninsula.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – The head of Israeli military intelligence has resigned after accepting responsibility for the failures that allowed the devastating Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct.

(Trinidad Guardian) Approximately 50,000 barrels of liquid waste have been extracted from Tobago’s coastline between Scarborough and Cove in clean-up operations after the February 7 oil spill from the capsized barge there—and clean-up continues.

On Friday 19th April 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation in the vicinity of North Road and Bourda Market, where they intercepted a male carrying a white bulky plastic bag.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged today  to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks, telling the upper house of parliament he will force the new legislation through despite its opposition.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has won significant voter support for a raft of security measures he says will help him fight sharply increased crime, a quick vote tally by the national electoral council showed on Sunday.