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India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, India, September 5, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

India minister says party funding system needs transparency

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today a political funding mechanism scrapped by the Supreme Court as “unconstitutional” was an improvement on the past but a more transparent system should be put in place.

Shopkeeper murdered at Eteringbang

Police are investigating the murder of Yang Lisong, a Chinese National of Guizhou China and of Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River, which occurred at around 14:00 hrs this afternoon.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China

WASHINGTON,  – Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S.

A wildfire

Man, 93, dies in north west wildfire

The Guyana Fire Service today said that a wildfire yesterday claimed the life of 93-year-old Alexander Josephine, a  member of the Parakies Village community in the North West District.

Bird flu strain raises alarm as virus kills South American wildlife

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, raising the risk of it evolving into a bigger threat to humans, according to interviews with eight scientists.

Desi Bouterse

Interpol issues red notice for Bouterse

Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse and Iwan Dijksteel, who were sentenced to twenty years in prison, for their involvement in the December murders of 1982, are now officially wanted by the international police organization Interpol.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2022. President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Venezuela rushes to mend Iran relationship as US sanctions loom

PUNTO FIJO/CARACAS/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Iran and Venezuela are trying to patch together an oil alliance that began to fray last year, according to six people familiar with the matter, after the South American country fell behind on oil swaps that had boosted crude exports and helped stem domestic fuel shortages.

FILE PHOTO: A convoy of cars carrying members of a Kenyan delegation leave the premises of Haitian National Police (PNH) after meeting with the Chief of the Haitian National Police Frantz Elbe, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

Kenya’s Haiti mission in limbo as urgency grows

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya has said its police officers will soon be in Haiti to confront rampaging gangs controlling the capital, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about financing are casting doubt on the mission’s prospects.

Ukraine knocks out Russian refinery in major attack

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Ukraine pounded targets in Russia today with dozens of drones and rockets in an attack that inflicted serious damage on a major oil refinery and sought to pierce the land borders of the world’s biggest nuclear power with armed proxies.

Ariel Henry

Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said yesterday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president.

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