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.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are refusing to release millions of dollars in funding that Washington views as critical to help tackle spiraling violence in Haiti, in another potential stumbling block for the international force.
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.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a still unformed transition council for the country, which has been rocked by escalating violence in recent weeks.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel’s conviction for the murder of an associate more than a decade ago was quashed today, with a London court ruling that attempts to bribe the trial jury meant the conviction was unsafe.
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.
(Trinidad Guardian) Director of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) Allan Stewart said while clean-up continues, Tobago can declare the situation under control.
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.
The Ministry of Education today launched its new Primary textbook series “Mathematics made Easy” and “Guyanese in the World”, at the Round House Kingston.
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.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has asked the public to be “patient” as an investigation into the Strategic Services Agency takes place.
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.
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.
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.
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia (Reuters) – It will be difficult for the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) armed group to sign a peace deal with the Colombian government before President Gustavo Petro finishes his term in 2026, despite trust between the two sides, a major leader of the EMC told Reuters on the sidelines of peace talks.
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.
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.