BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Thousands of Argentines took to the streets around the country yesterday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1976 military coup that lasted eight years and led to widespread repression, torture and disappearances.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia today cast doubt on assertions by the United States that the Islamic State militant group was responsible for a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow which killed 137 people and injured 182 more.
MANILA,5 (Reuters) – China warned the Philippines today to behave cautiously and seek dialogue, saying their relations were at a “crossroads” as new confrontations between their coastguards over maritime claims deepened tensions.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney Kerywn Garcia, SC, the attorney appointed by Massy to investigate claims made by its former executive vice president of business integrity and group general counsel, Angélique Parisot-Potter, about its executive leadership programme, will have the report completed this week.
Guyana abstained on a US motion on Friday at the UN Security Council on the Gaza war as it did not call for an immediate ceasefire and spared Israel responsibility for the massive deaths and destruction in the Palestinian territory.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia lowered flags to half-mast today for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.
NEW DELHI,(Reuters) – A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief on Sunday became the latest prominent figures, including a judge and an ambassador, to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in recent weeks as it seeks to widen its lead over the opposition.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and an advisor were found shot dead in a car today, said police in the South American country, which is in the grips of a wave of violence that authorities blame on drug trafficking
National police said they were investigating the deaths of Garcia, the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente, and Jairo Loor, after the discovery of their bodies in the province of Manabi.
The Presidents of Guyana and Suriname have instructed their respective teams to enter discussions of financing, pricing and other matters related to the development of the bridge over the Corentyne River.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested three people today, including a federal lawmaker, in connection with the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco and her driver, two sources at the federal police told Reuters.
Two police ranks attached to the Brickdam Police Station have been charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) with demanding money by menace with intent to steal and conspiracy to commit a felony.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia said today it had arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 143 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the deadliest attack in Russia for 20 years.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections.
(Trinidad Express) In what is one of the largest awards of damages made by the courts in a case for false imprisonment, the High Court has directed that the State pay a 16-year-old Venezuelan boy $2.4 million, exclusive of interest, after he was unlawfully detained for 456 days at the Heliport, Chaguaramas.
GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer, Sasenarine Singh is tipped to be Guyana’s new Ambassador to the European Union, according to three different sources spoken to by Stabroek News.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, in one of the worst such attacks on Russia in years.
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council today turned down a U.S.-led resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal after Russia and China vetoed the measure proposed by the United States.