JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – A court in Luanda sentenced the son of former Angolan president Eduardo Dos Santos to five years in prison over a $500 million corruption case, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain called on Venezuela today to establish a transitional government and swiftly hold free presidential elections, due to the impact of COVID-19 on the country.
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Health officials in Australia’s most populous state made “unjustifiable” and “inexcusable” mistakes which allowed cruise ship passengers with COVID-19 to disembark in central Sydney, an inquiry said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. officials will unveil a major economic investment program with the Colombian government next week as Washington expands its drive to yank supply chains out of China and bring them closer to home, a senior White House official said yesterday.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall today wrote former Director General in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon stating that his position is considered to have been terminated.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal today that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that U.S.
Minister of Public Affairs, within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy, has appointed Michella Abraham-Ali as acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 0f the National Communications Network (NCN).
LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A British court said on Tuesday that a police force’s use of facial recognition to hunt for suspects was unlawful, in a ruling that privacy campaigners hailed as a “major victory” in their fight against the surveillance technology.
WELLINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be traced to imported freight.
Three persons died this evening in an accident on the Le Ressouvenir Public Road, East Coast Demerara involving a motor lorry and a motor car, the police said.
Samples have been collected from President Irfaan Ali and other Cabinet members for COVID-19 testing, following the confirmation that Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd has contracted the virus.
President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Hugh Todd is COVID-19 positive after coming into contact with someone who was infected.
Richardo Mitchell Aka “Cardo”, 31, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Winston Robertson on August 10, 2020 at Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The British government has become embroiled in an unlikely row with ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s over its approach to migrants arriving by boat from France, after the brand criticised ministers’ increasingly bellicose rhetoric.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – There were no human pyramids in Mumbai’s Janmashtami festival celebrating Lord Krishna today, which normally attracts thousands onto the streets, due to a surge in coronavirus in India, with more than 60,000 cases reported in 24 hours.
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn said today that Guyana’s five-month wait for an elections declaration and the blatant attempt to fix the results was one he had never seen in his 25-year career as a diplomat.