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CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s director of cricket Graeme Smith does not expect the national team to be back in action until November at the earliest and confirmed the scheduled tour of West Indies has been postponed indefinitely.

The Government of Guyana in collaboration with the National COVID-19 Task Force, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Health and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has brought home 2,006 Guyanese including students who were stranded overseas as a result of the closure of airports over the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The 24-hour stay of the ruling of the Appeal Court, which dismissed a challenge to the use of the results of the national recount to make a final declaration from the March 2nd polls, has expired with no further action being taken as yet.

(Reuters) – Heavy rains from Hurricane Isaias could hit Florida late tonight before the powerful storm moves up the east coast into early next week, the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States today imposed sanctions on a Chinese company and two officials related to the company for what it said were human rights abuses against Uighurs and other ethnic minority people in China’s Xinjiang province, the Treasury Department said.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans, mostly postmarked from China.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp, which has major operations offshore Guyana, today reported a $1.1 billion second-quarter loss on sharply lower energy demand and prices from the COVID-19 pandemic, and confirmed plans to make “significant” reduction to costs.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health is reporting five more Covid-19 cases this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) With the growing perception that Venezuelans are responsible for T&T’s second wave of COVID-19 spread, human rights activists say landlords are now evicting migrants over the fear of prosecution by the State.

The United States today announced that additional “senior individuals” from Guyana will be prevented from entering the country for undermining democracy.

Justices Dawn Gregory,  Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and Rishi Persaud   today threw out the appeal of Misenga Jones against the decision of Chief Justice Roxane George that the recount votes be used for the declaration of the result of the March 2nd general elections.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today raised the possibility of delaying the nation’s Nov.

(Trinidad Express) Over 3,000 people attempted “double dipping” into the Salary Relief Grant, and the Income Support Grant distributed by the Government through separate ministries to assist cash-strapped families and individuals during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – China today accused the United States of stoking a new Cold War because certain politicians were searching for a scapegoat to bolster support ahead of the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to cancel hosting of the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in the wake of a surge of Covid-19 cases.

(Trinidad Guardian) With the country at the start of what appears to be a second phase of COVID-19 infections following five locally transmitted infections from an unknown source last week, the Ministry of Health is in overdrive to locate the source/s and determine the spread of this wave of infections through contact tracing.

Private criminal charges of misconduct in public office have been filed against Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh, for what complainants  are alleging is her disregard to have heeded advice that the recount of votes of the March 2nd elections was unlawful.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections today after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about U.S.

Heavy and continuous rainfall with thundershowers is anticipated over the next few hours over Guyana due to a large area of convection emanating from the broad low-pressure system situated in the Atlantic, which is East-Northeast of Guyana at near 7N55W which is approximately 250 KM from Georgetown moving at 10-15kt, according to a statement on the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Facebook page.