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SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea today in a “terrific explosion” after it threatened to take action if North Korean defectors went ahead with a campaign to send propaganda leaflets into the North.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Tuesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine has triggered antibodies in clinical trials and the company plans late-stage human trials in foreign countries.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland today welcomed the CARICOM observers report on recount of the March 2nd general elections and called for the acceptance of the  results.

In its scathing report upholding the integrity of the March 2nd general elections, the CARICOM observer team has castigated GECOM commissioners for undermining the legitimacy of the electoral body.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) today welcomed the findings of the CARICOM observer team that the recount of votes from the March 2nd      elections provides the basis for the declaration of a result and it called for the incumbent APNU+AFC to begin the process of transition.

The CARICOM observer team at the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections says it reflects the will of the people and provides a basis for the declaration of a result.

A Guyana Defence Force bus overturned at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara today at 4 am.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose website has put President Rodrigo Duterte under tough scrutiny, was convicted of libel today and faces up to six years in jail, in a ruling widely seen as a blow to media freedom.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints, closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia.

The highly-anticipated report from the CARICOM team which observed the recount of the March 2nd General and Regional Elections has been completed and will be delivered to GECOM Chairperson Claudette Singh very soon.

Summary Statement of Recount Report: The Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) national recount exercise commenced on May 6, 2020, after the Order appeared in a special edition of the Official Gazette on May 4, at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC), where the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI), an accredited Local Observer, collaborated with other accredited Local Observers to observe the exercise.

(CAL) Piarco, Trinidad & Tobago, June 14 2020: Caribbean Airlines advises that the airline has held talks with the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority regarding proposed operations to repatriate Guyana nationals who have been stranded across the region since the closure of borders due COVID-19.

 (Reuters) – Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta yesterday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police as he tried to escape arrest, an incident likely to fuel more nationwide tensions over race and police tactics.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s federal government said today it will provide New Delhi’s city authorities with 500 railway coaches that will be equipped to care for coronavirus patients, after a surge in the number of cases led to a shortage of hospital beds.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who won acclaim for his role in the 2016 biopic of then Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was found dead at his home in Mumbai on Sunday, police said.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is appalled by the report submitted to GECOM today by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield saying that the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections does not provide a credible or verifiable basis for a result.

The PPP today slammed a report submitted to GECOM by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield on the March 2nd recount of votes as ultra vires and in excess of his authority.

A female resident of the Palms Geriatric Home who is 105 is among three residents of the home who have recovered from COVID-19.

 Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield today delivered his report to GECOM Chair Claudette Singh on the 33-day recount of votes and sources tell Stabroek News it says that in each district it cannot be ascertained that the results meet the criteria of free and fair elections.

The following is a statement by persons who are lobbying for the return of Guyanese stranded abroad because of COVID-19.