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A bodywork shop and at least one other building in Lusignan were this morning completely destroyed by fire.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union should gradually reopen its borders to non-EU travellers from July and draw up a list of countries outside the bloc for which restrictions can be removed, the European Commission said on Thursday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A local authority in southern England said it would remove a statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide scouting movement, the latest memorial to be taken down in the wake of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – Moderna Inc today confirmed it plans to start a trial of 30,000 volunteers of its much-anticipated coronavirus vaccine in July as the company enters the final stage of testing.

(Trinidad Express) A Barrackpore man who was convicted of the unlawful killing of a woman 16 years ago walked into the police station on Wednesday and allegedly confessed that he had killed another woman.

(Trinidad Guardian) High Court judge Frank Seepersad yesterday received a letter containing a 9mm bullet and a warning that he should resign or the bullet would look ‘good’ between his eyes.

(Barbados Nation) After 17 days with no new COVID-19 cases, four people who returned to Barbados on Tuesday’s repatriation flight from the United States tested positive for the viral illness.

As it continues to support democracy around  the world, the United States today said that it looks forward to a speedy and credible end to the election recount here.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that the Manari Bypass Road has become impassable due to a flash flood.

Insurance Brokers – Guyana Limited today announced the passing of its founder Hans Barrow.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York lawmakers voted on Tuesday to repeal a decades-old law that shields police officers’ disciplinary records from the public.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – A Swedish prosecutor closed the case of the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme today, accusing an insurance company graphic designer who died 20 years ago of the country’s most notorious unsolved crime.

(Jamaica Gleaner) ST ANN’S Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis has labelled as “bad-mind” detractors who have mounted a withering campaign against him since news broke of the reported $46m COVID-19 expenditure on sanitising the town of Ocho Rios and the $80,000 charging port installed at the municipal office to charge his Porsche motor car.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two police officers and two soldiers are expected to be charged for abusing a homeless man while on patrol in Port-of-Spain earlier this year.

The main sugar Union GAWU says it has learnt that the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) is facing the prospect of closure having exhausted its finances and is  desperately seeking the support of the Government.

The University of Guyana’s Council today announced that the year-long search for the Institution’s 11th Vice Chancellor has ended and that the successful Candidate is Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin, PhD, the first woman to be named Vice Chancellor in the 57-year history of the University of Guyana.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp disclosed Monday it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity, new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Diesel fuel from a major spill in the Russian Arctic has reached the waters of a pristine lake that serves as the basin for a river flowing into the Arctic Ocean, a senior official said today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Delhi’s infections of coronavirus will climb to more than half a million by the end of July and it does not have the hospital capacity to handle such an outbreak, the city state’s deputy chief minister said today.

Guyana Goldfields Inc today announced phase two of the reduction of its workforce at the Aurora Gold Mines in Region Seven.