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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.

The Ministry of Finance today said that yesterday it suffered a burst main, which resulted in severe water damage to documents and equipment in the main building, and the disruption of all phone services.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s supreme court prosecutor has opened an investigation into former King Juan Carlos in connection with a high-speed train contract in Saudi Arabia, piling pressure on a once-popular monarch who abdicated six years ago.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced COVID-19 transmission rates in Europe enough to control its spread and may have averted more than three million deaths, researchers said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – BP will cut about 15% of its workforce in response to the coronavirus crisis and as part of Chief Executive Bernard Looney’s plan to shift the oil and gas major to renewable energy, it said today.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry which is an accredited observer at the National Recount of votes today urged all parties to support the rapid conclusion of the recount process.

The last of 2,339 ballot boxes from the controversy-ridden March 2nd general elections was recounted this afternoon at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

GECOM has decided to tabulate the votes from the 29 East Coast boxes that weren’t accompanied by statutory documents, sources say.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. protests sparked by George Floyd’s fatal encounter last month with Minneapolis police crossed a new threshold as weekend rallies demanding racial justice stretched from Washington, D.C.,

 (Reuters) – Brazil removed from public view months of data on its COVID-19 epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the world’s second-largest coronavirus outbreak.

Ninety-three ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today, according to GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj.

While reiterating that he will abide  by the declarations of GECOM, President David Granger adverted to numerous reports of “irregularities” at the March 2nd general elections and said these appeared to have been committed deliberately.

Suriname’s electoral authorities on Thursday finally announced preliminary results from the May 25 elections won by opposition parties, which on Friday accused the government of Desi Bouterse of stymieing efforts to seat a new legislature, according to the Associated Press (AP).

(Trinidad Express) There has been a double murder in Les Coteaux, Tobago.

Acting Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael G Kozak this evening said he expected President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo  to honour their commitment to “respect legitimate recount results” In a tweet this evening, Kozak, who has frequently commented on the Guyana elections said:  “We look to President Granger and Opposition Leader Jagdeo to honor their commitments to respect legitimate recount results.

With the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections drawing to a close, the envoys of the US, UK, Canada and the EU today said “is important for all stakeholders to uphold the integrity of the process and peacefully accept the wishes of the Guyanese population”.

Seventy-six ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today, according to GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj.

(Trinidad Express) A young mother was killed in Diego martin on Thursday night.