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NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board signalled it is ready for life without Mahendra Singh Dhoni after dropping the long-serving wicketkeeper from its list of centrally contracted players today.

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces yesterday to oppose steps by Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on.

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into the assault of a St Agnes Primary school teacher  by parents of a child at the school’s Church Street, Georgetown premises sometime today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives today unveiled a seven-member team to prosecute President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial in the Senate, headed by a former prosecutor who has become a nemesis of the Republican president.

 (Reuters) – Puerto Rican bees are abandoning hives as weeks of earthquakes disrupt colonies, experts said, raising concerns that a subspecies seen as a possible solution to the global bee crisis could take another hit after being decimated by hurricanes in 2017.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Six Democratic U.S. presidential candidates sparred over war and trade, gender and health care, in a pressure-packed debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, with the first nominating contest in the state less than three weeks away.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Richard Fresco called `Foots’  of African descent age 43 years, unemployed of Lot 23 East La Penitence, Georgetown which occurred on Monday, January 13, 2020 about 3:40 am at Lot 65 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown between Hadfield and Leopold Street.

The police today said that Errol Thapordeen C/D “Buffy/Bowie/Powie” is wanted for questioning in relation to murder committed on Rudendra Persaud on 2020/01/12 at Non Pariel, E.C.D.

The US-based Carter Center today announced that it had launched its observer mission here for the 2020 general elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s 24 million gamblers will no longer be able to use credit cards to place bets under the latest move by the government to tackle problem gambling.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States today  imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan government officials it said led a bid by President Nicolas Maduro to wrest control of the country’s congress from U.S.-backed

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Angolan courts have refrained from action to seize billionaire ex-first daughter Isabel Dos Santos’ assets abroad but will not hesitate to do so if necessary, a prosecution spokesman said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his younger brother Harry publicly denounced an “offensive” newspaper report about their relationship on Monday, as the royals met for crunch talks to discuss the future roles of Harry and his American wife Meghan.

Change Guyana Prime Ministerial candidate Nigel Hinds today withdrew from the ticket helmed by businessman Robert Badal citing his dual citizenship and a likely medical condition he learnt of in November last year.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper today said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S.

A Guyanese man accused of murdering a beloved 92-year-old Queens “cat lady” told cops he gets “uncontrollable urges” — and killed her because of pent-up anger at his family, law-enforcement sources told The New York Post on Friday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Protesters piled pressure on Iran’s leadership today with demands for top authorities to quit after the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when it had feared U.S.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran said today its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a “disastrous mistake”, saying air defences were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S.

The Heads of the British High Commission, the US Embassy and the European Union here today congratulated those nominated for the general and regional elections and the Guyana Elections Commission for a smoothly run process. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today, setting the stage for his long-awaited trial.