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Facial recognition cameras will only be deployed at the official ports of entry and not on the streets, according to a release today from the Ministry of Public Telecommunications which also said that the safe city system will not violate anyone’s fundamental human rights.

Under pressure over a series of gaffes, US 2020 presidential front-runner Joe Biden confused Guyana for the African nation of Ghana while speaking at a campaign event, according to a report in the Washington Examiner.

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman yesterday told  a visiting team from the Carter Center that general elections can be held before the end of the year.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Those expecting Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy to flame out any day now will have to keep waiting.

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – Piles of debris, decaying human and animal corpses and fetid water on storm-hammered Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas are posing a new risk for those who survived Hurricane Dorian’s wrath: Disease.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A commercial flight with 326 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing when hot coffee was accidentally spilled over the cockpit control panel over the Atlantic ocean, according to a report on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson today denied lying to Queen Elizabeth over the reasons for suspending the British parliament after a court ruled his decision was unlawful and opponents called for lawmakers to be recalled to discuss Brexit.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that the use of Passenger Boarding Bridges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has been temporarily suspended.

NASSAU, Bahamas, (Reuters) – Bahamian officials said today that 2,500 people have been registered as missing in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian but cautioned the full list of missing has not been checked to see if any of those people are in shelters.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled today, prompting immediate calls for lawmakers to return to work as the government and parliament battle over the future of Brexit.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – General Motors Co is recalling 3.46 million U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen Geoffrey Boycott, one of her cricket heroes, for a knighthood, attracting criticism from domestic abuse charities.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton, saying on Tuesday he had serious policy disagreements with his hardline aide.

JetBlue today announced a new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown, Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Interference by foreign parliaments in Hong Kong’s affairs is deeply regrettable, the leader of the Chinese-ruled city said today, adding that an escalation of violence cannot solve social issues in the Asian financial hub.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Cricket West Indies have sacked both Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite as one-day and Twenty20 captain respectively, and have appointed experienced batting all-rounder Kieron Pollard to lead the Caribbean side in the white-ball formats.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has lost a slew of seats in the Moscow parliament, RIA news agency said on Monday, suggesting a tactical voting strategy pushed by opponents may have worked.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – In one of the most anticipated New York Fashion Week runway events this season, American designer Tommy Hilfiger unveiled his latest ready-to-wear looks on Sunday in a collaboration with actress Zendaya at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

LONDON,  (Reuters)- Malaria can be eradicated within a generation, global health experts have said.

MARSH HARBOUR/NASSAU, Bahamas,  (Reuters) – Days after fleeing their crumbling home and breaking into a vacant apartment to take shelter while Hurricane Dorian rampaged over the Bahamas’ Great Abaco Island, Samuel Cornish and his family caught a rescue flight to Nassau.