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MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Australia retained the Ashes after beating England by 185 runs at Old Trafford today to take a 2-1 lead in the series with just one test remaining.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the upmarket Causeway Bay shopping district today, after demonstrators had rallied at the U.S.

Repairs being done today to the roof of the Mahdia Primary School after high winds created havoc yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3 7-5 in the U.S.

NASSAU, Bahamas,(Reuters) – Thousands of displaced people are living in “rapidly deteriorating” conditions in the worst-hit parts of the Bahamas six days after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today.

VENICE, Italy,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators took over the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for several hours  today, demanding action to fight climate change and a ban on cruise ships entering the lagoon city.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir was the only person with a key to a room at the presidential palace holding millions of euros, his last office manager testified today.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) The timetable to return Fly Jamaica to the skies appears to be in doubt, its employees are still unpaid, and the airline’s founder, Ronald Paul Reece, says the deal for the takeover of the airline is yet to be finalised.

The caretaker APNU+AFC administration today released to the media a list of approved road contracts worth $714.51m for regions 4, 6 and 10.

The investigation into alleged corrupt practices involving Deputy Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves has cleared him of any criminal conduct, according to Commissioner of Police Leslie James.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) today announced that it was seeking to recover $2.7b from Queens Atlantic Investment Inc over its controversial deal for the former Sanata Textiles and $274m from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry for the purchase of the Kingston property that is now its headquarters.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted lawfully when he ordered the suspension of parliament for five weeks before Brexit, London’s High Court ruled today, but it allowed the legal challenge to be taken to the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – An American Airlines mechanic was on Thursday charged with purposely damaging an aircraft in July amid a dispute between the airline and its mechanics union involving stalled contract negotiations.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.

The opposition PPP today called again on GECOM to begin preparations for general elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s younger brother, Jo, has resigned as a junior minister and said he would also step down as a lawmaker, citing a conflict between family loyalty and the national interest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Has there been a change in the Gov­ern­ment’s po­si­tion on the Sedi­tion Act?

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas,  (Reuters) – Rescuers searched for survivors in The Bahamas today after Hurricane Dorian, the most damaging storm to strike the island nation, left in its wake miles of flooded landscape dotted with pulverized homes, and dozens of people with missing loved ones.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Actress Priyanka Chopra and her pop star husband Nick Jonas were named the best dressed of 2019 by People magazine today, marking the first time in the celebrity magazine’s history that a couple has shared top style honours.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam today withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.