NEW DELHI,(Reuters) – India’s “lottery king”, accused by the authorities of fraud and money laundering, has emerged with his company as the nation’s top political donor under an opaque funding system that has just been partially opened to scrutiny.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro will run for a second re-election to secure another six-year term in voting planned for July 28, the ruling Socialist party said today.
At about 17:00hrs yesterday, Chief Inspector Lyte was in charge of an Anti-Crime Patrol on Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, when the patrol observed a Toyota Tacoma vehicle bearing registration number PYY 9229 driving dangerously in the vicinity of Jimbo bridge, Grove.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the introduction of the National Identification System (NIDS) is a critical step in Jamaica fully becoming a digital society and is urging Jamaicans to embrace the technology.
(Barbados Nation) Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has urged Government to revisit its plan to build 15 mini stadia, suggesting the concept is “misconceived” and that consideration be given to building fewer such facilities.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Ukrainian missile attack killed two people in western Russia and a separate drone strike set an oil refinery ablaze today, the second day of an election that President Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of trying to disrupt.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The former commanders of Brazil’s Army and Air Force told police investigators that President Jair Bolsonaro summoned them twice to meetings to discuss a possible coup d’état after his election defeat in 2022, according to their testimonies released today by the Supreme Court.
(Reuters) – A Russian missile attack hit civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa today, killing at least 14 people and wounding 46 in Moscow’s deadliest attack in weeks, Ukrainian officials said.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today a political funding mechanism scrapped by the Supreme Court as “unconstitutional” was an improvement on the past but a more transparent system should be put in place.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are refusing to release millions of dollars in funding that Washington views as critical to help tackle spiraling violence in Haiti, in another potential stumbling block for the international force.
Police are investigating the murder of Yang Lisong, a Chinese National of Guizhou China and of Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River, which occurred at around 14:00 hrs this afternoon.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a still unformed transition council for the country, which has been rocked by escalating violence in recent weeks.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel’s conviction for the murder of an associate more than a decade ago was quashed today, with a London court ruling that attempts to bribe the trial jury meant the conviction was unsafe.
WASHINGTON, – Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Director of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) Allan Stewart said while clean-up continues, Tobago can declare the situation under control.
The Guyana Fire Service today said that a wildfire yesterday claimed the life of 93-year-old Alexander Josephine, a member of the Parakies Village community in the North West District.
The Ministry of Education today launched its new Primary textbook series “Mathematics made Easy” and “Guyanese in the World”, at the Round House Kingston.