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(ESPN Cricinfo) Wayne Parnell’s terrific display with bat and ball hauled Barbados Tridents to a 16-run win over table-toppers Trinbago Knight Riders at Kensington Oval.

  SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test today, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its allies.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former director of the National Museum and Art Gallery and well known patriot, Dr Claire Broadbridge, 80, was found brutally murdered at her St Ann’s home last evening.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) this evening said it is working with operators on the restoration of interior shuttling flights which were suspended on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said it had no evidence to support the unsubstantiated claim made in March by President Donald Trump that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Collision at Friendship, East Bank Demerara this morning. There was no fatality.

(Trinidad Guardian) “I have no doubt justice will prevail in this matter and I will emerge victorious,” former People’s Partnership (PP) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan told reporters following his first court appearence yesterday on charges of misbehaviour in public office and obstruction of justice.

Guyana Amazon Warriors’ surge toward the final CPL playoff berth continued on Friday night at Sabina Park as they walloped the Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets.

Over sixty Public Sector officials yesterday, completed the fourth edition of Spanish as a Foreign Language course conducted by Professor Nelson Giraldo, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is still to make a profit after five years of operations.

A 20-year-old unemployed `A’ Field Sophia man is in custody and assisting with the investigation into the alleged murder of his one and a half years old niece, Ronasha Pilgrim of 98 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown which occurred between 3.30 and 4 this morning, at the said address.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a surprise move yesterday evening, former banker Robert Le Hunte was sworn in as a Senator and Minister of Public Utilities for the second time in the space of a week.

(ESPN) Dwayne Smith’s second century of CPL 2017 kept the playoff hopes afloat for Barbados Tridents as they held off a furious charge from St Lucia Stars to win by 29 runs at Kensington Oval.

  (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court today declared President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win invalid due to irregularities committed by the election board and ordered a new vote in 60 days.

Uree Varswyk, one of the escapees from the Camp Street  prison on July 9th has been shot dead by the police in an operation in Linden, according to the Department of Public Information.

    (ICC) Sri Lanka has been unable to seal a direct qualification place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in the ongoing ODI series against India after failing to win two matches.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – An 117-year-old condemned building collapsed in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai today after torrential rains this week, killing at least 22 people, with about 10 other people feared trapped, police and fire official said.

  (Reuters) – Diaries and a ring tracing the love affair between “Gone with the Wind” star Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier are going up for auction in London next month, providing a glimpse into one of Hollywood’s most notorious relationships.

(Reuters) – Irma has strengthened over the eastern Atlantic to become the fourth hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S.

The report on the inquiry into the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger was today handed over at State House.