BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who leads opinion polls for October’s election, wants to recruit a former governor or other seasoned politician to run economic policy if he wins, close advisers to the leftist leader told Reuters.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Eight people infected with COVID-19 died in Shanghai on April 20, Chinese state television said yesterday.
A 19-year-old man is currently hospitalised after he was stabbed during a scuffle on Tuesday night at the Unity, Mahaica seawall.
President Irfaan Ali today appointed the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) board and named Major General (Rtd) Joe Singh as the Chairman.
(ESPN Cricinfo) West Indies limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard has retired from international cricket, announcing the decision on social media on Wednesday, a day before his IPL franchise Mumbai Indians’ game against Chennai Super Kings.
Attorney-at-Law Nirvan Singh was this morning charged at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court with allegedly directing racial remarks towards Police Constable Shaunette Bollers.
The PNCR today expressed condolences at the sudden passing of Kadim ‘Kads’ Khan this morning.
(Reuters) – A Russian ultimatum to Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to surrender or die expired this afternoon with no mass capitulation, but the commander of a unit believed to be holding out in the besieged city said his forces could survive just days or hours.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – To prepare the 3,000-plus orders of vegetables, meat and essentials her Carrefour supermarket sends out every day to locked-in Shanghai residents, manager Zhang Wei wakes at 5 a.m.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A security pact between the Solomon Islands and China will not undermine peace, the prime minister of the Pacific island nation told parliament today in a bid to ease the worries of the United States and its allies about China’s growing influence.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday led an island-wide protest against the hike in fuel prices, increasing food costs and escalating crime, under heavy police presence.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected here in June this year, sources say, which would make him the second holder of that office to visit this country in less than two years.
Fibre Tech Industrial Plastics (FTIP) yesterday became the first Guyanese company to achieve certification under the Guyana National Bureau of Standards’ (GNBS) Made in Guyana Certification Mark Programme.
A 41-year-old mother of two was on Monday night fatally struck down while crossing the Mon Repos Public Road, East Coast Demerara, and the driver has since been taken into custody by the police.
A 24-year-old security guard died on Monday night after crashing into a motorcar on the Ogle railway embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
A businessman has installed a camera on the overhead walkway across the East Bank Highway in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, and also at Houston, East Bank Demerara, to help motorists plan ahead when having to traverse the busy East Bank Highway.
The 21-year-old man who allegedly fatally stabbed his co-worker in the mining camp they shared at the North West District (NWD), Region One, was remanded last week to prison.
The two men who were busted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) last Saturday in Lamaha Gardens were remanded to prison yesterday for allegedly having in their possession a quantity of cocaine and ganja.
A 17-year-old is now dead after he was stabbed by his foster father while his cousin who was also stabbed by the suspect, is critical.
Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Venezuelan national, Luis Jose Medina Zapata, also known as ‘Kemos’ in relation to the murder of Venezuelan national Felipe Galaviz which occurred on Friday, April 15.
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