SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean state media yesterday trumpeted how the country has gained an “invincible power that the world cannot ignore and no one can touch” under Kim Jong Un, an apparent reference to its nuclear weapons, as Pyongyang prepares for a military holiday.
YENAGAO, Nigeria, (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) – Prominent businessman Ralph “Bizzy” Williams said Barbados can be entirely powered by sun, saving the country US$200 million a year.
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn and a team of security officials recently attended a High Level Security Conference, which was held in Paramaribo, Suriname.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Thousands of Argentine farmers protested in Buenos Aires yesterday against President Alberto Fernandez, whose policies to contain food prices to curb rampant inflation have been criticized by the agricultural sector.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s major financial hub of Shanghai reported more new COVID-19 related deaths yesterday as residents vented their anger over a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online.
A 20-year-old labourer was yesterday taken into police custody after he was allegedly found in possession of 8.9 pounds of cannabis at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
(Reuters) – A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters.
A Crane, West Coast Demerara (WCD) businessman was robbed of $1.5 million in gold jewellery on Friday night and the police have since arrested two of the three suspects.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Work-ers at a Panasonic auto parts plant in northern Mexico elected an independent union this week, marking another defeat for one of the country’s biggest labour organizations as Mexico seeks to strengthen worker rights in line with a new trade deal.
(Trinidad Express) – As the family of Debe grandmother Sita Jagessar await the results of an autopsy to find out what caused her death, a member of the family said they believe she was ambushed and killed in her home.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on random victims from a sniper’s nest in an apartment building near an elite prep school in the nation’s capital on Friday, wounding four people, before taking his own life as police closed in, officials said.
The West Demerara section of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) today expressed condolences on the passing of Richie Hansraj whose body was found in a car today in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel along with that of his friend Justin Teixeira.
Guyana’s first lift of a million barrels of oil from its second platform in the Atlantic – the Liza Unity – will bring in around US$106m amid the huge spike in international fuel prices.
A delegation of top security officials led by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn attended a High Level Security Conference (HLSC) in Paramaribo, Suriname yesterday and Thursday.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said today, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern port city and said its forces did not need to take the plant.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s major financial hub of Shanghai reported more new COVID-19 related deaths today as residents vented their anger over a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online.