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LONDON, (Reuters) – Nestle is to halt the sale of a wide range of brands in Russia, including KitKat chocolate bars and Nesquik, amid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s criticism of the world’s biggest food company for its continued presence in the country.

OAKLAND, Calif., (Reuters) – Ukraine is using facial recognition software to identify the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in combat and to trace their families to inform them of their deaths, Ukraine’s vice prime minister told Reuters.

Issues such as poor drainage, difficulty acquiring land titles and labour concerns were raised at two community meetings hosted by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is collaborating with Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) to host a competition for local programmers to create technology solutions that can address socio-economic challenges in Guyana.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday condemned the government of President Daniel Ortega, accusing it of repressing the political opposition, human rights abuses and cracking down on freedom of speech.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panama will become the setting for the filming of five Bollywood movies after an actor from India, the country that produces the world’s largest number of feature films per year, signed an agreement with an Indian production company.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin joined the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) yesterday, taking the first step in officializing a once-unimaginable union with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the leftist’s running mate in the October election.

Region Five was host to a series of job camps sponsored by El Dorado Offshore (EDO), a local recruitment, manpower supply and personnel logistics company that will assist applicants for jobs in the oil & gas sector to prepare for interviews.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans yesterday pressed their attacks on a range of issues against Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Anatoly Chubais, the architect of Russia’s post-Soviet economic reforms, has quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy and left the country due to the war in Ukraine, two sources told Reuters, the highest profile protest by a Russian figure against the invasion.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba’s government said yesterday a spike in demand for fuel, caused in part by the failure of the country’s largest power plant last week, had led to fuel shortfalls at service stations nationwide, prompting hours-long queues for gasoline.

The Ministry of Health has recorded six new COVID-19 cases out of 1, 251 tests that were done.

The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Barbara A.

LVIV/MYKOLAIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – A veteran aide of President Vladimir Putin has resigned over the Ukraine war and left Russia with no intention to return, two sources said today, the first senior official to break with the Kremlin since Putin launched his invasion a month ago.

WARSAW,  (Reuters) – Poland is expelling 45 Russian diplomats suspected of working for Russian intelligence, the foreign ministry said today.

(Reuters) – Search and rescue crews combed through rubble overnight in New Orleans after a tornado blasted the east side, killing at least one person, destroying homes and knocking down power lines.

American Airlines (AA) has apologised to the Guyana Government over a more than four-hour delay in the departure of a February 27 flight to Miami on which President Irfaan Ali was a passenger.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says in the coming days, he will meet with this country’s Ministry of Health officials to discuss the full reopening of T&T’s operations, as there has been no-post Carnival spike in COVID-19 cases.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton has once again called on the government to immediately implement measures to cushion the skyrocketing cost of living.

Business executive and long-serving Private Sector Commission member, Ramesh Dookhoo is the private sector’s nominee for the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) board which will oversee oil and gas revenues.