LONDON, (Reuters) – The Kremlin said today that U.S. President Joe Biden’s remark that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” was a cause for alarm, in a measured response to a public call from the United States for an end to Putin’s 22-year rule.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Academy Awards telecast was packed with much of what got left out of last year’s pandemic-hindered show, offering a trio of women hosts, a return to lavish musical productions and a big dose of comedy, much of it edgier than usual for the Oscars.
(Reuters) – Gunmen killed 19 people yesterday in a night-time attack on a clandestine cockfighting venue in western Mexico, authorities said, and several other people were reported hospitalized.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched a major Black Belly Sheep Project in Region Five, West Coast Berbice which has 78 farmers on board already with an additional 1,000 black belly sheep expected to arrive from Barbados in the coming weeks.
Declaring that the people of the country were not getting enough from the country’s oil revenues, PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday said that the party must embrace the policy of wealth creation and he pledged the development of a meritocracy in the public service.
Trinidadian Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said that during Guyana’s election impasse in March 2020, he had cautioned President David Granger that if he had lost the polls he should lose it with dignity otherwise there would be consequences for him and his party.
Mental Health Unit Director, Dr Util Thomas was fired in January but was last week informed that she would be rehired and will be posted to the East Coast of Demerara Enterprise Health Centre instead.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday requested a meeting with the management of Morning Glory Inc, popularly known as the Anna Regina Cereal Plant.
(Trinidad Guardian) Farmers are given a raw deal in T&T and treated with contempt, leader of the Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP) Phillip Alexander has said.
LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.
KABUL, (Reuters) – The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters yesterday.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Congress approved yesterday emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections after the Central American country recorded a sharp rise in killings attributed to criminal gangs.
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As countries around the world begin to re-open their borders following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) is sending signals that Barbados is open for business as one of the major tourist destinations in the Caribbean.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prince William has said he is committed to service and “not telling people what to do” after a tour of the Caribbean that was marked by protests over the British empire and criticism that the trip reflected a throwback to colonial times.