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RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia executed 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian yesterday, the interior ministry said, in the kingdom’s biggest mass execution in decades.

(University of Copenhagen) – We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team of researchers is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended number of conditions and life stages.

(newatlas.com) – A fascinating new proof-of-concept study from a team of researchers in France suggests trained ants could be effective at detecting cancer in humans.

The Health Ministry on Saturday reported that seven new COVID-19 cases had been recorded from 982 more tests that were done.

(Grist.Org) – The Amazon rainforest, one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems and a major absorber of carbon dioxide, is losing its ability to recover from disturbances such as deforestation, fire, and drought, according to new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

(Reuters) – Scientists have discovered that a type of giant tortoise present on one of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands is not from the species it was previously thought to be, Galapagos National Park said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States today said it would rush up to $200 million in additional small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine, as Ukrainian officials pleaded for more equipment to defend against heavy shelling by Russian forces.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Fighting raged near Kyiv today and heavy shelling in other areas threatened new attempts to evacuate trapped civilians as France said Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no readiness to end the war in Ukraine.

The Government of Guyana today expressed deep regret at the passing of former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Claude Kennard, CCH.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia executed 81 men today, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offences including holding “deviant beliefs”, authorities said, in the biggest mass execution in decades.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – A former Nicaraguan presidential hopeful and her brother were found guilty of several financial crimes yesterday, relatives of the two told Reuters.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A Russian law giving Moscow stronger powers to crack down on independent journalism is placing Russia under a “total information blackout” on the war in Ukraine, U.N.

BERGAMO, Italy,  (Reuters) – Italian police have seized a superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, the prime minister’s office said o, a few days after the businessman was placed on an EU sanctions list following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Lakhram Bhagirat Amid continuing questions about the relationship between Dr Prem Misir and the PPP/C government, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday defended his choice for a crucial natural resource transparency body with the argument that everyone deserves to be employed.

The Ministry of Labour’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) yesterday officially launched the National Job Bank, an online platform aimed at improving the access to employment opportunities for jobseekers.

Following a call by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) for the withdrawal of the vaccination requirement for registration, the Guyana Elections Commission on Friday announced that it is waiving the mandate for persons aged 14 to 17 years old.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie on Thursday announced that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded an overall 18.8% decrease in serious crime during the last year.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) received a total of 1,692 domestic violence reports during last year, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has disclosed.

One of the two men charged with breaking into the home of Better Hope pensioner David Ramkissoon and murdering him is now awaiting his sentence after admitting to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

President Irfaan Ali has stressed that no CARICOM country raised the issue of Guyana’s Local Content Legislation potentially being in violation of the Treaty of Chaguaramas when heads of state from the region met in Belize earlier this month.