RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, while departing from his government’s official stance at the United Nations to say Brazil would remain neutral.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Norwegian energy group Equinor EQNR.OL said today it will start the process of divesting from its joint ventures in Russia amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
(Trinidad Guardian) Nine books–seven by women and five by newly published writers–have made the 12th OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature longlist for 2022.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Two Russian billionaires, Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska, called for an end to the conflict triggered by President Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine, with Fridman calling it a tragedy for both countries’ people.
The PNCR today said that it has been informed of the passing yesterday of John Simon de Freitas, a former PNCR Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2001 in Madeira, Portugal.
KYIV/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert yesterday in the face of a barrage of Western reprisals for his war on Ukraine, which said it had repelled Russian ground forces attacking its biggest cities.
PRAGUE, (Reuters) – The Czech government on Sunday increased military aid to Ukraine as it battles Russian troops, backing an additional package worth 400 million crowns ($18.23 million), while Slovakia also approved a second aid shipment in as many days.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan will join the United States and other Western countries in blocking certain Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT international payment system, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said today, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkey called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” today in a rhetorical shift that could pave the way for the NATO member nation to enact an international pact limiting Russian naval passage to the Black Sea.
(Trinidad Express) A second morning has dawned, and the four underwater welders sucked into a crude oil pipeline in the waters off Pointe a Pierre, are yet to be recovered.
(Trinidad Guardian) On Tuesday (Carnival Tuesday), soca superstar Machel Montano will perform at the biggest event of his career, the MahaShivRatri celebrations, at the Isha Yoga Center in India.
Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Vincent Adams has called out the PPP/C government’s decision to halt the finalisation of an agreement guaranteeing full liability insurance coverage from ExxonMobil for the offshore Payara development project.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday wrote to ExxonMobil’s consultant Environmental Resource Management (ERM) outlining a list of recommendations to be addressed before a final decision is made on the Yellowtail Development Project’s environmental permit.
As Russian forces continued to pound Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, forcing thousands of citizens to flee their homes, a Guyanese man remains hopeful for the safety of his Ukrainian wife and seven-year-old daughter who remain in their homeland while he is thousands of miles away.
Only one company has submitted a bid for consultancy services for cost recovery audit validation of the Government of Guyana’s profit oil share and it has tendered at over $340 million for the project.