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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that he will likely make a deal with China on trade, adding that a lot of progress had been made to resolve the two countries’ differences but warning that he still may impose more tariffs on Chinese goods.

A 37-year-old Moraikobai farmer is now dead after a freak accident in which the tractor he was using to free a stuck truck flipped over and pinned him.

Assuring that all monies spent on the Hinterland Employment and Youth Services (HEYS) programme can be properly accounted for, Junior Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe has said she has instructed the Deputy Permanent Secretary to investigate why all the progress reports were not submitted to the Audit Office for scrutiny.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just three days af­ter the ca­lyp­so fra­ter­ni­ty said farewell to the Mighty Shad­ow, De Orig­i­nal De Fos­to Him­self (Win­ston Scar­bor­ough) died of a sus­pect­ed heart at­tack on Thursday morn­ing.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said there was no point maintaining diplomatic relations with Cuba because it trampled on human rights and there was no business to be done with the communist-run island.

An inquest is slated to begin next week to determine if anyone is at fault for the death of Donickel Campbelle, a transgender woman who died earlier this year after being struck by a car at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

The common-law-husband of Ruthina Thomas, the woman whose lifeless body was discovered along a roadway at Baramita a little over a week ago, is expected to be charged with her murder, Police Commander Kevin Adonis has said.

Former President Donald Ramotar has himself confirmed that while he never actually signed the application leasing Red House to the Cheddi Jagan Research Committee Inc (CJRCI), he did sanction its approval.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia is close to agreeing a 38-million-euro loan to Cuba to help it buy Russian-made arms, a deputy finance minister said yesterday, after President Vladimir Putin met Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Moscow.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two days be­fore cel­e­brat­ing her 75th birth­day, na­tion­al award win­ner Haseena Ali was found dead at her home in Freeport yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter one hour of fly­ing from Toron­to’s Pear­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port (YYZ) to Port-of-Spain, a Caribbean Air­lines (CAL) flight sud­den­ly be­gan ex­pe­ri­enc­ing tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ties and was forced to re­turn to Cana­da.

(Jamaica Observer) The Clarendon woman who was left nursing severe burns after her jealous ex-lover set her home ablaze in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, killing her 16-year-old brother, has died.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a week af­ter say­ing a fi­nal farewell to Win­ston “Mighty Shad­ow” Bai­ley, the ca­lyp­so fra­ter­ni­ty is mourn­ing the death of an­oth­er vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian in Win­ston ‘The Orig­i­nal De Fos­to Him­self’ Scar­bor­ough.

(Trinidad Express) The People’s Republic of China has opened in Maraval its largest embassy in the English-speaking Caribbean ­region.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) today announced that after much deliberation it had decided not to submit a bid for the Enmore Sugar Estate at this time.

(Trinidad Express) A Sangre Grande woman appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate on allegations of sexual penetration against a 14-year-old boy.

(Jamaica Observer) THERE was mourning yesterday at Central High School in Clarendon for 16-year-old Leroy Hamilton, who fell victim to the rage of his sister’s jealous ex-lover, when he torched their dwelling, killing the boy and leaving his 24-year-old sister nursing severe burns.

(Trinidad Express) A NUTS VENDOR who kidnapped and robbed a taxi driver and broke into his home will spend the next seven years in jail.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice have ar­rest­ed a 31-year-old Diego Mar­tin man who al­leg­ed­ly beat a Venezue­lan woman with a wheel span­ner af­ter she threat­ened to end their re­la­tion­ship and then video­taped her in­juries on Tues­day.