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ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Reuters) – A man who had posted angry messages against President Donald Trump and other Republicans on social media opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game yesterday, wounding a senior U.S.

Charged with robbing a business of over $200,000 in items, a miner was yesterday remanded to prison but granted bail on an assault charge.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Minister yesterday, making the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the first gay premier of the once-staunchly Catholic country and the youngest person to hold the office.

A fisherman was yesterday granted bail, after he was accused of stealing $2.6 million in items from a businessman.

(Reuters) – Six current and former Michigan and Flint officials were criminally charged yesterday for their roles in the city’s water crisis that was linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that caused at least 12 deaths, the state’s attorney general said.

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Tuesday urged 143 new policemen and women to utilize the training they gained and make their fullest contribution wherever they are deployed.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday said that it is not exploring avenues for administering the teachers housing fund.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition lawmakers yesterday said security forces used excessive violence during a raid to capture protesters in a sprawling middle-class apartment complex carried out after officers came under fire.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A blaze engulfed a 24-storey housing block in central London yesterday, trapping residents as they slept and killing at least 12 people in an inferno that the fire brigade said was unprecedented in its scale and speed.

The technology used to connect government buildings and schools will soon be used to provide internet connection to Government’s service vehicles, DPI/GINA said.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A UPS driver opened fire with a handgun inside a United Parcel Service Inc delivery center in San Francisco on Wednesday, killing three co-workers before fatally shooting himself as police closed in, authorities and company officials said.

(Jamaica Observer) Against the backdrop of a runaway murder rate — including the brutal slaying of a family of four in Mount Carmel, Hanover late Monday night that brought the year-to-date toll to 632 — the police on Tuesday announced plans to intensify operations in hotspots across the island as part of efforts to stem the carnage.

CARICOM and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Tuesday formalised a decade-old friendship with the accreditation of the first non-permanent envoy of the country to CARICOM.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba said yesterday it was calling for municipal elections on Oct.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Intensified coalition air strikes have killed at least 300 civilians in the Syrian northern city of Raqqa since March, as U.S.-backed

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, the Washington Post reported today, citing unidentified officials.

CARDIFF,  (Reuters) – Pakistan delivered an inspired all-round performance to rout a ragged England team by eight wickets in a one-sided Champions Trophy semi-final today.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 22:45hrs last night on the Half Mile Public Road, Wismar, Linden that resulted in the death of pedestrian Sherwin Hermanstein, 38, of Lot 534 Canvas City, Wismar.

(Trinidad Express) As many as 600 troops from 20 different countries are going to be in Trinidad and Tobago for the 33rd annual Exercise Tradewinds 2017.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday roasted the APNU+AFC government for what it called the hodgepodge and reckless manner in which it is making decisions and it also says the country needs an economic programme.