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An American woman, who is wanted in the United States, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in a local jail for forging a passport and trying to use it to bypass immigration officials.

Jamaican national Easton Stapleton, who attempted to mail cocaine hidden in deodorant and markers, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $1.4 million for the crime.

The Essequibo toddlers, who were suffering from the mystery illness that claimed the life of their six-year-old sister, have been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The trial of Linden driver Ron Cole, who is charged with causing the death of traffic officer Nakosi ‘Kelvin’ La Fleur, who was struck down while on duty, continued yesterday with testimony from two more witnesses.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China today launched the world’s first quantum satellite, which will help it establish “hack-proof” communications between space and the ground, state media said, the latest advance in an ambitious space programme.

A Laing Avenue man, who was charged with stealing over $500,000 in jewellery in two armed robberies, was yesterday freed.

A Houston man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison for breaking into a woman’s home because she gossiped about him.

President of the newly created Guyana Market Vendors Union (GMVU) Eon Andrews said the union is awaiting recognition by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) before moving forward to have pressing issues affecting vendors addressed.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States are close to starting joint military action against militants in Syria’s Aleppo, Russian news agencies yesterday quoted Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US officials said yesterday that 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during President Barack Obama’s administration.

Associated Construction Services (ACS), a local construction company, on Saturday, in the new town of Bartica, commissioned a $150 million asphalt plant capable of producing 300 tonnes of asphalt on a daily basis.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s approval rating fell to a nine-month low of 21.2 per cent in July amid calls from government critics for a recall referendum next year, according to a local pollster Datanalisis.

The Step Right Ballroom Dancing School of Linden, Region Ten held its fifth ballroom exhibition, at the LINMINE Constabulary Hall on Saturday, as it seeks to reintroduce the art among the region’s youth.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A wildfire that spread into a small Northern California town over the weekend has destroyed more than 175 homes and businesses, authorities said yesterday, as crews fought to save more dwellings from the flames.

(Trinidad Guardian) – US actor Danny Glover, former independent senator Rev Daniel Teelucksingh, Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Caribbean journalist Richard Anthony Best, are among 11 people selected to receive honorary degrees in October from the University of the West Indies.

Shamar Morris, the carpenter who was charged in July with recruiting a pregnant woman to traffic a quantity of cocaine last month, was yesterday granted bail.

Contractors rehabilitating internal roads at Mahdia in Region Eight have been facing challenges posed by the need to have Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and Guyana Telephone Telegraph (GTT) infrastructure moved, Senior Hinterland Engineer, Ministry of Public Infrastructure Naeem Mohamed has told GINA.

Police say they are investigating an armed robbery committed on Lennox Albert, 59 years and his wife Verna Albert, 68 years, which occurred about 2000h.

Police are investigating the murder of Daveand Sanchar, 13 years, of Plantain Walk, Triumph, ECD, which occurred about 2330h.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia and the United States are close to starting joint military action against militants in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the RIA news agency on Monday cited Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying.