TRAPANI, ITALY (Reuters) – Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said yesterday after the US government decided to prolong its 14-year-old military presence there.
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The World Medical Association, representing more than ten million physicians, has adopted guidelines to treat transgender people in ways that respect their choices and rights and do not question their sexuality, the global group said.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday expressed support for Finance Minister Joaquim Levy and said the government will continue efforts to push austerity measures through Brazil’s Congress.
BERKASOVO, SERBIA/LJUBLJANA (Reuters) The Balkans struggled with a growing backlog of migrants yesterday after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, rain-drenched borders where tempers frayed.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Anti-slavery campaigners called today for a major increase in research and funding to treat the mental trauma suffered by survivors of slavery, including victims of sex trafficking and bonded labour.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, said yesterday he is not considering quitting his post despite a series of accusations of corruption that have led for calls for his ouster.
The Guyana Defence Force says it will be conducting a Force Tactical Exercise codenamed EXERCISE GREENHEART in the Bartica/Potaro area over a seven day period from October 20-27.
At a meeting of PPPC Members of Parliament held today to prepare for the October 22nd sitting of the National Assembly, it was unanimously reiterated that PPP/C MPs will not be accepting the salary hikes as stated by the Leader of the Opposition at a public event at Red House on October 7th, 2015.
Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott, in a recent interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA), outlined a proposal that will soon be tabled to revamp the existing fire hydrant system.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today said that the safety and regulatory oversight capability of the aviation sector needs to match the growth being witnessed in the industry.
(Reuters) – West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been reported for bowling with a suspect action for a third time in his career, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s president yesterday urged legal action against billionaire businessman Lorenzo Mendoza over a phone call which airs the possibility of an international bailout for the OPEC nation’s ailing economy.
A thirteen-month-old toddler is dead and her preteen aunt is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after they were shot yesterday by Marc Angoy, who was targeting his common-law wife who had dumped him after years of abuse.
While welcoming the concessions granted by government for the sector, some miners on Thursday expressed concern that many would not benefit as they are not up-to-date in paying some taxes.
A taxi driver is in critical condition after he allegedly fled a hit-and-run scene yesterday morning and smashed into a Lusignan shed while being chased by another motorist.
The David Granger administration’s decision to raise the salaries of its ministers by as much as 50% continues to draw criticism with political commentator Ralph Ramkarran calling it an abuse of the electorate’s trust and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) calling it “questionable” and urging the government to let good sense prevail.
A parliamentary delegation from Guyana last week visited Suriname for talks with its counterparts and among the points agreed in tackling sea piracy was greater collaboration between the law enforcement agencies of the two countries with an emphasis on patrolling targeted areas.
Government will urge the Public Accounts Commit-tee (PAC) of Parliament to start the process of identifying nominees for the Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) and hopes that the body will be in place by December but in the meantime, Cabinet will continue to exercise its “no-objection” to contracts, Minister of Govern-ance Raphael Trotman says.