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Police have arrested a man who they said confessed to murdering two Brazilian goldminers at Gold Camp Backdam, Mount Ayanganna, Potaro River.

(Reuters) – It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka.

DUBAI/BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine authorities have grounded an Iran-linked Venezuelan Boeing 747 cargo plane, a local opposition lawmaker and Iranian state media said yesterday, in an unfolding drama that is throwing a spotlight on political undercurrents in Latin America.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday extended congratulations to the Alliance For Change (AFC) on the “successful staging” of its 7th National Conference on Saturday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S.

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazilian police said yesterday search teams have discovered belongings of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing in the Amazon rainforest a week ago.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 33 new cases of COVID-19.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian defenders were fighting fiercely for “every metre” of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces destroyed a bridge to another city across the river, leaving stranded civilians with just one way out.

Sixteen special needs schools and organisations will begin benefitting from guidance counselling services this month via a programme being funded by the Office of the First Lady.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Music producer Linval ‘Shab Don’ Thompson Jr has been charged with three counts of murder.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Corporate plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions fall short of what is needed to combat climate change, with “major credibility gaps” found among the world’s largest companies, according to a new stocktake of net-zero efforts in the public and private sector.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government said yesterday it had recorded its first case of monkeypox in a man who entered the country though its principal airport near Caracas after arriving from Madrid.

A new real estate association was launched on Friday. A release from the group said the executive comprises Melissa Khan; Neil Mcphoy; Ramkumar Jewanram; Petes Persaud; Stanley Wills; Sandy Harry; Nicola Duggan; Kerron Boston; Cassandra Bidajhar; Avinash Balac; Eurie Hohenkirk; Ulric Mentore; Ryan Gomes and Amrita Sookram.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S.

SANTA FE, N.M.,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government will fund New Mexico’s full wildfire response, President Joe Biden said yesterday, speaking from Santa Fe amid anger from survivors over the blaze that was started by federal officials.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Music producer Linval ‘Shab Don’ Thompson Jr has been charged with three counts of murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) Wrong place at the wrong time.   That’s the only explanation relatives of maxi taxi owner/operator Stevenson Sandiford have for why he was gunned down on Friday night.

Prominent gold dealer and businessman Tamesh Jagmohan says that a letter dispatched to Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn asking that the authorities conduct an investigation of his business so that a “clean bill of health” could be issued had been done before.

The Ministry of Health yesterday began the vaccination of children ages 5 to 11 years against COVID-19.

Incumbent Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan has been re-elected by party members, who have also decided to remain part of the main opposition coalition.