KYIV, (Reuters) – All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said yesterday, after a week long effort rescued hundreds of people during an ongoing Russian assault at the plant.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched his presidential bid yesterday calling on Brazilians to unite behind him to defend Brazil’s democracy from the autho-ritarian government of far right President Jair Bolsonaro.
BELFAST, (Reuters) – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), hailed its first victory in a Northern Ireland Assembly election as a “defining moment” for the British-controlled region and called for a debate on a united Ireland.
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday accepted Letters of Credence from diplomats from the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government ordered women yesterday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban rescue workers yesterday picked through rubble for bodies and possible survivors after a Havana boutique hotel was devastated by what authorities said was a gas explosion, leaving at least 26 dead.
KYIV, (Reuters) – All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said today, despite what military officers said was an ongoing Russian assault at the plant.
BELFAST, (Reuters) – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, hailed its first election win in Northern Ireland’s history as a “defining moment” for the British-controlled region and called for a debate on the creation of a united Ireland.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government ordered women today to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – Taiwan hopes that the world would sanction China like it is sanctioning Russia for its war on Ukraine if Beijing invaded the island, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said today.
(Trinidad Express) Two police officers have been charged with multiple misbehaviour in public office offences.
(Trinidad Guardian) Fifteen days after Western Division tactical officer PC Clarence Gilkes was killed during a police exercise in Diego Martin, three police officers have now been suspended, alongside a major shake-up in the division.
Residents of Experiment Village, West Coast Berbice are now counting their losses after a storm last night damaged several roofs and sheds in the area.
-other major infrastructure also under consideration The feasibility of a road link between Georgetown and the Brazilian city of Boa Vista is under consideration following a brief trip here yesterday by President Jair Bolsonaro and other major initiatives like a deepwater harbour and a rail link were also floated.
A 29-year-old mechanic who is accused of killing Mainstay resident, Noel Anthony Fredericks during last month was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.
Questioning the legality of a motion of no confidence against his leadership as chairman of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union, Trevor Benn yesterday told Stabroek News that he will not be stepping down from the post.
North West District farmer Edward Simon has been sentenced to just over another three years in prison over the 2015 fatal stabbing of 25-year-old miner Lionel Williams with whom he had been drinking at Tin Cup Backdam.
A Corentyne businessman died while returning home from masjid yesterday morning after he was involved in a collision along the Nigg Public Road, in East Berbice, Corentyne, with a motorcar which was being driven by an intoxicated female who is currently in police custody.
Former businessman Junior France has been sentenced to spend just about the next four years in prison for the shooting death of a 17-year-old miner whom he said he thought was an intruder.
The Department of Public Affairs in the Office of the Prime Minister says that it will be moving to consolidate the recommendations from the two day press freedom symposium into actionable outcomes through further engagement of the “key actors across the local spectrum”.
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