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KYIV/BEZRUKY, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said yesterday, in what could prove a serious setback for Moscow’s plans to capture the entire Donbas region.

This is the third entry in a series on civil society New NGO, Electoral Reform Group at this stage can only advocate for meaningful dialogue among Government, Opposition and civil society, apart from raising awareness in society about the need for electoral reform, says the group’s coordinator, economist Dr Desmond Thomas. 

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba´s ailing economy has begun to recover in some sectors after two years of pandemic-induced contraction but soaring global prices for food and fuel require “audacious” measures to tame inflation, economy minister Alejandro Gil told Cuban lawmakers yesterday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country’s first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak.

 (Reuters) – An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.”

In response to the large number of motor vehicular accidents, inclusive of those resulting in fatalities on the public roadways, specifically caused by an unacceptable high incidence of drunken driving, the Government of Guyana has made a decision to take a series of measures to confront this serious problem.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Shanghai was tightening its COVID-19 lockdown for what it hoped would be the final week of its battle with the virus before it could gradually begin to ease restrictions, while Beijing kept fighting its much smaller but persistent outbreak.

(Trinidad Express) A Petit Valley man who was deported after illegally entering Grenada is expected to face the court on Friday charged with the 2021 murder of Ricardo Ottley.

Following an invitation sent on April 29 by President Irfaan Ali to Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton, the two yesterday met in their official capacities for the first time and a number of preliminaries were clarified on appointments to constitutional commissions.

Savings from the reduction of staff by 300 over the past 18 months and prudent management of the utility company’s finances have seen the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) achieving financial sustainability, its Chief Executive Officer Shaik Baksh yesterday announced.

A showdown looms today at the statutory meeting of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) as key  members are maintaining that their motion to boot Chairman Trevor Benn was successfully passed but Benn has dug in his heels and insists that he remains the substantive holder of the post.

A team from the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA), led by the Chief Executive Officer, Sherwyn Greaves yesterday returned to Linden, Region Ten, to honour a commitment made on Monday to provide house lots to squatters whose structures were recently removed to make way for a housing scheme road.

Beginning May 2022,the High Commission of India in Guyana will once again be accepting applications for on-site training in India, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, after a stoppage due to Covid-19 pandemic according to release yesterday from the High Commission. The

DERGACHI, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine’s military showed yesterday, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead.

Thirty-six-year-old Linden resident  Corwyn Arthur who attacked and beat a 16-year-old girl with a knife before brutally raping her on a lonely road on the night of December 17th, 2013 heard from her impact statement, the psychological and other trauma his actions continue to cause her almost a decade later.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday a first summit in Washington with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marked the launch of a “new era” in the relationship between the United States and the 10-nation bloc.

Prominent Guyanese jurist, Dr. Arif Bulkan has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Belize.

Eighteen young professionals from the mining town of Linden, Region Ten will soon be moving into their new homes, having finalised the documentation process for the units, a release from the CH&PA said yesterday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said yesterday that the spread of COVID-19 had put the country in “great turmoil” and called for an all-out battle to overcome the epidemic, while 21 new deaths were reported for a day earlier among people with fevers.

(Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement yesterday.