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NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted by U.S.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, the court said today.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro today, Kyiv’s air force said, in what would be the first use in war of a weapon designed to deliver long-distance nuclear strikes.

India has expressed interest in locking in an agreement for purchasing at least two million barrels of crude oil at a time but Guyana  has maintained its position that it is not yet ready for a fixed agreement and will focus on the MoU signed yesterday that focuses on other opportunities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday proposed 1,000 more scholarships for CARICOM nationals over the next five years, help with mobile hospitals and the promoting of millets as a superfood in a wide-ranging address that also encompassed training for women cricketers.

The police yesterday said that notices of intended prosecution have been served on both drivers in Tuesday’s collision on Sheriff Street that resulted in the death of electrical contractor Carlton Smartt.

Five Memoranda of Under-standing (MoUs) were yesterday signed between Guyana and India covering health, pharmaceuticals, broadcasting, culture, agriculture and the hydrocarbon sector.

`All like this morning, I wet the road, and now is like we got a dust storm’ By Milton Grannum The residents of Sisters Village, located on the West Bank of Demerara, are continuing to express  frustration at ongoing road construction between Duncan Street and Saw Pit Turn that saw the undermining of part of the thoroughfare on Saturday after excavation works..

The Attorney General’s Chambers says that Justice Nareshwar Harnanan yesterday upheld the jurisdictional objection made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disputing the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear and determine the application filed by Opposition Members of Parliament seeking to have his seat declared vacant because of absences from Parliamentary sitings.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed an application for an Environmental Permit by Biddle Verwey Inc.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian peer Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday upgraded the status of diplomatic relations and struck agreements on infrastructure, energy and agribusiness, tightening links between two of the world’s largest developing economies.

Chester Thompson, a 67-year-old miner from Kaikan Village, appeared yesterday at the Kamarang Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of ‘sexual activity with a child under 16 years.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) –  Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, U.S.

(Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed a constitutional reform to expand presidential powers over other branches of government, according to an official document seen by Reuters yesterday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The Israeli military bombed at least five crowded homes in northern Gaza last night  with many casualties, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge.

-judge calls for societal action against `epidemic of domestic violence’ A 32-year-old man from Strathspey was  sentenced  on November 14, 2024 to life in prison for the  murder of his mother-in-law, Velma Pickering.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a first for Jamaica, 16 tonnes of liquid medical-grade oxygen have been exported to Caribbean neighbour The Bahamas.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Angela Merkel sought advice from the pope on dealing with Donald Trump when he was first elected U.S.

(Reuters) – A powerful storm clobbered Washington state yesterday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people while disrupting road travel and causing at least two deaths and two injuries.

Leoner Gonzalez, a 26-year-old miner and Vene-zuelan national, appeared yesterday at the Kama-rang Magistrate’s Court to answer separate charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.