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Part 106 Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Meadow Bank, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family’s autocratic rule.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested.

(Trinidad Express) Five hundred and fifty-nine people have been reported missing to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) in 2024.

– as it celebrates 73rd anniversary The Government Technical Institute (GTI) hosted its graduation ceremony on Thursday last at the National Cultural Centre under the theme, “Technical Education: Unlocking Potential, Fueling Progress”  as it celebrated its 73rd anniversary, continuing its dedicated mission to empower youth to achieve professional success, a GTI release stated.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley came in for heavy criticism over salary increases as hundreds gathered at the Queen’s Park Savannah, opposite Whitehall, in Port of Spain yesterday.

PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has commissioned a new nursery school in Region Eight.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Claudette Thompson has argued that public demands for harsher punishments – such as the death penalty as clamoured for in cases of mass murder – ring hollow when many of those calling for such measures avoid fulfilling their civic duties, including jury service.

ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation’s presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat on Sunday.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has partnered with the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to launch the first-ever Prison Trade Instructor Training Program-me.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child’s illness through witchcraft, the National Human Right Defense Network said today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley came in for heavy criticism over salary increases as hundreds gathered at the Queen’s Park Savannah, opposite Whitehall, in Port of Spain yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidadian entertainers closely associated with the rise of the Trinibad dancehall subgenre have been banned from performing in St Kitts and Nevis.

PARIS, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called today for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas businessman Tariq Razak, 59, was gunned down outside of his business place on the western end of Eric Street yesterday morning.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened today as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation’s presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat today.

DAMASCUS,  (Reuters) – Syria rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed today, overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad and ending nearly six decades of his family’s iron-fisted rule after a lightning advance that reversed the course of a 13-year civil war.