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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police shot dead six suspected members of an Islamic militant group in Indonesia yesterday, they said, after a failed drive-by shooting targeting police officers in East Java.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Protesters marched through Caracas and cities across Venezuela yesterday as the government’s banning of a top opposition leader from office breathed life into a fractured movement and fueled the first sustained anti-government demonstrations since 2014.

HAVANA (Reuters) – When they are not tending to international affairs, diplomats based in Havana can be found these days stewing in interminable queues at gas stations and concocting ways to increase the octane in fuel as Cuba’s premium gasoline shortage takes its toll.

TAWANG, India (Reuters) – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said yesterday the Tibetan people should decide if they wanted to continue with his institution, adding that he wanted to convene a meeting of senior monks this year to start discussing his succession.

The National Mining Syndicate which Minister Simona Broomes has been spearheading has differed with her ministry on the question of available lands at Parish Peak.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Protesters marched through Caracas and cities across Venezuela on Saturday as the government’s banning of a top opposition leader from office breathed life into a fractured movement and fueled the first sustained anti-government demonstrations since 2014.

PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – President Donald Trump pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to curb North Korea’s nuclear program and help reduce the gaping U.S.

By Thandeka Percival and Dreylan Johnson There is unlikely to be any change this year to the 14% Value Added Tax (VAT) being applied on private school tuition fees, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who made the position clear yesterday when government ministers engaged stakeholders in a discussion on the measure at the National Cultural Centre.

There is evidence to show that the 15 computer systems seized from the Hope/Enmore Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) on Thursday were going to be illegally sold to a councillor, Chief Executive Officer of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer said yesterday.

A 22-year-old Guyanese man was shot dead, execution-style, on Thursday evening after a lone gunman invaded the Laventille, Trinidad home of his female companion.

Magistrate Dylon Bess is to face the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over a complaint that he has denied transgender Guyanese access to justice.

A $1 billion hotel, consisting of four suites, including a presidential suite, 28 rooms, a pool, three bars and an international chef, among several other amenities, was officially declared open in Corriverton, Berbice, on Thursday afternoon.

New York-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad is seeking a non-custodial sentence, primarily because of his “prolific service as a government cooperator for a number of years,” according to a sentencing letter filed by his lawyer yesterday.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday announced that there is the possibility that sugar workers will go on strike since they have not been paid, although Cabinet has approved a $1 billion advance to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for wages.

The Mayor and City Council held its third consultation with business owners yesterday on the management of the city’s waste and Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikarran said he was disappointed at the poor attendance.

The PPP/C through the Office of the Leader of the Opposition has issued a call to the government requesting efforts be made to immediately enable the reopening of the wildlife trade.

President David Granger yesterday called for data centres in all ministries as part of the government’s thrust to use statistics to guide policy and decision-making as well as improve efficiency.

In a statement that he does not dispute giving to police, Melroy Doris identified his co-accused Lennox Wayne, called “Two Colours,” as being beautician Ashmini Harriram’s killer.

The two men accused of killing Mohamed Abdool Shameer in a boat collision on the Pomeroon River had the murder charge against them dismissed yesterday after a court upheld a no-case submission made by their lawyer but they were committed to stand trial in the High Court on the lesser count of manslaughter.

PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he had made progress in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and expected them to overcome many problems, a marked contrast to the stridently anti-China rhetoric of Trump’s 2016 election campaign.