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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia further curtailed its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy yesterday, suspending a research agreement and terminating one on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washington.

A city magistrate yesterday handed down a 48-month sentence to Seion Odinga Brammer, who was on trial for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

A Pike Street, Campbellville resident, who was allegedly found with a stolen gold chain in his possession was yesterday granted $25,000 bail by the chief magistrate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world is swimming in a record $152 trillion in debt, the IMF said yesterday, even as the institution encourages some countries to spend more to boost flagging growth if they can afford it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has arrested a National Security Agency contractor on charges of stealing highly classified information and is investigating possible links to a recent leak of secret hacking tools used to break into the computers of adversaries such as Russia and China, US officials said yesterday.

A woman was on Tuesday accused of stealing a quantity of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and groceries from her employer valued at over $200,000.

PORT-AU-PRINCE/GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas and Florida’s east coast yesterday after killing at least 21 people in Haiti and prompting the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential election.

A security guard with a prior conviction, yesterday appeared before a city court again, charged with damage to private property.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police have requested formal corruption charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a case involving contracts obtained by building and engineering conglomerate Odebrecht in Angola, a source said yesterday.

ST JAMES (Jamaica Observer/JIS) — Human trafficking is now being taught in the nation’s schools.

A teen of Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice was remanded to prison in connection with the recent robbery carried out on a young couple from Cumberland Village, East Canje.

MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reu-ters) – For decades, jobs at  Vene-zuela’s state-run oil giant PDVSA were coveted for above average salaries, generous benefits and cheap credit that brought home ownership and vacationing abroad within reach for many workers.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition rival Alvaro Uribe met yesterday in a bid to resolve differences over a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels that was rejected in a shock vote this week, leaving the country in limbo.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the investigations into the allegations of corruption and misconduct made by Kenwin Charles against members of the Guyana National Broadcasting Association (GNBA) Board was today handed over to Major General Ret’d Joe Singh by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, at his office, at the Ministry of the Presidency.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies were in full blown crisis today after Babar Azam slammed a record third successive One-Day International hundred to condemn them to 136-run defeat, as Pakistan pulled off an emphatic 3-0 series whitewash and sent the Caribbean side tumbling to number nine in the international rankings.

Members of the Cabinet met yesterday deliberated as a matter of “extreme urgency and grave national importance”, the unsatisfactory results in mathematics nationwide, at the 2016 Grade Six Examination.

LES CAYES, Haiti/GUANTANAMO, Cuba,  (Reuters) – H urricane Matthew twisted toward the Bahamas and Florida’s east coast on Wednesday after killing at least 26 people and damaging a majority of homes in Haiti’s south, prompting the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential election.

Retired CANU prosecutor Oswald Massiah was early this morning found dead in his car which was parked at the Parika Stelling, Divisional Commander Leslie James has confirmed.

Farmville, Va.,(Reuters) – U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “small and bullying leader” on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine.

Board Chair of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Board of Directors Nigel Hinds is expected to resign from his position following ongoing issues with the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Van West Charles, who, according to sources, continues to act “as a law onto himself,” which results in senior staff members being barred from functioning in their positions effectively.