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A 20-year-old man was on Monday remanded to prison after a city court heard that two laptops, which he is accused of stealing, were both recovered at his home.

Twenty four organisations received financial aid and stationery when the Massy Group of Companies hosted its annual presentation ceremony at Massy Staff facilities at Ruimveldt on Friday.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, (Reuters) – SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the planet, company chief and tech billionaire Elon Musk said yesterday.

Scotiabank’s Robb Street branch on Friday launched its 15th annual cake sale fundraiser to aid in breast cancer prevention and treatment programmes.

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Tensions between India and Pakistan rose yesterday as India’s leader cancelled a visit to a regional summit and Islamabad warned it would treat it as “an act of war” if India revoked a water treaty.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police today exhumed the body of a senior journalist who had predicted just days before his murder in 2009 that he would be killed by the government, marking the latest development in a series of probes into former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration.

ALGIERS,  (Reuters) – Iran rejected yesterday an offer from Saudi Arabia to limit its oil output in exchange for Riyadh cutting supply, dashing market hopes the two major OPEC producers would find a compromise this week to help ease a global glut of crude.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., (Reuters) – Less than a year before Keith Scott was shot and killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, his wife said in court papers that he had called himself a “killer” and threatened to kill his family with his gun.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Pakistan defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the third Twenty20 International of the three-match series at Sheikh Zayed Stadium here Tuesday.

Self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram was today found guilty of the possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, while his three co-accused, including his common-law wife, were found not guilty.

(Trinidad Guardian) State-owned Petrotrin stocked up on emergency supplies yesterday as the next Atlantic Tropical depression, expected to be named Matthew, churned towards the Windward Islands.

HEMPSTEAD, New York,  (Reuters) – Running as an anti-establishment candidate, Donald Trump took the presidential debate stage on Monday night to hammer home his call for sweeping political change and try to win over millions of undecided voters.

Following serious complaints by staff, including of interference and verbal abuse, the Board of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has launched an investigation into the actions of the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Van West-Charles even as a Cabinet sub-committee is slated to meet with him and Board Chairman Nigel Hinds early next month.

A young man was shot dead early yesterday morning while his friend was injured after an argument ended in gunfire in front of the Rio Inn Nightclub in Queenstown.

Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan says Town Clerk Royston King “acted outside of his authority” when he directed the removal of vendors from Robb Street, Bourda without the approval of the City Council and the Mayor’s subsequent defence of his action was not in keeping with the law.

A minibus conductor is dead and 11 persons are injured after the bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident along the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara last evening.

A 14-year-old boy is now dead and a man injured after a freak accident at Abary Creek.

The claim by police ranks that there are no vehicles available to respond to the reports of crime is unfortunate and unacceptable, according to acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine, who is urging members of the public to report such cases to the force.

An East Coast Demerara spray painter drowned on Sunday around 3 pm during an outing at St Cuthbert’s Mission, Mahaica River Dead is 23-year-old Devindra ‘Orvin’ Tiwari of 137 X, Good Hope.

The knife-wielding relative of a Freeburg Secondary School student was yesterday arrested after he chased down and wounded another student in the school’s compound following an altercation.