WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Some Republican senators tried yesterday to craft a compromise bill to impose limited gun restrictions in the face of pressure from Democrats and public rage over the Orlando mass shooting, the deadliest in modern U.S.
ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – From pulpits in Orlando and beyond, church leaders are reckoning with religious views often hostile to homosexuality after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub, with some wondering if they are contributing to breeding contempt.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Environment Ministry fined mining company Samarco 142 million reais ($41.6 million) for damage to three protected areas resulting from a tailings dam burst in November, the ministry said yesterday.
A 52-year-old man was yesterday granted $500,000 bail after being charged before a city magistrate with unlawful wounding.
FALLUJA/BAGHDAD, Iraq, (Reuters) – Iraqi forces yesterday entered the centre of Falluja, the Iraqi city longest held by Islamic State, nearly four weeks after the start of a U.S.-backed
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be meeting with US authorities to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for oil spills as part of its preparedness and response effort in the event of a disaster, GINA said.
(Reuters) – British police said yesterday they had charged a man in the slaying of lawmaker Jo Cox, and said the suspect appeared to have acted alone.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a US$80 million drawdown for Jamaica after considering the 11th and 12th review of its economic reform programme.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans.
(Trinidad Guardian) As they close in on a local pornography ring, investigating officers say they may have to subpoena an American-based company to retrieve the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the perpetrators responsible for selling, sharing and viewing thousands of nude photographs of young women.
President David Granger on Thursday met with the new Consul General to Nickerie, Suriname, Esther Griffith, at the Ministry of the Presidency, where he outlined his expectations as she takes up her new role.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo could descend into a cycle of electoral violence similar to that seen in Burundi and presidential and legislative polls due in November are likely to be delayed, the United Nations warned yesterday.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s government admitted defeat on a major bill yesterday, saying it will not try to revive any measures of President Michelle Bachelet’s landmark labour reform that were struck down by a court.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Six men and a boy were charged yesterday with raping a 16-year-old girl and posting videos and pictures of her on the internet, Rio de Janeiro police said in a statement.
(Reuters) – A Venezuelan businessman pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from what the U.S.
The police are investigation a fatal accident that occurred about 1900h yesterday on Triumph Railway Embankment, ECD and which resulted in the death of a pedestrian Seenauth Persaud, 53 years, of Suraj Drive, Triumph, ECD.
The Guyana Police Force is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Tedd De-Young, who was involved in an altercation with a male juvenile on June 12, 2016.
Two of the five accused in the robbery of Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and husband Mohammed Chan were today found not guilty by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul and the other three will be sentenced on June 23.
The troubled Specialty Hospital project is now on hold as government’s hand-picked contractor Fedders Lloyd has been barred by India from participating in such contracts until 2020.
(Trinidad Guardian) As they close in on a local pornography ring, investigating officers say they may have to subpoena an American-based company to retrieve the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the perpetrators responsible for selling, sharing and viewing thousands of nude photographs of young women.
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