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A team of Coast Guards and two police officers is expected to reach the yacht today where the body of a man and his dog were spotted earlier in the week.

A man facing charges of assault and using threatening language yesterday told a city court that he was provoked by the victim.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition wants to use its majority in the new congress to bring the central bank back under legislative control in a first measure to try to influence economic policy, lawmakers said.

Trees along Brickdam are still being hacked apart and residents and the city are still to figure out who is responsible.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 30-year-old Tunapuna man accused of trafficking a minor and inciting her into prostitution has been granted TT$2 million bail.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s yuan firmed in early trade today after the central bank strengthened its official rate for the first time in nine trading days.

At about 1000h on Wednesday, police ranks in ‘F’ Division whilst on mobile patrol conducted a search on a man at Agatash, Bartica, during which an unlicensed .32 revolver was found.

East Bank Essequibo residents flocked the Multi-purpose Centre at Farm on Monday where they benefitted from free medical services provided by a team of doctors from the USA.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s health ministry promised yesterday to hire nearly 2,500 medical staff in the state of Rio de Janeiro as it scrambles to help local authorities deal with a funding crisis that has left hospitals under-staffed and ill equipped.

(Trinidad Guardian) Accused gang leader Rajaee Ali and 11 members of his organisation accused of assassinating Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal have succeeded in their bid to have Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar recuse herself from their preliminary inquiry.

WASHINGTON/SEOUL, (Reuters) – The United States called on China yesterday to end “business as usual” with its ally North Korea after Pyongyang defied world powers by announcing it had tested a hydrogen bomb.

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – At least 47 people were killed yesterday when Libya’s worst bomb attack since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi hit a police training centre as hundreds of recruits gathered for a morning meeting.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A rare crested macaque that took a now internationally famous “selfie” cannot own the copyright to the photograph because he is not human, a U.S.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Germany and Cuba yesterday agreed to open a trade office in Havana that would help German businesses seeking to invest in the Communist-led island and possibly increase the current 225 million euros ($244.22 million) in annual bilateral trade.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes defeated Guyana Jaguars by one run under the Duckworth/Lewis Method in the rain-affected, opening round Group B game in the Regional Super50 here today.

A Berbice shop owner was found dead in his Belvedere, Corentyne home today with suspected gun and chop wounds.

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – At least 65 people were killed today when one of Libya’s worst truck bombs in years exploded at a police training centre in the town of Zliten, local officials and hospital sources said.

-3,000 NICIL files taken in SOCU raid As questions pile up and pressure mounts on his administration over a botched intelligence operation that resulted in three deaths on December 30, President David Granger yesterday said he sees no need for a full probe.

Two lovers, forbidden from seeing each other, eloped and their bodies were found hanging in a house at Lonsdale, East Berbice yesterday.

Vendors plying their trade on the Merriman Mall between Orange Walk and Cummings Street were yesterday barred from entering that area and called on President David Granger and others to intervene but the mayor says they have to clean up their act before they will be allowed to return.