PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A gang-fueled social and political crisis in Haiti has swollen the ranks of those suffering severe hunger in recent months, with an estimated 5.4 million Haitians having run out of food and gone a day or more without eating.
MANACAPURU, Brazil, (Reuters) – The Solimoes, one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in Brazil, fell to its lowest level ever yesterday in the worst drought on record in the Amazon region, leaving villages on its banks stranded without food, water and transport.
(Trinidad Guardian) The National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) International Payments Limited (NIPL) has signed a bilateral agreement with the Ministry of Digital Transformation (MDT) to develop a real-time and efficient payments platform similar to India’s flagship Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating three murders, among them a Hindu pandit and a woman, which occurred from Saturday night into yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Declaring that he will not be intimidated by threats and barbs directed at the commissioners and staff of the Integrity Commission (IC), Justice (ret’d) Seymour Panton has urged members of the anti-corruption body to fearlessly carry out their duties in accordance with the law.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has dropped a push for the U.N.
(Trinidad Express) One of the suspected gunmen who was captured in a Belmont drain has died, and police are actively looking for a third man who eluded them.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Residents in south-western Mexico on Saturday evacuated from homes flooded by the remnants of Hurricane John that ravaged the Pacific coastline for a week, bringing deadly floods and landslides that left 22 people reported dead.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei said on Saturday he intends to shake up the country’s midterm legislative elections next year, during a rally for the national launch of his political party, as the country battles its worst economic crisis in decades.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United States has dropped a push for the U.N.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Declaring that he will not be intimidated by threats and barbs directed at the commissioners and staff of the Integrity Commission (IC), Justice (ret’d) Seymour Panton has urged members of the anti-corruption body to fearlessly carry out their duties in accordance with the law.
(Trinidad Guardian) The High Court of Justice, Family and Children Division, has issued an injunction to block reporting on the high-profile family dispute involving Daren Mark Lee Sing and Laurel Dionne Lezama-Lee Sing.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Santo Antônio is one of three mega dams located in the depths of Brazil’s lush Amazon rainforest that were once hailed the future of the country’s green energy production.
(Trinidad Guardian) With low levels of gas production and a less than favourable market, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says there will be difficult times for T&T until new gas production in 2027.
(Reuters) – The U.S. is closely studying imposing new sanctions on individuals in Venezuela as well as potentially revoking licenses for oil companies working there, a senior U.S. official
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank’s oversight body is scrutinizing whether a record “debt-for-nature” swap struck by Ecuador for its Galapagos Islands last year breached the lender’s policies following complaints from local groups.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has launched a new investment portfolio to help it transition away from fossil fuels and adapt to climate change, which it hopes will attract some $40 billion, an environment ministry spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – A proposal to establish a sanctuary for whales and other cetacean species in the southern Atlantic Ocean was rejected at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday, disappointing animal conservationists.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called yesterday for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to engage in dialogue with the opposition following Venezuela’s contested election, adding that the U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-five years ago, in 1999, the Government of T&T’s total expenditure for that fiscal year stood at $10.52 billion.
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