Regional News

(Barbados Nation) In an effort to deal more effectively with attorneys stealing from their clients, the Barbados Bar Association has submitted sweeping changes to the Legal Profession Act, which includes a rigorous process of auditing attorney’s client accounts as well as a more rigid disciplinary procedure.

(Trinidad  Guardian) Despite efforts by Tafari Gabriel Charles to avoid becoming a victim of crime, he was killed during a home invasion on Thursday night.

(Reuters) – Brazil has signed onto an agreement to triple renewable energy globally by 2030 and shift away from using coal, the country’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday, joining a prospective deal backed by the European Union, U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Police Sgt Khemraj Sahadeo and PCs Renaldo Reviero, Glenn Singh, Roger Nicholas, Safraz Juman and Antonio Ramadin are free.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei said yesterday that the closure of the country’s central bank, a signature campaign pledge, was a “non-negotiable matter”, according to a statement from his office posted on social media platform X.

GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER,  (Reuters) – Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war’s first truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, after guns fell silent across the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven weeks.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unruly students will not be left idle after expulsion, but will instead be enrolled in the Military Led Academic Training (MiLAT) programme through a mandatory policy to cut down on indiscipline while ensuring learning objectives are met.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil could reach historically low levels of deforestation in one to two years, the head of the environmental protection agency said yesterday, as the country ramps up conservation efforts under left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

(Reuters) – Haiti’s Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research (CARDH) is provisionally suspending its work due to imminent danger to its staff, its executive director said yesterday, as gang wars escalate in parts of the capital Port-au-Prince.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher has passed a key rehearsal in preparation for its first flight, the European Space Agency (ESA) said yesterday – part of efforts to bring the delayed rocket to the launchpad in 2024.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Cubans yesterday marched in front of the U.S.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivians are battling wildfire blazes that have torn through 3 million hectares (11,583 square miles) of land this year, with firefighters and police using hoses, sprinklers and at times bottles of water to try to hold back flames.

(Trinidad Guardian) Having tragically lost his two sons to violence five years ago, Ramnarine Ramdhan had ambitious plans for his youngest son, Rosario Ramdhan.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The Mexican National Guard yesterday captured Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, or “El Nini,” who is accused of heading security for the faction of the Sinaloa Cartel headed by the sons of founder Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate took the lead yesterday to curb what lawmakers see as judicial overreach by the country’s Supreme Court and passed a constitutional amendment that limits the ability of justices to rule on issues individually.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China and Uruguay today upgraded their bilateral ties, setting the stage for further trade and investment, as the tiny neighbour of Argentina and Brazil seeks to strike deals abroad that it deems would be more beneficial than membership of a local trade bloc.

 (Reuters) – Senior Cuban officials have over several weeks provided an increasingly dire snapshot of a deepening economic crisis in a series of televised prime-time appearances, revealing the extent of the downturn in unprecedented detail.

(Trinidad Express) The Saudi Arabian government sent two private jets to fly Caricom heads to the Middle East and also footed the bill for their accommodation, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley revealed yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition was never serious about finding solutions to crime because when they feel that when crime is raging it is a “political bonanza” for them, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Amid the mid-morning bustle, Sharaz Ageemoolar walked into an insurance company’s office in San Fernando and shot his ex-wife Anissa Rajgobin-Ageemoolar twice, before killing himself after eluding police having escaped from the scene of his crime.