OSLO, (Reuters) – Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize today “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores both were hit with an additional US criminal charge today stemming from accusations they tortured political opponents and American citizens to retain their grip on power in the South American country.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian police detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and several lawmakers for the third time in two days today as they launched an unannounced protest demanding the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.
CARICOM and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed an agreement aimed at improving member states’ access to climate financing and supporting projects to strengthen resilience to climate change.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States have maintained “channels of communication” but are not engaged in any formal negotiations, Havana’s top diplomat in Washington told Reuters, as the Trump administration pursues a pressure campaign against the Communist-ruled island.
(Trinidad Guardian) Approximately 350 employees at Nutrien’s Point Lisas nitrogen complex face retrenchment as the Canadian fertiliser giant moves to indefinitely shut down its Trinidad operations.
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Senator Flavio Bolsonaro received today endorsements from Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, two right-wing politicians who ran against him in yesterday’s first-round vote, for the runoff against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva later this month.
(BBC) The right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, beating the incumbent left-wing President Lula da Silva.
(Trinidad Express) A post-mortem examination has found that 18-year-old Javon Hamilton, who was killed during a home invasion in Freeport last week, died from a gunshot injury to his right upper back.
LEIDEN, (Reuters) – The Dutch royal house benefited from the Netherlands’ colonial policies in past centuries and helped the Dutch slave trade to survive, an in-depth historical study commissioned by King Willem-Alexander showed on Friday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court begins its new nine-month term tomorrow with arguments in a major case involving a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former Trinidad and Tobago high commissioner to India Dave Persad is accusing Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of going too far in trying to please the United States, warning that pragmatism should not become “grovelling” at the expense of the country’s dignity and self-respect.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro narrowed ahead of tomorrow’s first-round vote, a CNT/MDA poll showed today, while also pointing to a tighter race in a likely runoff.
LONDON, (Reuters) – King Charles will not shy away from Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade when he tours the Caribbean later this month, but will not formally apologise for “the darkest days of our past”, Buckingham Palace said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Former US Congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for illegally lobbying US officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
(Trinidad Guardian) Massy Holdings said yesterday that it expects to record an accounting loss of approximately US$9.8 million ($66.54 million) on the sale of its Caterpillar-related line of business and related assets in T&T to Machinery Corporation Motors (MACORP).
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential campaign draws to a close today, ahead of voting on Sunday in a race that will determine whether Latin America’s largest nation follows the conservative shift that has swept the region or charts its own course.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund is looking to set up an office in Venezuela it said today, although the country’s government has not requested an IMF programme or any other sort of funding at this stage.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then held him down while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today.
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council today extended by six months the mandate of an international security force in Haiti intended to fight powerful armed groups that have taken control of much of the country.
