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Kolkata Knight Riders remain in contention for the Indian Premier League end of season play-offs after beating Rajasthan Royals by just one run. Chasing 207, Rajasthan required 22 runs from Vaibhav Arora’s final over, and Shubham Dubey smashed two sixes and a four to leave them needing three from the final ball. Dubey struck the last delivery
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to pole position at the Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen headed Norris, who won the sprint race earlier on Saturday, by 0.065 seconds. Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, on pole for the sprint, grabbed third ahead of the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Mercedes’ George Russell was fifth ahead of
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Police in Regional Division Three made two narcotics-related arrests on Saturday, during separate operations along the East Bank of Essequibo, seizing a combined total of over 1.4 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis. In the first incident, ranks conducting an operation at the Vergenoegen Access Road observed a 30-year-old man from Tuschen acting suspiciously. A search of
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A dominant spin bowling performance and a composed run chase saw Guyana notch their second consecutive win in the Women’s T20 Blaze, as they defeated the Windward Islands by seven wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-shortened encounter at Arnos Vale on Saturday. Reduced to 13 overs per side due to weather interruptions, the match
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Lando Norris beat McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to win a chaotic wet-dry Miami Grand Prix sprint race with help from the safety car. Piastri led from lap one after passing pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes at the first corner of the race but the safety car cost the Australian the race win. The championship leader pitted
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru went one step closer to securing a play-off spot with a nervy win over Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. Indian Premier League leaders Royal Challengers Bengaluru held their nerve to clinch a two-run win over the Chennai Super Kings. It all came down to the last ball of the match, bottom-place CSK
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On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, President Dr. Irfaan Ali issued a call to action for journalists and media professionals to prioritise truth and responsibility over the mere pursuit of reach, especially in an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking to media operatives and members of government and of the diplomatic
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Police ranks from Regional Division #1 arrested a shop owner in Port Kaituma following the discovery of more than 25 grams of cannabis during a search of his business premises on Friday. According to police reports, the shop owner voluntarily handed over two Ziplock bags containing what appeared to be cannabis when officers initiated the
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  The family of Adriana Younge has issued a public statement strongly opposing any planned protests aimed at halting her upcoming burial in order to demand a second post-mortem examination. Lewis Amika, a relative of Younge, expressed the family’s dismay in a statement released on Saturday, saying: “It has been brought to our (the family’s)
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On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Government of Guyana has reiterated its commitment to upholding press freedom, highlighting both the vital role of journalism in a democratic society and the emerging threats posed by the misuse of Artificial Intelligence. In a message, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility
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