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Teen girl charged with 19 murders in Guyana school fire

A girl who started a fire in her school dormitory after her mobile phone was confiscated has been charged with the murders of 19 fellow boarders.

The New Daily

Teenage girl in Guyana charged as adult with 19 counts of murder in dormitory fire

A teenage student who police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girl’s dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with 19 counts of murder

The Independent UK

Teenager charged with 19 murders in Guyana school dormitory fire

A 15-year-old girl who is accused of having started a fire at a school dormitory in Guyana last week was charged with 19 murders on Monday.

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Flying drones and chasing data, Indigenous women in Guyana join fight against climate change

A small group of Indigenous women in northern Guyana are flying drones and chasing data to help understand climate change and stop the worst of its impacts

The Independent UK

Guyana girls dorm fire that killed 19 was deliberately set by student, official says

Investigators in Guyana say they believe a fire that killed 19 mostly girls who were trapped inside a government school dormitory was deliberately set by a student who was upset that her mobile phone had been confiscated

The Independent UK

Prosecutors in Guyana mull charges for teen suspect in deadly blaze at girl's dorm

Police in Guyana are conferring with prosecutors on what charges to bring against the main teenage suspect in this week’s fire that destroyed a girl’s dormitory at a school

The Independent UK

Pupil suspected of starting deadly Guyana school fire after ‘her phone was confiscated’

A female student is suspected of starting the fire that killed 19 children

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Student deliberately set fire in Guyana boarding school that killed 19 kids, investigators say

The fire that ripped through a boarding school dorm in Guyana and killed 19 children, all but one of them Indigenous girls, was deliberately set by a student angry that her cell phone had been confiscated, authorities said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Deadly fire at Guyana school was set by student, mayor says

A student was allegedly responsible for setting a school dormitory fire in central Guyana that killed 19 other children, the mayor of the town where the blaze took place said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Guyana girls dorm fire that killed 19 was deliberately set by student, official says

The Independent UK

Fire razes school dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 20 children, many of them indigenous

Authorities say fire has raced through a school dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 20 students and injuring several others

The Independent UK

At least 20 dead in school dormitory fire in Guyana

At least 20 people died in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana, AFP news agency reported on Monday citing a government official.

Reuters

Guyana fire: 20 dead including children in devastating blaze at school dormitory

The fire broke out in a central Guyana mining town, in the female dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School, with many more feared to be trapped in the blaze

Daily Mirror

Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights

One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this South American country

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Could Guyana’s Exxon ruling scare big oil off risky exploration?

Ruling requiring ‘unlimited guarantee’ from oil firms to cover costs of spills could change offshore drilling throughout region

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP report on Guyana's nascent oil boom

Guyana is poised to become the fourth-largest offshore oil producer in the world, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway

The Independent UK

As oil boom transforms Guyana, a scramble for spoils

Guyana is poised to become the fourth-largest offshore oil producer in the world, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway

The Hindu

India, Guyana forming a partnership fit for contemporary era: EAM Jaishankar

India and Guyana are forging a partnership that is fit for the purpose of the contemporary era, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said,

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The Independent UK

Guyana birdsong competitions flourish amid oil boom

The birds face each other as the crowd waits to see which feathered creature is the first to chirp 50 times

Wales Online

Dad shares 'unusual' fear as he and his family prepare to live in Amazon

Greg Dickens and Guen Bradbury will be taking their three children on a 15-month journey through the Guyana rainforest

Daily Mirror

Dad taking his tiny kids to live in Amazon for 15 months has 'horribly unusual' fear

Greg Dickens and Guen Bradbury say they are ready for the challenges ahead as they prepare to take their three young kids on an incredible 15-month journey through the Guyana rainforest

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of a changing Earth, as seen from above

Charred, drained or swamped, built up, dug out or taken apart, blue or green or turned to dust: this is the Earth as seen from above. As the world commemorates Earth Day on Saturday, the footprints of human activity are visible across the planet’s surface. The relationship between people and…

The Independent UK

Guyana's Rupununi Rodeo celebrates local cowboy culture

Their horses’ hooves kick up dust amid blaring country music as participants enter the arena to begin the Rupununi Ranchers Rodeo, a celebration of the cowboy lifestyle on Guyana’s rugged Rupununi savannah

Reuters

World Court says it can rule on Guyana-Venezuela border dispute

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled they had jurisdiction over a long-running border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, which could determine which country has rights to territory rich in oil and gas.

Glasgow Live

Tunnock’s biscuits for sale more than 4,000 miles away in remote South American shop

The Tunnock's biscuits have been discovered for sale in the small village of Macushi and Wapishana Amerindians, Guyana - 4,706 miles from the factory in Lanarkshire, where they are made.

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