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Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling
Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park As Ecuadorians go to the polls on Sunday they must not...
Canada wildfires: British Columbia in state of emergency as 19,000 flee Yellowknife fire
Premier says days ahead will be ‘extremely challenging’, as firefighters in neighbouring Northwest Territories fight to save city The premier of the Canadian province of...
Canada fire crews battle to stop wildfire from engulfing city of Yellowknife
Firefighters work around clock to spread retardant and dig fire breaks as thousands evacuate capital of Northwest Territories Fire crews are working around the clock...
Hurricane Hilary: California issues warning as storm grows off Mexico coast
Southern California gets first tropical storm warning as conditions to potentially affect Baja California peninsula late Friday Hurricane Hilary has grown rapidly to category 4...
Ecuador election: assassination looms large as voters prepare to go to polls
Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio The brazen assassination of a presidential candidate...
West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup
Ecowas says it is ready to restore democracy and describes president Mohamed Bazoum as a hostage A west African regional political grouping has reiterated it...
Cape Verde boat disaster: vessel drifted for month after alarm raised, says NGO
Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboard A Spanish NGO alerted...
Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry
Up to 17,000 more children a day lack food, Save the Children say, as global indifference to humanitarian crisis condemned as ‘racist’ The past four...