Honduran feminist activists disappointed by first female president
Xiomara Castro has not yet fulfilled her promise to legalise emergency contraceptives and to address violence against women At her inauguration earlier this year, Xiomara...
Category : Americas
Canada accused of putting its timber trade ahead of global environment
Weeks before Cop15 in Montreal, leaked letter to EU shows host tried to water down deforestation regulations The Canadian government has been accused of putting...
Third Islamic State leader killed in battle
White House welcomes news of Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi’s death The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group said its leader has been killed in battle, the...
Mexico requests extradition of American charged in tourist death
Shanquella Robinson reportedly died while on holiday after viral video shows her being beaten, apparently by an American woman The US is weighing an extradition...
Air pollution linked to almost a million stillbirths a year
First global analysis follows discovery of toxic pollution particles in lungs and brains of foetuses Almost a million stillbirths a year can be attributed to...
Canada won’t compromise values in relations with China, says foreign minister
Exclusive: as the two nations prepare to co-host Cop15, Mélanie Joly discusses Canada’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy Canada will work with China when needed – but...
Canadian man arrested for 1983 killings of two women after DNA breakthrough
Police announce arrest of suspect in pair of 40-year-old sexual assaults and slayings in Toronto A 61-year-old Canadian man has been charged in the cold...
Tories will not reach ‘embarrassingly poor’ nature targets by 2030, Labour says
Opposition to unveil plan to reverse biodiversity loss rather than simply halting it, which is government’s current target The government will not be able to...
‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus
One of the largest creatures to have walked the Earth is to become the Natural History Museum’s new star attraction It will be one of...
Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family’s slave past
Richard Drax reported to have visited Caribbean island for meeting on next steps, including plans for former sugar plantation The government of Barbados is considering...