Mexico police station attacked as search continues for 14 missing employees
Assailants threw explosives at police station in state of Chiapas, following abduction of employees at gunpoint on highway Assailants have thrown explosives at a police...
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Rights to Jorge Luis Borges’s work go to his wife’s nephews
Widow of great Argentinian writer did not leave a will, which put the rights in limbo A court has granted the rights to the works...
Olivia Chow wins election as Toronto’s first Chinese-Canadian mayor
Progressive political leader vowed to raise low property taxes and support people facing unaffordable housing A woman who arrived in Canada as a 13-year-old immigrant...
Canada’s wildfire carbon emissions hit record high in first six months of 2023
This year’s wildfire season is already worst on record as nearly 600m tonnes of carbon dioxide has been released since early May Wildfires raging across...
Current heatwave across US south made five times more likely by climate crisis
Latest ‘heat dome’ event over Texas and Louisiana, plus much of Mexico, driven by human-cause climate change, scientists find The record heatwave roiling parts of...
Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge
An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is...
Brazil: all-female sambistas tackle sexism of male-dominated genre
Groups such as Samba Que Elas Querem, whose rewrite of a samba classic prompted a legal tussle, are taking on the patriarchy It was a...
Thursday briefing: The latest in the hunt for the missing Titan sub
In today’s newsletter: As the search intensifies, we look at the key developments – and controversy – around the lost submersible Sign up here for...
Lima’s Central restaurant named world’s best in boost for Peruvian cuisine
Peruvian eateries have been a fixture in top 50 list for close to a decade and now one has claimed the crown While Peru’s archeology...
Cecília Haddad’s ex-partner sentenced to 27 years’ jail in Brazil after confessing to 2018 murder in Sydney
Mário Marcelo Santoro confessed to killing his former girlfriend in Australia only after extensive evidence was produced against him, judge says Follow our Australia news...
