Google and Home Depot drop Pride Toronto sponsorship amid Trump’s DEI war
Organizer points to president’s anti-diversity push as companies join Adidas and Clorox in withdrawing support In another blow to one of the largest celebrations of...
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Supreme court allows White House to revoke temporary protected status of many migrants
Ruling reverses hold on Trump administration’s ending humanitarian parole of Venezuelan migrants and others The US supreme court on Friday announced it would allow the...
Women and girls ‘not safe anywhere’ as Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence
Médecins Sans Frontières report sparks calls for Sudan’s warring parties to be held to account for rapes and attacks As Sudan’s Darfur region has been...
Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike
Laila Soueif continues protest against detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Cairo The mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has...
At least 115 killed in floods in central Nigeria
Several people remain missing in state of Niger after torrential rains submerged town of Mokwa More than 100 people have died and several others remain...
Mexico steps into unknown with world’s first popular election of all judges: ‘A blind date with democracy’
Critics warn the experiment will lead to low turnout, a political power grab and infiltration by organised crime On a heat-dazed afternoon in Culiacán, the...
Canada wildfires: thousands in Manitoba ordered to evacuate as state of emergency declared
There are more than 130 active wildfires across the country, half of which are considered out of control More than 17,000 people in Canada’s western...
Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala
Pyramids and monuments suggest Los Abuelos was a significant ceremonial site, archaeologists say Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years...
Sidi Ould Tah named African Development Bank president
Mauritanian economist who led Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa will succeed Akinwunmi Adesina The African Development Bank has chosen the Mauritanian economist Sidi...
South African woman sentenced to life for selling six-year-old daughter
Kelly Smith and two others convicted over disappearance of Joshlin Smith, who the court heard was sold to traditional healer for ‘eyes and skin’ A...
