Nicaragua’s ambassador to the OAS denounces Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorship’
Arturo McFields Yescas spoke out against the government he is representing in a verbal attack that was lauded by the US Nicaragua’s ambassador to the...
Month : March 2022
Colombia could elect first black female vice-president as poll leader names pick
Francia Márquez, 40, an environmental campaigner who has survived at least one assassination attempt, is leftist Gustavo Petro’s running mate She is an Afro-Colombian environmental...
Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’
Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people Machu Picchu is one of the world’s best-known...
UK minister in BVI for urgent talks on sanctioning Russian oligarchs
Amanda Melling’s visit follows fears UK tax havens may offer loophole for those trying to avoid clampdown A Foreign Office minister has flown to the...
‘A new beginning’: New Zealand to drop Covid vaccine passes and mandates
PM Jacinda Ardern, who oversaw some of the toughest restrictions in the world, says rules will relax after Omicron peak in early April See all...
Justin Trudeau strikes power-sharing deal with leftwing New Democrats
Confidence and supply agreement will keep Trudeau in office until 2025 in return for action on pharmaceutical and dental programs Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau,...
Speeding driver on wrong side of road was 11-year-old boy, Canada police say
Police initially believed they had intercepted a drunk driver as they chased car traveling at 93mph on the wrong side of the road When police...
End of an era as Canada’s oldest ‘prairie castle’ to be dismantled
Grain elevator built in 1897 that towered over Elva in Manitoba symbolic of western Canada’s history and heritage For nearly 125 years, a wooden grain...
China Eastern Airlines crash: families await grim news as rescuers sift through wreckage
State media report no survivors after a Boeing 737-800 flight crashed into mountainous terrain with 132 on board About an hour into its journey from...
Jamaican campaigners call for colonialism apology from royal family
Politicians and business leaders sign open letter as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Caribbean Jamaican campaigners have accused the Queen of perpetuating slavery in...
