Is Brazil ready for the next incarnation of President Lula?
The 76-year-old former leader, jailed on corruption charges in 2018, is ready to run again and is ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the polls...
Month : April 2022
Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns
With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, ‘desperate’ parents push more girls into early marriage Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are...
Four Canadian cadets die after their car drives into water at military college
Investigations under way following the death of the fourth-year students at Royal Military College campus in Ontario Four Canadian military cadets have died after their...
‘Head coach wants to play’: the US drug sting that led to BVI premier’s arrest
Andrew Fahie is due in court on drug charges in Miami after arrest following months-long undercover operation In mid-October, as Sir Gary Hickinbottom’s commission of...
UK to impose direct rule over British Virgin Islands after inquiry finds rampant corruption
In a further twist the islands’ premier has been arrested in Miami sting operation on suspicion of drug trafficking Britain is poised to impose a...
South Africa may be entering fifth Covid wave earlier than expected
Rise in infections appears to be driven by Omicron sub-variants, say health officials South Africa may be entering a fifth Covid wave earlier than expected...
China says Nato is ‘messing up Europe’ and warns over role in Asia-Pacific
In response to British foreign secretary’s warning that Beijing must ‘play by the rules’, ministry of foreign affairs says Nato is stirring conflict China’s ministry...
Beijing halts weddings and funerals and closes schools in Covid fightback
Stockpiling rife as city acts in attempt to avoid Shanghai-style lockdown Beijing has closed schools and suspended weddings and funerals in the city of 22...
‘The smell is terrible’: toxic foam clouds float through streets of Bogotá suburb
Foul-smelling foam blankets homes and businesses and sends residents of Mosquera fleeing, as officials say don’t get too close A vast blanket of foul-smelling toxic...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
