DRC buries independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s only known remains
Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC’s independence The family of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s murdered independence hero,...
Month : June 2022
Ottawa braced for Canada Day protest by ‘freedom convoy’ supporters
Members of anti-vax convoy have vowed to maintain a presence over the summer initially mingling with the annual celebrations Residents of downtown Ottawa are bracing...
Reporter shot to death in Mexico, the 12th journalist killed there this year
Attacks on the press have increased 85% in the three years since president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took power Yet another Mexican reporter has been...
Mystery as Canadian radio station plays Rage Against the Machine song nonstop
Was it a protest by staff or marketing for a change of programming? Listeners to Kiss Radio 104.9 FM had plenty of time to wonder...
Two more migrants dead from Texas trailer, bringing toll to 53
Authorities are struggling to identify victims who have no IDs as families in Central America wait in anguish for news The number of dead migrants...
‘It’s a sham’: Egypt accused of restricting protest in run-up to Cop27
Climate activists say plight of jailed Alaa Abd El Fattah shows protesters’ voices will be ignored at Sharm el-Sheikh summit Five months before a pivotal...
Jubilation and hope as convention puts final stamp on Chile’s new draft constitution
Draft shifts country away from Pinochet-era document, enshrining cultural rights and laying out path of autonomy for Indigenous peoples The process of drafting Chile’s new...
Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought
Fossils from South African cave are 3.4 to 3.6m years old and walked the Earth at same time as east African relatives The fossils of...
Melilla: death toll from mass incursion on Spanish enclave rises to 23
Crowd of more than 500 enter border control area after cutting fence in attempt to cross from Morocco The death toll from the mass attempt...
Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs
Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conference UN biodiversity negotiations have reached crisis point...