Cuban doctor among three shot dead at hospital in Mexico
Doctor killed along with a nurse and another woman at a hospital in the suburb of Ecatepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City A Cuban...
Month : August 2022
Lula says Bolsonaro ‘possessed by devil’ as he launches Brazil election campaign
Leftwing frontrunner counters far-right president’s efforts to demonize him with evangelical voters in bitterly divided country Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has...
Journalist found dead in northern Mexico in bloody year for media
Body of Juan Arjón López, 14th journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2022, identified by tattoos in border city of San Luis Río Colorado...
US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’
Arizona, Nevada and Mexico affected as federal government steps in after states failed to reach agreement After western US states failed to reach agreements to...
Kenya opposition leader rejects election result as ‘null and void’
Raila Odinga’s comments on poll he was declared to have lost come after some officials disown final tally The Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has...
Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears
Guardian, BBC and Times seek release of documents about policy of sending asylum seekers abroad A Foreign Office official raised concerns about plans to send...
Brazil’s presidential campaign launches amid fears of violence and upheaval
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not cede power if defeated Campaigning in Brazil’s most important election...
Grenadian minister Simon Stiell to be next UN climate chief
Grenada’s environment minister faces task of getting countries back on track to meet climate goals ahead of Cop27 The next UN climate chief will be...
Ecuador city declares state of emergency amid dramatic rise in gang bombings
Gangs in Guayaquil use increasingly violent tactics in battle for dominance of cocaine trafficking routes to Europe and the US Ecuador’s embattled president, Guillermo Lasso,...
William Ruto declared winner of Kenya presidential election amid dispute
Electoral commission chair declares deputy president winner of tight race as other senior officials disown results Kenya’s electoral commission chair has declared William Ruto the...
