Brazil football star Neymar backs far-right Bolsonaro days before election
Paris Saint-Germain forward posts video in support of far-right president, who is trailing badly in polls ahead of Sunday’s vote The Brazilian football star Neymar...
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Canada’s Robert Munsch marathon aims to honour much-loved children’s author
Actor M John Kennedy will read all 75 books in a single day during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche art festival Children’s author Robert Munsch has sold...
Eighteen Cuban migrants missing after boat sinks during Hurricane Ian
Search and rescue effort under way after vessel sank in Stock Island, in the Florida Keys, hours before hurricane made landfall Eighteen people are missing...
Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga found guilty of inciting violence
Novelist given suspended sentence after staging peaceful protest calling for political reform Renowned Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been given a suspended prison sentence after...
UK government faces court challenge in Nigerian rendition case
Family of Nnamdi Kanu granted judicial review over failure of Britain to intervene after arrest last year The family of a British citizen who was...
Colombia says 10 armed groups including Farc dissidents agree to ceasefire
Government says country ‘moving ahead’ with ceasefire as new leftist president Gustavo Petro promises ‘total peace’ At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including the...
More than 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade – report
Figures likely to be an underestimate, says Global Witness, as land defenders are killed by hitmen, crime groups and governments More than 1,700 murders of...
Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine
Organisers call on nations to carry on crucial climate negotiations despite differences on geopolitical issues The Egyptian hosts of the next UN climate summit have...
Hurricane Ian: millions in Florida in path of deadly cyclone approaching mainland
Hurricane approaches Florida after passing over Cuba and the Caribbean sea as a powerful tropical storm The eyewall of 155mph Hurricane Ian, predicted to be...
World’s central banks financing destruction of the rainforest
Corporate bonds intended to inject liquidity into markets profited companies engaged in deforestation Some of the world’s biggest central banks are unwittingly helping to finance...