Venezuela floods kill 25 after month’s worth of rain falls in eight hours
At least 52 missing as military and rescue personnel searched for survivors At least 25 people died and 52 were missing after five small rivers...
Month : October 2022
El Paso struggles to house migrants after shelter closes as border crossings surge
City’s new facility has to find shelters for those without alternative after a 40-year beacon of refuge shuttered earlier this year Chairs and tables lined...
Manslaughter trial over 2009 Air France crash begins with cries of ‘shame’
Anger as airline and Airbus plead not guilty to charge 13 years after flight AF447 crashed, killing 228 people A manslaughter trial over the 2009...
UK’s lost leadership role hurts Somalia’s fight against famine, says drought envoy
Britain is no longer the key humanitarian player and ‘great ally’ it once was, says envoy trying to get support for Somalia’s drought The UK...
Tigrayan rebels accused by survivors of killing dozens of civilians in Kobo
Witnesses claim TPLF rebels tortured and killed in town in Amhara last month in search for supporters of Ethiopian federal forces Tigrayan rebel forces have...
Nigerian boat accident death toll rises to 76, president says
Vessel capsized in Ogbaru area of Anambra state, one of 29 to have experienced heavy flooding this year The death toll from a boat accident...
Former Liberian rebel charged with historic war crimes awaits Paris trial
Kunti Kamara charged with torture, cannibalism, forced labour and complicity in crimes against humanity during first civil war A former Liberian rebel commander will go...
Taiwan’s citizen warriors prepare to confront looming threat from China
Businessman Robert Tsao bankrolls a people’s militia on the island – inspired by the example of Ukraine – to defend against invasion On a sleepy...
Hurricane Julia: Nicaragua braces amid flash flood and mudslide warnings
Nicaraguan soldiers assist evacuations as up to 38cm of rain forecast across Central America after tropical storm strengthened into hurricane Hurricane Julia swept by just...
Canada mass stabbing suspect’s brother was victim not accomplice, police say
Myles Sanderson, who died in RCMP custody, was responsible for deaths of all 11 victims, including that of his brother Damien Canadian police have concluded...
