Health Canada recommends limiting alcohol to just 2 drinks per week
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) identifies cancer, heart disease and stroke as health risks of drinking alcohol New alcohol guidelines recommending...
Month : January 2023
Usain Bolt lawyers say $12.7m is missing from Olympic champion’s account
Jamaican authorities investigating after alarm is raised Firm says several clients may be missing large sums A lawyer for Usain Bolt said on Wednesday that...
Chile rejects $2.5bn iron and copper mine planned near penguin reserve
Dominga project included insufficient efforts to mitigate impact on reserves for dolphins, whales and penguins, committee says Chile’s government has rejected a controversial $2.5bn iron...
Sint Maarten approves plan to cull entire population of vervet monkeys
The Caribbean territory plans to exterminate at least 450 of the invasive primates – but critics disagree with the proposal The government of Sint Maarten...
China ends de facto ban on Marvel films after more than three years
Latest Black Panther and Ant-Man superhero flicks get February release dates in country famously controlling over Hollywood movies China has ended its de facto ban...
Brazil charges 39 with staging coup after storming of government buildings
Bolsonaro supporters are also accused of armed criminal association and violent attempt to subvert democratic state of law The office of Brazil’s prosecutor-general has presented...
Vietnam president quits amid anti-corruption drive
Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ‘submitted resignation from assigned positions, quit job and retired’, say reports Vietnam’s president has resigned after days of rumours he was...
Kenya declares war on millions of birds after they raid crops
Toxic pesticides used to eradicate grain-eating quelea may harm the country’s endangered raptors, say conservationists A drive by the Kenyan government to kill up to...
Ex-Mexico security chief’s trial poised to lift lid on US and Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’
Genaro García Luna, accused of accepting millions in bribes from cartels, in trial that could implicate officials on both sides of border One of Mexico’s...
Second deadly bus collision in Senegal in eight days kills 22 people
More than 20 injured in incident involving a truck, after 40 died in two-bus collision in Kaffrine region A collision between a truck and a...
