At least 13 dead after strong earthquake hits Ecuador and northern Peru
Magnitude 6.7 tremors shook area 50 miles south of Ecuador’s second city, Guayaquil, with one death reported so far in Peru A strong earthquake shook...
Month : March 2023
Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil
Exclusive: rare purple organism preys on trapdoor spider in behaviour reminiscent of its ‘zombie’ relatives that feature in apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us...
Indigenous children suffer most from illegal miners’ Amazon invasion
The influx of heavily armed gangs, now being tackled by President Lula, has had a catastrophic effect on infant health The severely malnourished Yanomami baby...
Mexican president blames US fentanyl crisis on ‘lack of hugs’ among families
Andrés Manuel López Obrador cites a lack ‘of hugs and embraces’ for 70,000 annual overdose deaths attributed to synthetic opioid Mexico’s president has said that...
Puerto Rico v Mexico: World Baseball Classic quarter-finals – live!
Puerto Rico and Mexico meet for place in WBC semi-finals Send Hunter a tweet at @HunterFelt or email him Puerto Rico 0-0 Mexico, top 1st...
‘I came here to escape’: Toronto tackles caste-based discrimination in schools
Activists hopeful as Canada’s largest school district takes first step towards banning caste discrimination When Vijay Puli arrived in Toronto with his wife and baby...
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy leaves trail of devastation
Hundreds killed in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in what may be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record Cyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more...
Honduras to switch ties from Taiwan to China, says president
Xiomara Castro’s move would leave Taiwan with formal diplomatic relations with only 13 countries The Honduras president, Xiomara Castro, has said she has instructed her...
Two Canadian police officers shot dead after responding to domestic call
Constables, aged 30 and 35, who were based in Edmonton, had received an emergency call about a ‘family dispute’ Two police officers were shot dead...
Chile’s government pledged to put feminism into practice – has it delivered?
President Gabriel Boric promised a feminist movement but conservative values remain strong in the country One tumultuous year has now passed since Latin America’s first...
