British Columbia bids to stop spread of fatal ‘zombie deer disease’
Chronic wasting disease, which affects deer and other cervids, confirmed in Canada but experts divided over risk to humans The Canadian province of British Columbia...
Month : February 2024
Sculpture of colonial officer’s ‘angry spirit’ returns to DRC as Dutch urge reckoning
Carved wooden figure at Venice Biennale aims to spark debate about colonial blindspots in the art world A statue depicting the angry spirit of a...
Canadian federal police officer arrested, accused of ‘assisting foreign actor’
Eli Ndatuje of Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged with accessing police records in breach of Security of Information Act A member of the Royal Canadian...
EU leaders unveil €210m Mauritania deal in bid to curb people-smuggling
Plan includes energy and infrastructure projects with aim of strengthening stability in Sahel The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the...
Killing of three women in a week sparks femicide protests in Somalia
Police name husbands as suspects in separate deaths of women, two of whom were pregnant The deaths of three women in one week, all allegedly...
Canada: second Sikh activist’s house hit by gunfire this month
Bullet hole found in Inderjit Singh Gosal’s house, reigniting fears of an apparent campaign of violence targeting Sikh separatists The house of a Sikh activist...
Trinidad & Tobago says oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency
Upturned and largely submerged vessel of unknown origin is leaking hydrocarbon off south-west coast or Tobago Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister has said that a...
Dozens of civilians killed by Ethiopian state troops in Amhara region, say reports
Witnesses claim victims shot ‘execution style’ during house raids after clashes between government forces and Fano rebels Ethiopian government troops went door-to-door killing dozens of...
