Papua New Guinea landslide death toll exceeds 670, says UN agency
Emergency workers give up hope of finding survivors of Friday’s landslide as tribal warfare threatens rescue effort More than 670 people are believed to have...
Month : May 2024
ANC at a crossroads as South Africa goes to the polls
Party’s leaders are more nervous than ever that it will lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to victory It...
Papua New Guinea landslide: rescue convoy heads to remote village as scores feared buried
Blocked roads have hampered relief efforts to Yambali village, where officials fear death toll could reach well over 100 An emergency convoy is delivering food,...
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice
Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn Scientists have warned that a court decision to...
Revealed: how Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy
Lambeth Palace documents show purchase of enslaved people in 18th century approved by Anglican archbishop • Life on plantations owned by Church of England missionary...
University of Toronto gives pro-Palestinian activists 24 hours to end encampment
Canadian university gives protesters one day to close up protest camp on downtown campus or potentially face police action The University of Toronto (UofT) has...
Canada to restore right of citizens born abroad to pass citizenship to children also born outside country
Federal government to amend Citizenship Act, removing ‘second-generation cut-off’ introduced by Conservative government Canada plans to restore the right of citizens born abroad to pass...
Haiti gang kills US politician’s missionary daughter and her husband
Missouri state representative Ben Baker’s daughter and her husband were reportedly ambushed when leaving a church The daughter and son-in-law of a US Republican politician...
Tens of thousands flee camp in Sudan after attacks by RSF paramilitaries
Concerns grow that Darfur is facing another genocide as Rapid Support Forces besiege city of El Fasher Tens of thousands of people have fled their...
Peruvian reporter who challenged political elite faces smear campaign
Gustavo Gorriti, who has long exposed corruption, is the target of a criminal investigation campaigners call ‘politically motivated’ For more than four decades, Gustavo Gorriti...
