US man dies after being electrocuted in jacuzzi in Mexico resort town
Death of man and injuries suffered by a woman were due to ‘possible electric discharge’ when both were in the jacuzzi An American man has...
Month : June 2024
Russian warships arrive in Havana in visit seen as show of strength
Four vessels, including nuclear-powered submarine and frigate, greeted by sparse crowd upon arrival in Cuba A fleet of Russian warships has arrived in the bay...
Conflicts drive number of forcibly displaced people to record high
Sharp rise, equivalent to population of London, means nearly 120 million have been driven from their homes The number of people forced out of their...
Bear shreds seats then dozes off after breaking into Canadian woman’s car
Black bear apparently opened the vehicle by lifting door handle with its mouth, after breaking into same car last year After a string of vehicle...
Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’
Stephen Kwikiriza is one of 11 campaigners against EACOP targeted by authorities in past two weeks, rights group says A man campaigning against the controversial...
Rare birds at risk as narco-gangs move into forests to evade capture – report
Cocaine traffickers have put two-thirds of Central America’s key habitats for threatened birds under threat, study finds Cocaine consumption is threatening rare tropical birds as...
Revealed: drug cartels force migrant children to work as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade
Exclusive: Guardian investigation shows white powder trail linking hundreds of vulnerable African minors with ruthless gangs Beaten and tortured: the north African children paying a...
Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds
Since 2021, the overall number of deaths, including of civilians, has risen to the highest level in three decades, Peace Research Institute Oslo reports Deaths...
Malawi vice-president and nine others killed in plane crash
Wreckage of plane carrying Chilima and former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri found after weather warnings, says President Chakwera Malawi’s vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and nine other...
