Month : June 2024
Aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice-president goes missing
President appeals for international help to find aircraft carrying Saulos Chilima and nine others that ‘went off the radar’ after leaving capital Lilongwe Malawi’s president...
‘Heartbreaking’: fire destroys historic Toronto church and rare paintings
Destroyed artefacts in St Anne’s Anglican church include unique paintings by Group of Seven art collective An early morning fire at a Toronto church has...
‘Greed’: John Deere rolls out hundreds of US layoffs and sends work to Mexico
Agricultural equipment company plans to move production out of the country in move condemned by workers US workers at John Deere plants have accused the...
Argentina’s far-right president poised to shut down anti-gender violence agency
‘Women at risk’ amid increasing number of femicides but assistance including emergency helpline will be cut Javier Milei, Argentina’s far-right president, is poised to dissolve...
Austrian-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach charged with sexual assault
Auto parts magnate, 91, arrested over five charges including rape, indecent assault and forcible confinement Authorities in Canada have charged Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank...
Uruguayan woman given proper burial 47 years after abduction by dictatorship
Amelia Sanjurjo, a member of Uruguay’s Communist party who disappeared in 1977, was identified and laid to rest A Uruguayan woman who was abducted by...
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard A high-seas shootout pitting drug runners against...
Rwanda opposition leader barred from standing against president
Diane Rwigara’s name missing from list of candidates to challenge Paul Kagame in 15 July vote A prominent opponent of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame,...
US citizens face charges ‘punishable by death’ in alleged coup attempt in Congo
Three US nationals on trial in Democratic Republic of Congo over events in May described as an attempted coup More than 50 people, including three...
