Ernesto strengthens into hurricane after leaving half of Puerto Rico without power
Storm moving over open waters towards Bermuda, bringing torrential rain and winds of 75mph Storm Ernesto has strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential...
Month : August 2024
Bahia’s police killings pile pressure on Lula’s Workers’ party in Brazil
Nearly 300 people aged 19 and under were killed by Bahian security forces in 2023, making it Brazil’s highest rate Activists have raised the alarm...
Jamaica declares state of emergency after eight killed in weekend shootings
Two attacks in Clarendon killed eight and injured nine as government looks to focus on gang violence Jamaica’s prime minister has issued a 14-day state...
At least 68 people killed in flooding as rains worsen Sudan’s plight
About 27,000 people displaced by heaviest rainfall since 2019 in country already hit by civil war and famine Heavy rains in Sudan have killed dozens...
Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s
Unicef analysis also finds children in eight countries spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35C Almost half a billion children are growing...
Ex-LRA commander convicted of crimes against humanity in landmark Ugandan trial
Court to sentence Thomas Kwoyelo for 44 offences committed during militia’s 20-year rebellion and reign of terror A former commander in the feared Lord’s Resistance...
Africa CDC declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency
Democratic Republic of the Congo hard-hit by virus, with death toll on continent above 1,450 since 2022 What do we know about ‘alarming’ mpox outbreak...
Sudanese factions using starvation as weapon is ‘cowardice’, US envoy says
Tom Perriello condemns tactics of Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military before peace talks in Geneva The US special envoy for Sudan has accused the...
Corey Yuen, martial arts director and Jet Li collaborator, died in 2022, Hong Kong film federation confirms
Film-maker who directed films starring Li, Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh and later worked as a Hollywood fight coordinator, died during the Covid pandemic two...
Nancy Pelosi rebukes former Australian PM Paul Keating over ‘stupid statement’ on Taiwan
In return, Keating chastises former US House speaker for her ‘recklessly indulgent visit to Taiwan’ in 2022 A war of words has broken out between...
