4,000-year-old canals used for fishing by Maya predecessors discovered in Belize
New research revealed canals used for about 1,000 years to channel and catch freshwater fish on the Yucatán peninsula Long before the ancient Maya built...
Month : November 2024
Nicaragua: Ortega and wife to assume absolute power after changes approved
Loyalist lawmakers give green light to constitutional amendment as authoritarian president, 79, tightens grip Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume...
Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant
Viktor Orbán says he will not enforce ICC decision that requires court members to detain Israeli PM if he enters their country Middle East crisis...
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and...
Malian singer Rokia Traoré to be extradited from Italy to Belgium
Italy’s highest court rejects musician’s appeal after she was arrested in Rome in June over child custody dispute Malian musician Rokia Traoré, who was arrested...
US moves to list giraffes under Endangered Species Act for first time
Climate crisis, habitat loss and poaching have reduced its numbers – but will Trump put the kibosh on protections? They are the tallest animal to...
British mining executives held in Mali freed after $160m deal to settle tax dispute
Resolute Mining chief executive Terence Holohan and two employees had been held since 9 November Business live – latest updates Three British mining executives who...
World’s conflict zones increased by two-thirds in past three years, report reveals
Wars have spread and intensified, with far-reaching impacts on global economic growth and food security, according to latest Conflict Intensity Index The proportion of the...
Miss Universe runner-up to move to Nigeria after South Africa nationality row
Furore over whether Chidimma Adetshina was really South African led to invitation to represent Nigeria A beauty queen who pulled out of the Miss South...
Author Kamel Daoud sued over claim he used life of wife’s patient in novel
Woman says French-Algerian writer’s prize-winning Houris uses her story as she told it to therapist Aicha Dehdouh Two complaints have been filed in Algeria against...
