Government figure shows 34 percent decrease in deforestation across Caqueta, Meta and Guaviare provinces compared with the first half of 2020 when close to 64,500 hectares were deforested. Colombia’s so-called arc of deforestation stretches across the three provinces and creeps into the country’s Amazon. (Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters) Some 42,600 hectares of rainforest were destroyed […]

Seven of the panel’s 11 senators endorse report that also calls for indictment of 77 other people, including several ministers and three of President Bolsonaro’s children. A demonstrator wears a mask depicting President Bolsonaro with a mouthful of US dollars, while holding a syringe representing Covid-19 vaccine, during a protest in Brazil on October 2, […]

Thousands of demonstrators rally against economic policies of conservative President Guillermo Lasso, days after he raised gasoline prices, with roadblocks set up in some parts of the country. Ecuadorans march against economic measures imposed by the government, including fuel price hikes, amid a state of emergency, in Quito, on October 26, 2021. (AFP) Indigenous Ecuadorans […]

Pakistan beat New Zealand by five wickets in T20 cricket, a month after New Zealand’s shock abandonment of their Pakistan tour that left the host nation angry and created bad blood between the sides. Pakistan’s Haris Rauf (R) celebrates the dismissal of New Zealand’s Devon Conway at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 26, 2021. […]

Food and Drug Administration is expected to give its formal green light soon, making 28 million young Americans eligible for the shot by mid-November. Heather Haworth, left, holds the hand of her 12-year-old son Jeremy as he receives the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Santa Ana, California on May 13, 2021. (Jae C. […]

From UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the US and European powers, several leaders are demanding the restoration of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s government. Top General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s declaration of a state of emergency and dissolution of the government provoked an international backlash. (AFP) Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and his wife have been […]