It had been raining for nearly a week when the floodwaters first reached Marcelo Moreira Ferreira’s home in Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil’s southernmost
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Conflicts drive number of forcibly displaced people to record high
The number of people forced out of their homes around the world last year was the equivalent of the population of London, according to the
Bear shreds seats then dozes off after breaking into Canadian woman’s car
After a string of vehicle break-ins in a north Canadian town, local residents have identified the culprit: a black bear with a taste for upholstery
Russian warships arrive in Havana in visit seen as show of strength
A fleet of Russian warships has arrived in the bay of Havana, in a visit seen as a show of strength amid tensions with the
Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’
A man campaigning against the controversial $5bn (£4bn) east African crude oil pipeline (EACOP) is recovering in hospital after an alleged beating by the Ugandan
Rare birds at risk as narco-gangs move into forests to evade capture – report
Cocaine consumption is threatening rare tropical birds as narco-traffickers move into some of the planet’s most remote forests to evade drug crackdowns, a study has
Rare white grizzly bear and two cubs killed in Canada in separate car strikes
National park staff in Canada are mourning the “devastating” loss of a rare white grizzly bear and her cubs after all three were killed in
Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds
Deaths from civil conflicts and battles across the world over the past three years have risen to the highest level in three decades, according to
Malawi vice-president and nine others killed in plane crash
Malawi’s vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and nine other people have been killed in a plane crash, the country’s president, Lazarus Chakwera, said in a live televised
Revealed: drug cartels force migrant children to work as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade
Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being forced to work as soldiers for increasingly powerful drug cartels to meet the continent’s soaring appetite