Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a heatstroke alert for 26 of the country’s 47 prefectures, urging people not to go outside unless absolutely necessary, to
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Alice Munro knew my stepfather sexually abused me as a child, says Nobel laureate’s daughter
The daughter of Nobel prize winner Alice Munro, Andrea Robin Skinner, has alleged that her stepfather sexually abused her as a child, and that her
Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
A ruling described by activists as “historic,” a court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint
Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children –
Man who spent 45 years on death row in Japan hopes for chance to clear name
In the early hours of 30 June 1966 a fire swept through the home of the managing director of a miso maker in Shizuoka, central
Tropical Storm Beryl smashes through Caribbean and heads for Texas coast
Tropical Storm Beryl, which has already smashed its way across the Caribbean as a hurricane before slamming into the Yucatán peninsula, is intensifying once again
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico as category 2 storm and expected to reach Texas
Hurricane Beryl has made landfall as a category 2 storm in Mexico’s top tourist destinations, triggering a red alert in the region following its deadly
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro faces possible charges for money laundering, embezzlement and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from
China to hold hearing into brandy imports as tension grows with EU over tariffs on EVs
China has ramped up its anti-dumping investigation into European brandy imports in what appears to be a retaliatory move as the EU imposed higher tariffs
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says
Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died and dozens more are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, the