Hurricane Beryl is barrelling through the Cayman Islands after causing death and destruction in Jamaica. The British overseas territory is bearing the brunt of the
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After nine years in office, is it time for Justin Trudeau to go?
A Canadian prime minister who has outstayed his welcome, persistent inflation, a government bumped and bruised by scandal and a fired-up opposition leader itching for
Could Venezuela’s softly-spoken opposition newcomer end 25 years of Chavismo?
The road from Caracas to Guatire is lined with propaganda billboards glorifying President Nicolás Maduro and likening his political rivals to gangsters from the country’s
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
It resembles an enormous, malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway’s new humanoid employee was designed with nothing more sinister than a spot
Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting
The world’s oldest known picture story is a cave painting almost 6,000 years older than the previous record holder, found about 10km away on the
Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica after leaving ‘Armageddon-like’ trail in Grenada
Hurricane Beryl has hit Jamaica after leaving an “Armageddon-like” trail of devastation in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and killing at least
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed
Fangs and toilet seat-shaped head: giant salamander-like fossil found in Namibia
A giant 280m-year-old salamander-like creature that was an apex predator before the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered by fossil hunters in Namibia. The
Australia to strike new funding deal with Papua New Guinea to manage transferred asylum seekers
The Albanese government will strike a new funding deal with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to support asylum seekers after the country threatened to send them
Three people die after arrests at election protests in Mauritania
Three protesters have died in detention in Mauritania, the interior ministry has said, after mass arrests during protests in the opposition stronghold of Kaédi after