The occupants of the vinyl-coated military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil’s wild west compare the hellscape surrounding them to catastrophes old and
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Weather tracker: Shanghai hit by its ‘strongest typhoon in 75 years’
Typhoon Bebinca struck the east coast of China this week, making landfall near Shanghai, a city of almost 30 million people, on Monday. Bebinca developed
Violent protests erupt in Martinique over high cost of living with 14 injured
Officials in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have imposed a 9pm to 5am curfew in parts of its capital to quell escalating violent protests
Jihadist assault on Mali’s capital killed scores of people, say security sources
Scores of people reportedly died in a jihadist attack in the Malian capital on Tuesday, again raising questions about the junta’s capacity to tackle a
Brazil top judge accuses X of ‘willful’ circumvention of court-ordered block
In the latest round of the dispute between Elon Musk and Brazil’s top court, a senior judge has accused X of a “willful, illegal and
Former CIA officer sentenced to 30 years for sexually assaulting scores of women
A former CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday, the Department of Justice
Elon Musk’s X circumvents official block in Brazil but says move was ‘inadvertent’
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented
Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam
Authorities in Nigeria have warned of the potential for flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it would start regulated releases from its Lagdo
Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence
The family of a Utah student sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his alleged role in a failed coup d’etat in
Global alliance buys half a million mpox vaccines for Africa
A batch of 500,000 mpox vaccines has been bought by the vaccine alliance Gavi, for delivery this year to virus-affected countries in Africa, where until