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
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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
Hong Kong is ‘slowly becoming a totalitarian state’, says UK judge
A British judge has described the “paranoid atmosphere” in Hong Kong as he explained his decision to step down from the territory’s top court. Jonathan
Canadian judge is latest to resign from Hong Kong’s top court
A former chief justice of Canada’s supreme court has announced she is stepping down from Hong Kong’s court of final appeal – the latest in
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing
Soldiers are searching mountainous forests in northern Malawi after an aircraft carrying vice-president Saulos Chilima and nine others went missing on Monday. The plane carrying
Canadian drug advocacy group founders charged with trafficking
Two founders of a drug advocacy group who sold cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin in defiance of Canada’s federal government have been charged with trafficking-related offences.
‘Heartbreaking’: fire destroys historic Toronto church and rare paintings
An early morning fire at a Toronto church has destroyed both a historic site and rare paintings by an acclaimed group of Canadian artists, leaving