A Canadian man has made history by receiving zero votes in a contested federal election, after running as part of a protest over the lack
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British Columbia investigates claims energy company ‘dramatically’ influenced climate policy
British Columbia’s attorney general has called for an investigation into possible violations of provincial law after a Canadian oil and gas executive claimed the company
Former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy arrested over failed coup
The former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy are among 17 people so far arrested for their alleged roles in a seemingly bungled military coup
Egyptian scribes suffered work-related injuries, study says
From bad backs to eye strain, office work can take its toll on the body. But it seems such perils are nothing new: researchers have
Londoner continues epic trans-Africa run after release from South Sudan jail
A Ugandan-born Londoner on a 9,000-mile run from South Africa to London has been released from jail in South Sudan, his partner has told the
‘Whack-a-mole situation’: Algerian officials wrestle with water shortage anger
On 8 June, anger over months of water rationing spilled over in the drought-stricken central Algerian town of Tiaret, where baclava-wearing demonstrators barricaded roads and
Bolivia’s president sees off attempted coup after urging citizens to take to streets
Bolivia’s President Luis Arce appears to have seen off an attempt to topple his leftwing government after a dramatic afternoon in which heavily armed troops,
Sudan’s warring factions using starvation as weapon, experts say
Human rights experts working for the United Nations have accused Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as a war weapon, amid mounting warnings of imminent
Kenyan president scraps bill to raise taxes after violent protests leave 23 dead
The Kenyan president, William Ruto, has withdrawn a bill to raise taxes a day after violent protests erupted around the country following its approval by
Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die
A dangerous strain of mpox that is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most transmissible yet and