Shipments of aid from many countries have been arriving in the south-western Tiburon peninsula of Haiti, which was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on 14 August Continue reading…
Supreme court orders Biden to revive Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
Justices deny president’s effort to rescind Trump programBlow to Biden as trio of liberal justices dissent in 6-3 rulingThe US supreme court on Tuesday denied Joe Biden’s bid to rescind an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor, Donald Trump…
Haiti needs help, but ‘not from aid workers who never leave their SUVs’
Beset by earthquakes, poverty and gang violence, the country is desperate for aid. However it must be the right kind, say localsThe death toll is still rising 10 days after a catastrophic earthquake struck southern Haiti on the morning of 14 August, le…
Attack of the giant rodents or class war? Argentina’s rich riled by new neighbors
Hordes of capybaras have taken up residence at a gated community, sparking a debate on the environment and inequalityNordelta is Argentina’s most well-known gated community: an enclave of spacious homes for the rich amid a dreamy landscape of lakes and…
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits highest annual level in a decade
Rainforest lost 10,476 sq km between August 2020 and July 2021, report says, despite increasing global concernDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has hit the highest annual level in a decade, a new report has shown, despite increasing global concern …
Reporter killed in Veracruz – the fifth murder of a journalist in Mexico this year
Jacinto Romero Flores had received threats after he reported on allegations of abuses by Veracruz policeA radio reporter in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz has been shot and killed, becoming at least the fifth Mexican journalist to be murdered…
Meng Wanzhou: ‘princess of Huawei’ who became the face of a high-stakes dispute
The executive’s case has sent China’s relations with the US and Canada plummeting with accusations of political arrests and ‘hostage diplomacy’Until she was detained at Vancouver airport in December 2018, Meng Wanzhou was not a household name. But the …
Meng Wanzhou extradition case wraps up but verdict will take months
US is seeking to extradite Huawei chief financial officerFate of two Canadians held in China seen as linkedAfter two and a half years of legal wrangling, an extradition hearing over Meng Wanzhou has wrapped up, leaving the fate of Huawei’s chief financ…
Canadian soldier guilty of drugging comrades with cannabis cupcakes
Sandra Cogswell convicted on eight counts of administering noxious substance and one of behaving in a disgraceful mannerA Canadian soldier accused of drugging comrades with cannabis-laced cupcakes during a live-fire training exercise has been found gui…
Lina from Lima review – funny, sultry film about a plucky economic migrant
Upending arthouse tropes with musical numbers and lashings of sex, this witty debut about a Peruvian domestic worker refuses to see its heroine as a victimWriter-director María Paz González’s first feature takes a well-worn miserabilist trope out of th…