Americas

Destinations

Why Venezuela should be on your travel bucket list

Welcome to Venezuela, one of the wildest, most beautiful places on earth. Here's what to do and where to go when you're there.

28/11/2021

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Venezuelan indigenous facing difficult conditions

Guyana is home to an estimated 24,500 refugees and migrants from Venezuela, including some 2,500 indigenous Warao. Some have settled in hard-to-reach areas near the Venezuelan border and others in or around the towns of Mabaruma and Port Kaituma.

27/11/2021

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Christmas parade kicks off festivities in Bolivia

Hundreds paraded through central La Paz on Friday dressed as Christmas trees, candles, shepherds and Santas to mark the start of the holiday season.

27/11/2021

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Venezuela, Chile and Uruguay protest against gender-based violence

Women in Caracas, Santiago and Montevideo take to the streets to demand an end to violence against women on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

26/11/2021

Argentina

Maradona fan names newborn son 'Diego' after twins 'Mara' and 'Dona'

Walter Rotundo and his wife welcomed their son by caesarean on Thursday to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the football legend's death.

26/11/2021

Tech News

Woman convicted for using joke website to try to have ex whacked

A woman in the US has been convicted for using the joke website rentahitman.com to try and have her former husband killed.

26/11/2021

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Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC

There are 15 giant character balloons, 28 floats, 36 novelty and heritage inflatables, 800-plus clowns, 10 marching bands, nine performance groups.

25/11/2021

Tech News

Pentagon is launching a new UFO investigations unit

The Pentagon is launching a new unit responsible for investigating UFOs that are observed by branches of the US military.

25/11/2021

USA

US jury holds three pharmacies responsible for opioid crisis

How much the pharmacies must pay in damages will be decided by a federal judge next year.

24/11/2021

Art

Meet the woman making hyper-realistic babies every week that never cry

This Brazilian artists says the dolls take a week to make and sell for €1,200 each.

24/11/2021

Culture news

Astroworld: Who will face legal action over crowd crush disaster?

Travis Scott has been named alongside fellow rapper Drake, promoters Live Nation, and Houston venue NRG Park in legal action worth $3 billion in total.

24/11/2021

USA

Boy, 8, becomes sixth person to die from Wisconsin parade crash

An eight-year-old boy became the sixth victim to die after a man drove his SUV through a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade on Sunday.

24/11/2021

USA

Fighting gas prices, US to release 50 million barrels of oil

President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the US' strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs.

23/11/2021

Culture news

Venezuela wins Guinness record for world's largest orchestra

"If you break a string, don't stop. If you lose the score, go on by heart, but don't stop," conductor Andrés David Ascanio said before the performance.

23/11/2021

Tech News

Uber now lets you order cannabis in Canada

Uber, which also delivers alcohol through its Eats app, has had its eyes for some time on Canada’ growing cannabis market.

23/11/2021

Food and Drink

Daniel Boulud: Lyonnais chef voted winner of Best Restaurateur 2021

The 66 year old from Lyon has a two-Michelin star establishment in New York City.

23/11/2021

Culture news

Kevin Spacey ordered to pay €23 million for 'House of Cards' losses

MRC studios allege the actor halted the production of the Netflix show and required numerous rewrites as a result of sexual assault allegations.

23/11/2021

Culture news

Breakdancing opera singer makes Met Opera debut

Jakub Józef Orliński will be featured in the new opera "Eurydice" by young composer Matthew Aucoin which is set to premiere Tuesday, Nov. 23.

23/11/2021

USA

Police: Wisconsin parade-crash suspect was in a domestic disturbance

The driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in Wisconsin, killing at least five people, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute, police said.

22/11/2021

Design

Meet the 11-year-old Mexican schoolboy tattooing the people of Peubla

He's only 11 years old, but the Brandon Burgos – whose father allows him to tattoo on the condition he gets good grades at school – already has around 30 creations to his name.

22/11/2021

Mobility

NASA wants to put nuclear reactors on Moon to keep astronauts alive

Despite the various challenges involved, the US space agency is looking for a means to power its planned Moon base.

22/11/2021

Chile

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast takes lead in Chile's elections

Ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast and left-wing former student activist Gabriel Boric will run in the second round for the Chilean presidency next month.

22/11/2021

Culture news

Smooth like Butter: BTS storm American Music Awards with 3 wins

BTS tore through the AMAs like a stick of dynamite this weekend with two performances and three award wins.

22/11/2021

USA

At least 5 dead after SUV ploughs through Wisconsin Christmas parade

Officials in the Wisconsin city of Waukesha say at least five people were killed and 40 injured after an SUV drove through a Christmas parade.

22/11/2021

Money

El Salvador reveals plans to build the world's first 'Bitcoin City'

Billed as 'fully ecological' powered by geothermal energy from a volcano, El Salvador's "Bitcoin City" is the country's latest commitment to crypto.

21/11/2021

Nature

This company wants to grow billions of corals each year - on land

Coral Vita has won Prince William's Earthshot Prize for innovative coral farming.

21/11/2021