world news Mystery bidder pays €23m euros for Bezos rocket space flight A mystery bidder has pledged €23 million to win an auction for the last seat on a space rocket with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 13/06/2021
USA Lobster diver injured after getting caught in humpback whale's mouth 'I'm in a whale's mouth... and he's trying to swallow me,' Michael Packard said to himself after feeling a huge bump in waters off Cape Cod. 12/06/2021
USA US probe into Trump officials' seizure of Democrats' Apple data The Justice Department has launched an investigation after it was revealed that Donald Trump's administration forced Apple to hand over phone data on leading Democrats. 12/06/2021
USA Teen who recorded Floyd's arrest and murder wins Pulitzer nod Darnella Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world" the Pulitzer Prizes said. 11/06/2021
USA Joe Biden visits Europe on first overseas trip as US President Biden first travels to Britain to attend the G7 summit and then Brussels for a NATO summit. He will cap off his week with a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva. 09/06/2021
Nicaragua Nicaragua arrests 2 more potential challengers to President Ortega It takes the number of opposition pre-candidates for the Nov. 7 elections detained in the past week to four. 09/06/2021
no comment Activists protest new tar sands pipeline in Northern Minnesota Hundreds of environmental activists, including actress Jane Fonda, gather to protest the construction of a Tar Sands pipeline in Northern Minnesota before clashing with the police 08/06/2021
Health Breakthrough or hype? US approves much-debated new Alzheimer's drug US health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer's disease. Many experts are unconvinced. 08/06/2021
no comment Aerial images of the Santiago General Cemetery as Chile virus deaths rise Aerial images of the Santiago General Cemetery, Chile's oldest and one of the largest in Latin America with an estimated two million graves over 85 hectares 08/06/2021
no comment Statue of Residential Schools architect toppled by protesters in Toronto The statue of Egerton Ryerson, commonly known as the architect of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada, was toppled after a protest in Toronto. 07/06/2021
Mexico Mexico president appears to hold key majority in elections President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party will have to rely on votes from its allies in the Workers Party and Green Party, but together they were expected to capture between 265 and 292 seats in the 500-seat chamber. 07/06/2021
USA US federal judge overturns California assault weapon ban A federal judge overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, saying it violated people's right to bear arms. 05/06/2021
Brazil Energy-starved Rio favela enjoys solar panels on World Environment Day Many poor neighbourhoods aren't properly connected to Brazil's energy grid, making electricity hard to access and expensive to connect to. 05/06/2021
USA Donald Trump has Facebook ban extended until at least January 2023 "We believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available." 04/06/2021
