Americas

Nature

These cute pufflings are making a comeback despite climate change

Researchers say the birds’ resilience in the face of ocean heating shows the complexity of climate change impacts on ecosystems.

31/08/2023

USA

Donald Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case

Former president faces multiple criminal indictments that could see him jailed and banned from public office for life.

31/08/2023

USA

Trump: The uncomfortably necessary figure in the Republican Party

Although Trump's shadow continues to loom over the Republican candidates, there is a broad understanding that the former president remains key to winning the party's primaries.

31/08/2023

Culture news

Colombia extradites luxury bag designer to US over illegal leathers

She's designed luxury purses for the likes of Britney Spears and Victoria Beckham. Now Nancy Gonzalez faces a 25-year prison sentence for using allegedly illegal animal skins.

31/08/2023

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Hurricane Idalia sweeps through Florida causing flooding and damage

It was a day of flooding, high winds and damage to trees and buildings as Hurricane Idalia swept across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

31/08/2023

USA

USA: Storm Idalia decends on North Carolina after lashing Florida

Tropical Storm Idalia descended on the Carolinas on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction throughout the Southeast that stretched back to its landfall as a hurricane in Florida.

31/08/2023

USA

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up again

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington.

31/08/2023

Europe Decoded

In Brazil, the EU's deforestation law has many skeptics

The new EU law to ban imports of products that drive deforestation has been cheered by people across the continent but on the other side of the Atlantic, fears are growing it will disproportionately impact small farmers and lead to deforestation in less protected areas.

31/08/2023

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Watch: NYC transport disrupted after 127-year-old water main bursts

Watch: Workers clear up after a 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station as well as leaving a big hole at the intersection of 40th Street and Seventh Avenue.

31/08/2023

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Watch: 'Breaking Bad' stars picket outside of Sony

Bryan Cranston called on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to return to negotiations with screen actors on Tuesday.

31/08/2023

USA

Hurricane Idalia's landfall brings 'life-threatening' storm surges

Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis provided on Wednesday morning the most recent update regarding Hurricane Idalia, which had initially intensified to a Category 4 hurricane but has subsequently been downgraded to a Category 3 storm.

30/08/2023

Culture news

Chess grandmasters settle cheating allegations over anal beads

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann settled a defamation lawsuit after accusations he cheated in a match using anal beads.

30/08/2023

Culture news

Cast of 'Breaking Bad' reunite on picket line for actors strike

Yet another week brings even more celebrity-packed picket lines, as the cast and writers of 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul' join the protest.

30/08/2023

Culture news

Shakira to be honoured with Video Vanguard Award at 2023 MTV VMAs

The VMAs will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on 12 September.

30/08/2023

USA

From President to defendant: Donald Trump on trial

Criminal and civil trials are heavy on Trump's agenda for 2024 but the former president, still pleading his innocence, continues to be the favourite candidate for Republican voters ahead of the US presidential elections

30/08/2023

Living

Native tribes are inspiring each other at these summer climate camps

Native nations on the frontlines of climate change have created a ‘supporting web’ to share knowledge and access US funds.

29/08/2023

Climate

Atlantic Niño could increase ‘major hurricane risk’ study finds

‘El Niño’s little brother’ could increase powerful storms, researchers warn.

29/08/2023

Culture news

Archaeologists unearth tomb of 3000-year-old priest in Peru

The finding took place in the area of Chota, Cajamarca province, where the Pacopampa archaeological project is being developed.

29/08/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The Fab Four (almost) bow out of performing live

On this day in 1966, the Beatles performed in public for the very last time - despite still being at the top of their game.

29/08/2023

Chile

American man stolen at birth reunites with his birth mother in Chile

Thousands of families in Chile are still searching for answers regarding their missing children taken during the Pinochet regime. One son managed to locate his biological mother after forty-two years apart.

28/08/2023

Health news

Wolbachia wonder bug could stop mosquitoes causing dengue fever

Honduras is the latest country to try beating the tropical disease by releasing lab-grown mosquitoes infected with the bacteria.

28/08/2023

Health news

New brain-computer interfaces help paralysed patients to speak again

Two “groundbreaking” brain-computer interfaces are being tested on paralysed people who lost the ability to speak.

28/08/2023

Nature

Meet the groups changing the ‘overwhelmingly white’ conservation world

White people have typically dominated jobs in conservation. But these groups are fighting to diversify the field.

28/08/2023

USA

Simone Biles wins a record eighth all-around national title

Simone Biles made a remarkable comeback after a two-year hiatus to capture a record eighth national title.

28/08/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-view: History is made with the first ever Gay Games

On this day in 1982, the first ever Gay Games kicked off in San Francisco, with the goal to promote the acceptance and inclusion of LGBT+ athletes in the sporting world.

28/08/2023

USA

US: White man fatally shoots three Black people at Florida store

The attack on a shopping centre in a predominately Black neighbourhood is expected to evoke fears of past shootings targeting Black Americans. Ten people were killed by a white gunman in Buffalo, New York, in 2022 while nine people were slain at a Methodist church in South Carolina in 2015

27/08/2023