WHO drops endemic nation tag to boost monkeypox fight
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said it has removed the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries in its data on monkeypox to better unify the...
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Defending the Amazon is a dangerous undertaking. Critics say Bolsonaro is making it worse
No clear explanation has yet been made for their disappearance, but Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday said he believed they had been victims of...
Journalist Dom Phillips missing in the Amazon
Journalist Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a staffer on leave from the Brazilian Indigenous National Foundation (FUNAI), have been missing for over 30 hours,...
Analysis: Brazil’s Bolsonaro appears to be taking a tougher stance on protecting the environment. Critics say it’s just lip service
Meanwhile, more than nearly 700 public servants working in the environmental sector have been let go or dismissed from their positions since 2018, according to...
Man dies in Brazilian police custody after being restrained in car filled with unknown gas
In video purportedly showing the incident on Wednesday, two federal highway police officers are seen attempting to restrain 38 year-old Genivaldo de Jesus Santos on...
The pieces of paper this nun is carrying reveal hidden stories of the border
“It’s a life, every single one of them,” Pimentel says. One of the most well-known migrant advocates in the Rio Grande Valley and director of...
Cuba’s anti-government protesters sentenced up to 30 years behind bars
“The citizens are accused of committing and provoking serious disturbances and acts of vandalism, with the purpose of destabilizing public order, collective security and citizen...
Trudeau revokes Emergencies Act, saying existing laws are enough to deal with protesters
Scenes from the Canadian trucker protests Scenes from the Canadian trucker protests A truck is towed away in front of Ottawa’s Parliament Hill on February...
Ottawa police chief is leaving his post, city officials say amid ongoing protests
“Peter Sloly and the Ottawa Police Services Board reached a mutually agreeable separation and as such Chief Peter Sloly is no longer employed with the...