Urban mining transforms Brazil neighborhoods into ghost town
MACEIO, Brazil (AP) — This part of Maceio, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern Alagoas state, used to buzz with the sounds of cars, commerce and children playing. It went silent…
Boeing 737 Was Plunging at 350MPH in Moments Before Crash in China with 132 Aboard
Watch: Fire rages after Boeing 737 jet ‘crashes into mountainside’ in China A Boeing 737 airliner with 132 people aboard has crashed into a mountainous area in southern China in…
US Marines identify four dead in Norway plane crash
The four crew members were participating in Nato military exercises at the time.
Myanmar Rohingya violence is genocide, US says
A US official said the move would make it harder for the military to commit further abuses.
Morad Tahbaz: British-US national detained in Iran on hunger strike
The family of Morad Tahbaz, who has cancer, says it is distraught that Iran has not yet freed him.
Canada mosque: Worshippers stop axe wielding attacker
Police have charged a 24-year-old man in what they allege was a “hate-motivated incident”.
Tanner Brass: Canada police force in racism row over boy’s death
But Heather Bear, Vice-Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, said: “If these officers showed up to a domestic dispute call involving a young white family, knowing that an…
Canada ‘Sixties Scoop’: Indigenous survivors map out their stories
Thousands of indigenous children in Canada were forcibly removed from their families between the 1950s and 1980s, in what is known as the “Sixties Scoop”. They were put into non-indigenous…
New Christmas campaign for Canadians held in China
Held on national security charges, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are widely seen as political bargaining chips, arrested just days after Canada detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of…