May 17 (Reuters) – Smoke blanketed the skies over much of Alberta on Wednesday as firefighters from Canada and the U.S. battled raging wildfires that have prompted evacuations, disrupted rail service and shut energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province. … Read More
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that the four children had been located and were in good health. Hours later, he clarified that the youngsters’ location remains unknown. Andrea Blanco reports Seventeen days after a small aircraft crashed in the Colombian … Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene unveiled articles of impeachment against President Biden on Thursday over his handling — or lack thereof — of the crisis at the southern border. “It is with the highest amount of solemn Monday that … Read More
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (Reuters) – The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as “good news for the world,” a day before Russia could have quit the … Read More
Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a number of cells they claim were working with Iranian security services in recent months. At least seven individuals were arrested by Azerbaijani authorities on charges of attempting to carry out a coup to establish a … Read More
Twenty-one rivers burst their banks after heavy storms across country cause landslides and submerge villages Nine people have died and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after heavy storms wreaked havoc in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, causing … Read More
Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the opposition-controlled parliament amid an impeachment trial. He had been accused of turning a blind eye to alleged embezzlement and was facing an imminent vote that could have ousted him from office. Mr Lasso, … Read More
Twitter’s decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales told the BBC his organisation had spent two and a half years in court to avoid similar … Read More
Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitive Books about the Tiananmen Square massacre, Hong Kong protest movements, and other subjects deemed politically sensitive by Beijing have been removed from the former British colony’s public libraries … Read More
May 16 (UPI) — The European Council on Tuesday formally adopted a pair of rules designed to regulate the cryptocurrency market. The council announced it adopted updated regulations, formalizing the Markets in Crypto-Assets law, or MiCA, which introduces a “harmonized … Read More