Several assailants entered the Buenos Aires home of Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich on Monday and beat him An attack that badly injured Argentina’s chief rabbi has alarmed authorities in the South American nation and in Israel, raising concerns on Tuesday that it could have been prompted by antisemitism. Several assailants entered the home of Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich in the traditionally Jewish Buenos… Read more »
Whale discovered at Marajó Island should have been in Antarctica at this time of year A young humpback whale has been found dead after being washed ashore on a remote swamp in the Amazon River. The humpback whale should have migrated thousands of miles to Antarctica by this time of year, but members of the conservation group Bicho D’Água said… Read more »
New education minister admits ‘mistake’ after asking schools to film students singing the national anthem and as slogan is read Brazil’s new education minister has been forced into a humiliating retreat after he asked schools in the country to film students singing the national anthem in front of a Brazilian flag and being read the campaign slogan of new far-right… Read more »
UN security council officials clash over ‘politicised’ aid to troubled country as peace-building chief warns of ‘grim realities’ Infant mortality in Venezuela has soared by roughly 50% during the prolonged political crisis in the country. Briefing the UN security council, the UN’s political and peace building chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, depicted a devastating collapse in Venezuela’s health system. She warned that 40% of… Read more »
Brazilian environmental groups have blasted Jair Bolsonaro’s environment minister after he dismissed the murdered Amazon rain forest defender Chico Mendes as “irrelevant”. C Read more “I don’t know Chico Mendes,” the president’s environment minister, Ricardo Salles, told journalists on an interview show late Monday night, when asked about the famous Brazilian rubber tapper, union leader and environmentalist who was murdered in… Read more »
Canada’s former justice minister has resigned from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet amid allegations that the prime minister’s office pressured her to avoid prosecuting a major Canadian engineering firm. Canada unveils plan to warn of potential election meddling Read more The veterans affairs minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, released a letter announcing her resignation. She had been demoted from the post of justice minister… Read more »
Guaidó tells caravans to take food and medicine across border from Colombia but political move likely to provoke Maduro As a shipment of US aid waits in a Colombian frontier warehouse, hungry Venezuelans living nearby are wondering when they will next eat. “They should just start handing it out here,” said Jorge Arráiz, who lives on the streets in Cúcuta,… Read more »
Toronto researchers believe the drug can also help those with depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s An experimental drug that bolsters ailing brain cells has raised hopes of a treatment for memory loss, poor decision making and other mental impairments that often strike in old age. The drug could be taken as a daily pill by over-55s if clinical trials, which are… Read more »
The dam collapse in Brazil was a catastrophic event, killing hundreds of people and leaving many more missing. The disaster ravaged the site of the dam and the surrounding countryside, flooding the land with muddy waters that the dam was meant to hold back. While the dam was not meant to burst, there is clear indication by many that this… Read more »
Oscar Árias, the Costa Rican former president and Nobel peace prize laureate, has been enveloped in scandal after a sexual assault complaint was brought against him by a nuclear disarmament activist. Árias denied the allegation, saying he has never acted against the will of any woman and has fought for gender equality during his career. Árias was president of Costa Rica from… Read more »