Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that...
Calls for reparations for Britain’s slave trade are rooted in dark legacy
LONDON (AP) — A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of...
Ecuador expands power cuts to 14 hours a day due to drought
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering water levels...
One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime...
The UK denies a visa to Mandela’s grandson over his support for Hamas
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The grandson of South Africa's first Black president, Nelson Mandela, said Friday the U.K. government denied him an entry visa because...
Hard-right Dutch government approves unprecedented package of measures to control migration
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The hard-right Dutch government announced unprecedented measures Friday aimed at reining in migration, including a re-introduction of border checks,...
New satellite analysis shows wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon in 2024 have destroyed an area...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — New satellite analysis shows wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon in 2024 have destroyed an area the size of Switzerland.
Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison
A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for...
Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon kills 3 journalists as they sleep
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon early Friday, a rare strike on...
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm
BAGHDAD (AP) — A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in...
