Typhoon Kammuri swept through the Philippines on Tuesday, ripping rooftops from houses, knocking down power lines and leaving over half a million people huddled in evacuation centres, waiting for the storm to pass. At least one person was killed.
Canada’s provincial and territorial government leaders showed a united front on Monday in demanding more money from the federal government for healthcare and for provinces facing economic hard times.
It takes quite a bit probing through the dense thicket of information in the ongoing UK election campaign to find specific references to the Overseas Territories (OTs).
A gangster film just released in the UK incited youths with machetes to brawl at a screening which has led to it being banned from some cinemas.
Venezuela is gaining a reputation for cybercrime as the country’s deepening economic and political crisis drives thousands into the underground criminal world, according to a report released by IntSights, a global threat intelligence company.
Cuba’s government has launched a programme to combat racism, acknowledging that a problem that Fidel Castro tried to eliminate after the 1959 leftist revolution remains unresolved. Black Cubans are treated more unfairly than white ones.
Honduras former First Lady, Rosa Elena Bonilla has been sentenced to 58 years in prison for misusing government funds totalling $770,000.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sacked his "drug czar" Leni Robredo, just weeks after her appointment. Duterte's spokesman cited many reasons for her removal, including the lack of trust.
Canada’s policy of legalising cannabis use seems to have backfired because it has many warehouses piled high with unsold marijuana.
The release of manifestos by the major parties for next month’s UK general election has signalled a very important phase in the ongoing very heated and fractious election campaign.