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29 May, 2026 0

Large icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, on August 16, 2019

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to…
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29 May, 2026 0

Deal reached to export LNG to Germany 

Canada has reached a deal to export liquefied natural gas to Germany from a planned Pacific coast terminal, an official familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The official confirmed that Canada…
29 May, 2026 0

Guyana-born former head of Iowa school district sentenced to 2 years for falsely claiming to be US citizen

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.
28 May, 2026 0

Gov’t unveils US$75m investment in highway through the Amazon

Brazil’s government announced yesterday that it will invest US$75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation…
28 May, 2026 0

Water shortages worsen as oil supplies dwindle

Nearly three million Cubans experience water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a US energy blockade, authorities said late Wednesday during a…
28 May, 2026 0

Ghana begins repatriating citizens due to anti-immigration tensions

The first group of around 300 Ghanaian nationals flew to their country yesterday, as their government began a voluntary repatriation programme for its citizens in response to anti-immigration tensions…
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28 May, 2026 0

Rights group: US deported Cubans, Venezuelans into cartel danger

The Trump administration has deported nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and other nationals to Mexico, where they are vulnerable to cartel violence in an unfamiliar country, a report by Human Rights…
28 May, 2026 0

Nation set to join other LatAm countries with 5-day workweek

Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours after the lower house of the Brazilian parliament approved a constitutional amendment establishing a 40-hour,…