BRITISH Columbia declared a state of emergency on Sunday after thousands of people in the western Canadian province were ordered to flee a fastmoving wildfire that nearly doubled in size overnight. The Bald Range wildfire was burning out of...
EUROPE is again embroiled in a contentious debate about immigration. On Wednesday, European interior ministers met for a European Unionwide crisis meeting on borders. This followed days of accusations, recriminations and infighting...
MARCIO Karai straddles a tree trunk near his home on the outskirts of Brazil’s Sao Paulo, setting a small cube before him. The wooden box will serve as a new hive for a colony of native Mirim stingless bees, a species he and his indigenous...
THE reported agreement by Hamas to a ‘‘complete disarmament’’ has renewed speculation about what a future beyond war might look like for Gaza. It has also left many unanswered questions. Under the roadmap negotiated through United States...