Category: World
California governor calls Trump ‘an invasive species’ at Cop30 climate talks
Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absenceUS politics live – latest updatesCalifornia’ [...]
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prisonMore than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El [...]
Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean
Expert says military action may be ‘imminent’ in Venezuela, while others suspect deployment is a negotiating tacticExplainer: Is US preparing to attac [...]
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Country explores taking part in the glitzy song contest as it distances from the US and seeks to deepen ties with EuropeWhen Canada released its feder [...]
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil hereHello comrades, this is Nina Lakhani in chill [...]
The man on a mission to save Mauritania’s ‘city of libraries’ from encroaching desert sands
Desert settlement of Chinguetti faces rising sands, dwindling tourism and insecurity due to conflict in neighbouring MaliOn a recent afternoon, 67-yea [...]
Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city
Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians [...]
French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal pardoned and to be released from prison
Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatmentThe French-Algerian writer Boualem S [...]
‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter showsBritis [...]
US ends penny-making run after more than 230 years
Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago. [...]