Nov 20 Sources: Brazil withheld deforestation data ’til COP26’s end By Débora Álvares, Associated Press Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Joaquim Leite both knew the Amazon region’s annual deforestation rate had surged before the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, but kept results quiet to avoid hampering negotiations, according to three Cabinet ministers who… Continue reading
Nov 19 Canadian province sets gas, travel restrictions after floods By Associated Press Provincial Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said non-essential vehicles will be limited to about 8 gallons (30 liters) per trip to the gas station. Continue reading
Nov 19 What drives high-profile disappearances in China By Associated Press Control over the press and social media allows Chinese authorities to keep word of disappearances quiet and to stonewall critics, although such news often gradually surfaces through underground and foreign sources. Continue reading
Nov 19 Bowing to protests, India’s Modi agrees to repeal farm laws By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise decision, in a televised national address, came ahead of elections early next year in key states that are significant agricultural producers and where his Bharatiya Janata Party is eager to shore up its support. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 8:33 Culture of silence, fear and government corruption exacerbate Honduras’ drug problem By Tania Rashid, Neil Brandvold Honduras will hold elections in 10 days. While President Juan Orlando Hernandez is not on the ballot, he may soon be in the running for a U.S. federal drug trafficking indictment. As special correspondent Tania Rashid and producer-videographer Neil Brandvold… Continue watching
Nov 18 State of emergency in British Columbia with more deaths expected following floods, mudslides By Jim Morris, Rob Gillies, Associated Press Every major route between the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, where Canada's third largest city of Vancouver is located, and the interior of the province has been cut by washouts, flooding or landslides following record-breaking rainfall. Continue reading
Nov 18 China tennis star’s email raises doubt over safety concerns By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press A Chinese professional tennis player not seen in public since she accused a former top government official of sexual assault purportedly sent an email claiming she was safe and that the allegation was false. Continue reading
Nov 18 New Delhi’s air still ‘very poor’ despite emergency measures By Associated Press Air pollution remains extremely high in the Indian capital a day after authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut some power stations to reduce smog that has blanketed the city for much of the month. On Thursday, New Delhi's air quality… Continue reading
Nov 18 Hong Kong declares wild boars fair game after animal attacks By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hong Kong authorities have had enough of wild boars. An increasing number of attacks by the animals including one that bit a police officer last week have triggered an operation in a district less than half an hour's drive from… Continue reading
Nov 17 Afghanistan on the brink of `humanitarian catastrophe,’ UN envoy says By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press But she told the U.N. Security Council that a humanitarian catastrophe “is preventable,” saying the main cause is financial sanctions on the Taliban, who took over the country Aug. 15. Continue reading