What to know about the looming deadline on North American free trade
The US, Canada and Mexico are staring down a 1 July deadline to decide the future of a long-standing North American free trade pact....
Dogs, drones and sound detectors: How rescuers search for quake survivors
Rescuers pictured searching through rubble in La Guaira, which has been devastated by last week’s earthquakes
The 96-hour window during which survivors were most likely...
‘I buried my parents one day after the other’ – Ebola mourners learn how to grieve safely
Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, a city in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, is much busier...
‘They came with machetes’ – deadline looms for migrants to leave South Africa
South Africa has become a hostile place for undocumented migrants, as a deadline set by protesters for them to leave the country approaches.
“I am...
Delhi’s temperature showed 43.5C. Why did it feel hotter?
For several weeks now, the Indian capital, Delhi, has been battling a severe heatwave, with temperatures routinely rising above 40C. The real feel, the...
