The Brazilian Supreme Court announced it will hold a special session Thursday to consider the possible suspension of the Copa América. Brazilian national team players and staff published a letter on their social media accounts criticizing the organization of the tournament, but assuring they would still participate.
The Group of 7 (G7) will witness an economic crisis twice as big as the coronavirus crisis unless they take action on climate change, said a department head with Oxfam on Monday. The G7 member states include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States with participation from the European Union (EU).
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a political declaration, in which member states committed themselves to ending AIDS by 2030. According to the declaration, member states committed themselves to reducing annual new HIV infections to under 370,000 and annual AIDS-related deaths to under 250,000 by 2025.
Thousands gathered for a vigil in London on Tuesday to commemorate and mourn the Muslim family killed in what police said was a premeditated attack. The grieving community came together with sign spreading messages of love and tolerance. Banners could read 'Love for all, hatred for none' and 'We stand with our London family.
A vigil will be held Tuesday evening in London, Ontario, to show support for the city's Muslim community and honour the lives of four family members who were killed on Sunday in what police said was a premeditated attack because of their faith.
For the second day in a row, the Mid-south is facing a level 4 of 4 flood threat. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.
The popular Chinese socia network Weibo has blocked a number of influential cryptocurrency-related accounts. Several accounts reported that they had been denied access to their Weibo profiles over the weekend. Some posted images online, which showed a message on their accounts saying that they have violated "relevant laws and regulations".
Calama (Chile) (AFP) – Chile inaugurates Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, a vast complex dubbed Cerro Dominador in the Atacama desert that gives a boost to the country's quest for carbon-neutrality by 2050.
Taiwan has experienced one of its worst droughts in decades, with authorities limiting water supply as some reservoirs reported alarmingly low levels. The drought has threatened the island's valuable semiconductor industry, which could have global ramifications in the production of smartphones, cars and other electronic devices.
It was only when he boarded the plane that would fly him to Europe that Mratt Kyaw Thu finally felt safe for the first time since Myanmar's military coup on February 1. It had been an arduous few months for the 30-year-old journalist who quickly found himself on the military junta's wanted list for his reporting of its deadly crackdown on anti-coup protesters.
Cars line up outside a shopping mall in India's capital New Delhi where a drive-thru clinic has been set-up to administer Covid-19 vaccines. Demand is far outstripping supplies for jabs in India, with only 3.5 percent of the population fully vaccinated.
Nicaraguan authorities on Tuesday detained a third potential presidential candidate amidst a deepening crackdown by President Daniel Ortega, branded a "dictator" by the United States, ahead of elections later this year.
