International

With the Irish border issue still the main stumbling block, EU ministers will discuss holding the extraordinary summit because they no longer expect to clinch a deal at a regular gathering scheduled for October 18 to 19

Japan, situated on the “Ring of Fire” arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches that partly encircles the Pacific Basin, accounts for about 20% of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater

Japan issued evacuation advisories for more than a million people and canceled hundreds of flights as Typhoon Jebi sliced across the west on Tuesday, cutting power, overturning cars, and killing at least six people

The museum is not the first to burn down in Brazil, where public money for cultural projects has been falling after a deep recession

Roughly the size of Mexico, the Cerrado has seen about half of its native forests and grasslands converted to farms, pastures and urban areas over the past 50 years

High local unemployment has pushed farmers to grow a few square kilometers of the narcotic, as they have little choice but to grow an illegal crop

Suu Kyi’s government “contributed to the commission of atrocity crimes” by letting hate speech thrive, destroying documents, and failing to shield minorities from crimes against humanity

A Mexican NGO and the Catholic Church are working on a protocol to prevent new cases of clergy sexual abuse in the Latin American country, where hundreds of child and adult victims have been reported since the 90s

Less than three months after the 34 Chilean bishops were forced to submit their resignations due to claims of child abuse and cover-ups, last week Pennsylvania released a report detailing the extent of the same crime allegations

The four additional treatments approved by Congo’s ethics committee are Remdesivir, ZMapp, Favipiravir, and Regn3450 – 3471 – 3479