From NYC to southern Ontario for fresh-air friendship
Moving from the bustle of the Bronx to sleepy small-town Ontario is a drastic change, no matter the age. But for 10-year-old twins Tomi and Tobi Oyaniran, the marathon bus ride to the North has...
Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan
Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as the strongest winds in over a century lashed part of the island. The season’s...
Italian town makes silent fireworks compulsory in an attempt to respect its town animals
Collecchio, a small town in the province of Parma in Italy only allows the use of silent fireworks in order to ensure the health of its animal residents. A large celebration always feels incomplete...
Spanish agriculture firms file arbitration claim against Venezuela
Spanish agriculture company Grupo Agroinsumos Ibero-americanos and associated firms have filed an arbitration case against Venezuela via a World Bank tribunal, seeking compensation for the 2010...
Toxic Haze Blankets Chile’s Capital with Thick Air Pollution
Authorities in Santiago, Chile, decreed an environmental alert status on Thursday due to extremely poor air quality. This is the 12th alert declared this year in the Chilean capital inhabited by...
German parliament to investigate government’s role in ‘Dieselgate’ scandal
Germany’s parliament on Thursday was to launch a probe into whether the government colluded in the engine-rigging scandal engulfing auto giant Volkswagen. The special panel, set up in the...
Video – Man charged with riding a moose
A man has just been charged with riding a moose. We’re not joking. Footage of the topless man tailgating the moose and then jumping on it was posted to YouTube in June last year. It racked up more...
Christiana Figueres nominated for post of UN secretary general
One of the chief architects of the global accord on climate change signed last year in Paris has been nominated for the post of secretary general of the United Nations. Christiana Figueres,...
