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Latin America

April 25, 2025
Poor Nigerians and World Bank
April 22, 2025

From Argentina to Arab world, leaders pay last respects to Pope Francis

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates, extended his “deepest condolences to Catholics around the world.”

Trump, Javier Milei, Mark Rutte, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Narendra Modi, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates,
April 22, 2025

Rudolf Okonkwo: How you can be the next Pope if you’re a Catholic male

History will remember Pope Francis for trying to reform the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis
April 21, 2025

CAN pays tribute to Pope Francis, commends his legacy of compassion, justice

Mr Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Catholic Church and the first from Latin America, passed away on Easter Monday. 

Image of Pope used to illustrate the story.
March 8, 2025

UN emergency fund releases $110 million for neglected humanitarian crises in Africa, others

The funds will also bolster aid responses in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Honduras, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Venezuela, and Zambia.

United Nations
February 11, 2025

Cocaine not worse than whiskey; should be legalised globally: Colombian President Petro

Mr Petro made this call in a ministerial meeting televised live on Tuesday, arguing that cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America.

Gustavo Petro.
January 14, 2025

Pope Francis releases historic autobiography ‘Hope: The Autobiography’

Enriched by unpublished photographs and personal anecdotes, the memoir offers a rare glimpse into Pope Francis’s private and public life.

Pope Francis' 'Hope: The Autobiography'
December 13, 2024

68 journalists killed in 2024: UNESCO

More than 60 per cent of these killings occurred in countries experiencing conflict – the highest percentage in over a decade, according to UNESCO’s new data.

Collage of killed journalists
December 11, 2024

Birth Registration: UNICEF says 150 million children still ‘invisible’

A new report from UNICEF reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the “invisible” millions of babies each year who go unregistered.

Babies
June 7, 2024

Russia’s economy growing despite West’s ‘illegitimate sanctions,’ Putin says

According to Mr Putin, around three-quarters of foreign trade is now conducted with countries that are friendly to Russia.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin