By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian authorities on Sunday reached a tentative deal with an indigenous group in the Pacific province of British Columbia that could end solidarity protests across Canada that have been blocking rail lines and roads for weeks. Activists have disrupted passenger and freight traffic to show solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en […]
BRASILIA (REUTERS) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro approved a 24 per cent cut to the environment budget for 2021 from last year’s level, according to official numbers published on Friday (April 23), just one day after he vowed to increase spending to fight deforestation. Speaking on Thursday – Earth Day – to the summit organised by […]
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s already tenuous economic lifelines to the outside world are now nearly severed as it seals its borders with China and Russia to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Already one of the most closed-off countries in the world, North Korea has stopped airline flights and train […]
