LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fuelled by El Nino, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90% probability of persisting in the second half of 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The...
SAO PAULO, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years. The meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)...
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s fractured opposition may not agree on much ahead of an upcoming Aug. 13 primary election but it has coalesced around the need to end a dizzying system of multiple exchange rates that has spooked investors and crippled the economy. Both...
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines, who have seen jobs and wages hit by economic malaise and rampant inflation, lined up at churches on Monday to ask St. Cayetano, the patron saint of bread and labor, for employment, with some critical of politicians for not doing enough to help...
Experts said the Perucetus colossus could have weighed as much as 375 tons. A giant whale that lived almost 40 million years ago is now thought to be the heaviest animal that has ever lived, scientists said Wednesday. The Perucetus colossus — meaning the colossal whale from Peru —was even...
