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A Canadian amusement park is threatening to euthanise 30 beluga whales after the government blocked its request to send them to China. Marineland in Ontario had hoped to offload the cetaceans to a theme park in Zhuhai, after suffering years of animal welfare concerns and financial woes. But their transfer was denied by the Canadian…

A 30-year-old woman has become the third person to die from methanol poisoning in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, as the authorities investigate the source of the tainted drinks thought to be making people ill. Bruna Araújo de Souza died after consuming a vodka drink at a bar more than a week ago, according…

Sammy AwamiBBC Africa, Antananarivo, Basillioh Rukanga and Omega RakotomalalaBBC Monitoring AFP via Getty Images Protests in major cities across Madagascar have entered their third week Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led protests against his rule. He said the nation needed…

Fifa has accused Malaysia of falsifying citizenship documents so seven foreign-born players could play for the national team. Football’s world governing body had fined and suspended the players in late September and on Monday released a report justifying its action. Fifa said the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) had forged birth certificates to make it…

Israel has deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 170 other pro-Palestinian activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid last week. Thunberg raised her fist as she was presented with flowers and cheered by dozens of supporters who had gathered at…

A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital Tirana. Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute – a father and son – were shot but…

Justin RowlattClimate Editor AFP via Getty Images Renewable energy overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity in the first half of this year – a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember. Electricity demand is growing around the world but the growth in solar and wind was…

The BBC’s Middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell and Gaza Correspondent Rushdi Abualouf talk about their memories of 7 October. Source link

The US Supreme Court begins its new term on Monday with a docket already full of potentially significant cases that could define the scope of Donald Trump’s presidential authority – and the prospect of more to come. In the eight months that Trump has been back in the White House, he has tested the limits…

Getty Images National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC in September stand guard outside Union Station. President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard into several US cities has drawn a round of legal challenges by state and local officials. Trump argues the use of federal troops is necessary to quell violence in Democratic-controlled cities,…