Nepal closed its marijuana dispensaries in 1973, but now lawmakers are seeking to lift a cultivation ban to create a new export revenue stream
Anthony Albanese, Australia's newly elected prime minister, was rushed to hospital last year after a four-wheel-drive slammed into his car.
Located in one of the largest and poorest favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the community garden in Manguinhos is considered the biggest in Latin America. The first seed was planted in late 2013 on a parcel of land known then as "crackolandia" because it was home to so many drug addicts. These days the garden feeds hundreds of families a month with produce that is pesticide free and affordable.
On the banks of the Ruzizi River, which separates the Democratic Republic of Congo from Burundi, the cohabitation between hippos and villagers remains tense. Since 2019, at least seven people have been killed by the large mammals, who are themselves now victims of a "mass extermination", according to environmentalists.
Iraq's Lake Hamrin, a once-vast reservoir northeast of Baghdad that is the sole source of water for irrigation across Diyala province, has nearly dried out, a senior official said Friday.
Close to 18kg of heroin, 261g of ‘Ice’ and 2g of ‘Ecstasy’ tablets were seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
Syrian authorities on Friday rejected plans by Turkey to return one million Syrian refugees to a "safe zone" on the border, state media reported.
‘As long as I’m poor, they won’t be able to trick me into paying for this’
Amnesty International has urged Yemen's Huthi rebels to free four journalists facing the death penalty for "espionage" in the war-torn country, ahead of an appeal court hearing on Sunday.
The war with Russia has been particularly painful for Odessa, even as the city has avoided the brutal ground fighting ongoing across swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine. Founded during the reign of Catherine the Great, the city -- with its baroque architecture and sandy beaches -- became emblematic of the glory days of the Russian empire and was later one of the most valuable ports during the Soviet era. And as Ukraine gained independence, Odessa maintained its deep economic, familial, and cultural ties with Russia along with its own share of accusations in recent years of harbouring pro-Kremlin sympathies. But the sentiment has changed now. "Putin and his regime, with their own hands, destroyed our relationship as a whole," says Odessa mayor Gennady Trukhanov, who was once regarded as a Kremlin sympathizer.
Millions of Bangkok voters will elect a new governor on Sunday in the first major polls since pro-democracy protests rattled Thailand's capital, with a former minister ousted in the 2014 military coup leading the race.
When Ewan McGregor first played a lightsaber-wielding Jedi hero in the much-maligned "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, he didn't feel much love from the fans.
Ingrid Betancourt, who was abducted 20 years ago while campaigning for Colombia's presidency and held captive by FARC rebels for more than six years, has withdrawn from the race for the May 29 presidential election and thrown her weight behind independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez.
It was only fitting that some of the best Dota of the Major thus far was played in front of the returning crowd.
French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected last month and is preparing the ground for parliamentary elections next month
US President Joe Biden boards plane from Joint Base Andrews as he leaves for Asia where he will visit South Korea, then Japan for the QUAD summit.
Taeden Hall started altering vintage clothes for fun, but now she's breaking down mainstream fashion stereotypes with her clothing label Gloomth and the Cult of Melancholy.
After a two-year hiatus, a tide of people once again flood the streets in Montevideo, Uruguay, to remember those who disappeared during the Uruguayan military dictatorship (1973-1985) and to demand action to find them.
The ban on wheat exports highlights the effect a rapidly warming planet has on food security – and livelihoods Farmer Surjeet Singh. Photograph: Hannah Ellis-Petersen/The Guardian
On a small hill around a dozen kilometres (seven miles) from Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, some burnt-out vehicles lie abandoned. Nearby in the woodland undergrowth are the former positions of Russian troops.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory could end Russia's war on his country, as Moscow cut gas supplies to Finland.
