1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (888+ words) Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the “Battery of Southeast Asia”, powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. Exports of electricity to neighbouring countries including Thailand and Vietnam are…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (517+ words) Britain’s government on Monday condemned as “thuggish” hundreds of demonstrators who blocked roads vowing to prevent asylum seekers leaving the southern English city of Portsmouth after they arrived by small boat. The protest on Sunday night was the second significant…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (292+ words) An explosion at an army barracks in Bolivia on Friday killed at least two people and injured 59, police said. Fireworks were stored at the base in Viacha, southwest of Bolivia’s administrative capital La Paz, but the exact cause of the…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (427+ words) A car bomb exploded in front of a police station in Mexico overnight Sunday, wounding seven people, authorities said. The blast happened in Ojocaliente in the state of Zacatecas, where Mexico’s two largest drug cartels are fighting for control of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (324+ words) Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by US immigration authorities and is facing deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. Yiannopoulos was an early supporter of Donald Trump and has voiced support for the president’s immigration crackdown, but…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (696+ words) The highly anticipated Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archives Gold Foil Edition lands in Australia as Bruce Russell arrives to share the story behind bourbon’s newest collector’s release SYDNEY, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — After months of anticipation from whiskey enthusiasts and collectors around…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (496+ words) A Mexican state governor, who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges, announced Saturday that he was stepping down again, one day after returning to office. Sinaloa governor Ruben Rocha Moya shared a document on X asking…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (715+ words) The governor of Mexico’s violence-plagued Sinaloa state, who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges announced Friday he had resumed office after a nearly four-month absence to fight the allegations. In a long post on X, Ruben…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (924+ words) GCI estimates 174.3 billion qualifying illegal stream views globally across the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with 95% carrying advertising for unregulated gambling HENDERSON, Nev., Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gaming Compliance International (GCI) today releases its first complete global measurement of illegal streaming across the 2026 FIFA…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (504+ words) The working group set up to examine the sustainability of the social security system on Tuesday advocated adopting occupational pension schemes with automatic enrolment and an opt-out. According to the group’s coordinator, Jorge Bravo, this measure would be important «to…...