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Top Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga goes on trial
Top Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga goes on trial
World
by  AFP

Alleged Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga goes on trial in The Hague on Thursday, one of the last main suspects in the 1994 ethnic slaughter that shocked the world. Kabuga is one of the last top suspects for the Rwandan genocide to face justice, with 62 convicted so far.

Indigenous Brazilians hope to turn page on Bolsonaro
Indigenous Brazilians hope to turn page on Bolsonaro
World
by  AFP

Four years after President Jair Bolsonaro came to office vowing not to allow "one more centimeter" of protected Indigenous reservations in Brazil, native peoples accuse him of violent, environmentally harmful policies that have been disastrous for them and their land.

Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ian pounds Florida as monster Category 4 storm
World
by  AFP

Hurricane Ian slammed into the coast of southwest Florida as a monster Category 4 storm on Wednesday with powerful winds and torrential rains threatening "catastrophic" damage and flooding. The NHC said Ian was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 miles (240 kilometers) per hour when it made landfall and forecast "catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding in the Florida peninsula."