As Brazilians pay homage to the victims of a recent dam collapse in the country’s south, a newly released video footage shows the shocking moment of the horrific incident and the ensuing powerful wave of waste that began sweeping over everything in its path. The footage, published on Friday, showed …
Read More »‘Hands off Venezuela’: Maduro slams Trump in English.
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro addressed Donald Trump in English to demand that Washington keep its “hands off” the country after the US imposed sanctions on its state oil company in recognition of Juan Guaido as president. “Donald Trump, do not get involved with Venezuela! Hands off Venezuela! Donald Trump, hands …
Read More »Brazil | Vale halts bonuses and dividend after dam deaths.
Mining giant Vale says it will curb dividends for shareholders and halt bonuses for managers. Its statement comes as it starts to investigate the dam breach in Brazil which killed 58 people. It is also setting up a committee to offer help to the victims. Rescue teams searching for 300 …
Read More »Cuba | Powerful tornado kills 3 and injures 172.
A rare and powerful tornado that struck Havana killed three people and left 172 injured, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said early Monday. Diaz-Canel, who toured the darkened streets of Havana in the pre-dawn hours visiting emergency crews, wrote on Twitter that damage to the Cuban capital from the late …
Read More »Brumadinho dam collapse: ‘Little hope’ of finding missing in Brazil
About 300 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, officials say. The break caused a sea of muddy sludge that buried the dam’s cafeteria where workers were eating lunch on Friday. Rescue teams used earth-moving machinery at the site near the town …
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