Category: World

More than 200 people are dead and dozens more still missing after torrential rain earlier this week.

The BBC’s Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated.

Authorities say it’s is an alarming sign of the spread of drug-trafficking violence across the nation.

Brazil’s justice minister said the homicide was “evidently politically motivated”.

Environmental authorities said they were responding to complaints of “potentially unsafe housing of wildlife”.

Various factors, including drivers becoming trapped in their cars, poor planning by officials and extreme rainfall being exacerbated by climate change are all likely to have contributed.

Model Heidi Klum unveiled her latest extravagant costume at her annual Halloween bash.

The union representing more than 30,000 striking workers endorsed the offer and will hold a ballot on Monday.

Riding under the influence is also now punishable with prison time.

Australian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as the “infinite monkey theorem”.