The Darién Gap is a stretch of jungle spanning the border between Colombia and Panama, the only missing section of the Pan-American Highway that stretches from Alaska to southern Argentina. For good reason, it used to be considered impenetrable. But in 2023, a record 520,000 people crossed it heading northwards,
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Brazil court fines execs, firms $50 mn for deadly metro cave-in
A Brazilian court fined executives and companies including French transportation giant Alstom nearly $50 million for a 2007 collapse at a subway construction site that killed seven people, in a ruling seen by AFP Saturday. A judge for the Sao Paulo state court of justice ordered six then-directors of the municipal
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Deadly Israeli shelling near Gaza hospital
Israeli shelling near a southern Gaza hospital has killed 41 people over the past two days, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, after Israel stepped up its attacks in the centre and south of the besieged territory. The UN humanitarian office said Thursday that an estimated 100,000 more displaced people had arrived