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Ecuador, Peru pick presidents under strict virus measures

QUITO, Ecuador — Voters in Ecuador and Peru cast ballots for new presidents Sunday, observing strict public health measures amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in both countries that have prompted the return of lockdowns and heightened concerns ...

Ecuador picks conservative for president; Peru eyes runoff

QUITO, Ecuador — A conservative businessman seemed headed to Ecuador's presidency, with voters rejecting the leftist movement started by former President Rafael Correa more than a decade ago. And in neighboring Peru, it remained unclear which of 18 ...

Prince Philip: The Vanuatu tribes mourning the death of their 'god'

For decades, two villages on the Vanuatuan island of Tanna have revered the Duke of Edinburgh as a god-like spiritual figure. A formal mourning period is now underway, and tribespeople ...

Myanmar's military is charging families $85 to retrieve bodies of relatives killed in crackdown

CNN

CNN

At least 82 people were killed Friday in Bago, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Yangon, after the city was "raided" by the military's security forces, said advocacy group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).

Prince Philip: Special service held at Canterbury Cathedral

A remembrance service for the Duke of Edinburgh is being held in Canterbury Cathedral as the UK observes a period of official mourning. It is being led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who is also expected to officiate at Prince Philip's funeral ...

Uganda, Tanzania, oil firms sign accords to build $3.5 billion pipeline

Independent

Reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda, Tanzania and oil firms Total and CNOOC on Sunday signed agreements that will kickstart the construction of a $3.5 billion crude pipeline to help ship crude from fields in western Uganda to international markets. France's Total ...

Nightly prayers at the mosque? Big iftars? Vaccines? Ramadan 2021 brings decisions for Muslims.

While the start of quarantine last Ramadan shut down everything normal about the holy month, for Karim Amin it also brought an unexpected heightened spirituality and creative intensity. "It hurt not to be around everybody [last spring], but we did a lot of dope ...

Markus Söder joins German chancellor race

His rival is Armin Laschet who had already said he would stand. Mr Laschet is the recently elected leader of Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and current premier of Germany's most populous ...

Why India's forest fires are worrying scientists

"Not just the pine trees that are highly prone to fires, even the oak forests are burning and that means the situation is quite serious." Locals in areas worst-affected ...

More Bloodshed in Myanmar as Crackdown on Coup Protests Continues

The New York Times

The New York Times

The Myanmar military's bloody crackdown on the nationwide resistance to its rule showed no sign of easing on Sunday, with a human rights group reporting that the death toll across the country had passed 700. The security forces killed 82 people in a single ...