Spotlight On Indigenous Peoples, Guardians Of Our Planet
World Tribal Day is marked annually on August 9. The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, also known as World Tribal Day, is observed on August 9 each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s…
Ecuador, country of 18m, hit by nationwide blackout
Quito: Ecuador was plunged into a nationwide blackout on Wednesday. Around 3.15pm, the majority of Ecuadorians found themselves without power. By evening, the sound of cars honking and drivers shouting filled the streets of Quito and the port city of…
Ecuador stops waiving visas for Chinese nationals over rise in irregular migration
Ecuador‘s foreign ministry on Tuesday said that it was effectively reinstating a visa requirement for travellers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the Asian nation. The ministry, in a statement posted on social media, said that…
Top UN court to give preliminary ruling in dispute between Mexico, Ecuador over Quito embassy raid
THE HAGUE: The top United Nations court is ruling thursday on an urgent request by Mexico to order Ecuador to protect Mexican diplomatic property in the aftermath of the storming of the embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice…
Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents
LUKEVILLE: Gerston Miranda and his wife were among thousands of migrants recently arriving at this remote area on Arizona‘s southern border with Mexico, squeezing into the United States through a gap in the wall and walking overnight about 14 miles…