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In 1987, a well digging for water in Bourakebougou, a town north of Bamako, the capital of Mali, turned up a strange deposit. It was a dry well, but it emitted a gas. An unsuspecting worker peered into the borehole opening with a lit cigarette and an explosion burned his face and started a fire that raged for several days, journalist Eric Hand told Science magazine in February 2023.

Latin American leaders, dismayed by the wave of violence by armed groups, express solidarity with President Daniel Noboa.

(Sao Paulo) - The administration led by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has made important progress in the protection of the Amazon, women's rights, and other rights during 2023, but has failed to tackle the chronic problem of police abuse or defend human rights consistently abroad, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its&

(Washington, DC, January 11, 2024) - The United States government adopted important rights-respecting policies in 2023 but these policies did not reverse the overall deteriorating human rights situation in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Analysts have on Thursday maintained crude palm oil (CPO) price forecasts amid falling stockpiles in Malaysia.

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced on Thursday that reigning women's strawweight champion Zhang Weili of China will defend her title against compatriot Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300.

A view of an illegal road made during the deforestation of the Yari plains, Caqueta, Colombia, March 3, 2021. /CFP

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d'Ivoire upon invitation from January 13 to 18, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Thursday.

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday condemned the recent rash of violence in Ecuador, but said he was confident the crisis of crime and instability in the South American country was "transitory."