Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to ...

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Ball Lightning Ball lightning is one of the most enigmatic weather phenomena known to man. It occurs globally, particularly ...

Speaking to lawmakers in a Congressional hearing yesterday, Deputy Finance Minister Juanita Villaveces said that the government is seeking to raise COP 1.063tn ($252mn) to finance domestic problems ...

Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance ...

The Holy Father also expressed profound concern about the situation in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, where armed conflicts have forced over 30,000 people from their homes. “I express my ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years ...

The conflict in the rural Catatumbo region, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold, has left at least 80 people dead and 40,000 others displaced over the past 10 days, ...

Police patrol in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region.

The mountains of Catatumbo in eastern Colombia are so dangerous that the police and army generally don’t stray far from their barracks for fear of snipers.

However, it applies only to the rural Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, where the Colombian state has struggled for decades to gain a foothold. In the past week, at least 80 people ...

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