Opinion

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park is one of the jewels in Colombia's tourism crown. But armed groups call the shots in this corner of paradise.

On a sunny afternoon, Shina Shabso was busy making traditional cheese pastries for a wedding on Israel's border with Lebanon, the celebration in the Circassian village of Rehaniya a much-needed break from weeks of war.

Already reeling from the effects of conflict in the Middle East, Asia is now facing the prospect of strong El Nino conditions that could spike energy demand, sap hydropower, and damage crops.

Wales has been a Labour Party stronghold for well over a century. But that is set to end in crunch polls on Thursday as impatient Britons abandon their old political loyalties for anti-establishment parties amid persistent cost-of-living pressures.

The Almaraz plant, which contributes around seven percent of Spain's electricity production, is slated to close in 2028 as part of the leftist government's plan to shut all nuclear reactors by 2035.