American comedian and activist Tou Ger Xiong filmed himself happily partying at a large concert in Colombia just days before his body was discovered after going on a date with a woman he met online — something the US Embassy has warned tourists against. Xiong, 50, an Asian American living […]
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An extremely rare ‘mutant’ bird that is half male and half female has been discovered in Colombia. Scientists have revealed that a bird with half its feathers green and the other blue features both male and female characteristics. The mutant honeycreeper was spotted by an amateur birdwatcher last year, who […]
[1/6]Omar Andres Camacho, Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bogota, Colombia November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez Acquire Licensing Rights BOGOTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Colombia has significantly modified the terms for its first-ever offshore wind energy auction, set to receive bids in August […]
The mayor of the town nearest the site of one of the world’s worst sporting history disasters has apologised over a freakish Christmas decoration replica model of a plane 19 footballers died on. Locals in La Union near the city of Medellin were left furious after waking up to see […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more combative approach towards drugmakers and pushing back on policies that deny cheap treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV. Experts see it as […]
Luis Díaz has scored two goals within four minutes late in the second-half to give his side a stirring 2-1 victory over Brazil in their World Cup qualifier match. The Colombia forward was playing just a few days after guerrillas freed his father, Luis Manuel Díaz Jiménez, who was kidnapped […]
Colombia has started sterilising hippos descended from animals illegally brought to the country by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. The hippos spread from Escobar’s estate into nearby rivers, where they flourished. There are now more than 100 of them, prompting the government’s plan to control the population. Two male […]
Colombia and Israel are embroiled in a furious diplomatic spat that keeps escalating. Israel has now suspended security exports to Colombia after the nation’s leader, President Gustavo Preto, compared Israel’s siege of Gaza to the actions of Nazi Germany. Preto doubled down on his criticism after Lior Haiat, the spokesperson for […]