Massive Wildfires in Texas

Massive Wildfires in Texas

Firefighting operations are currently underway to combat five active wildfires in Texas. Spanning 1.1 million acres near Amarillo, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, as named, is now Texas’s largest and most destructive fire and ranks as the largest wildfire in the...
Chaos in Ecuador: War against Drug Cartels

Chaos in Ecuador: War against Drug Cartels

On 8 January, a national state of emergency was declared in Ecuador for 60 days due to a security crisis and prison riots. The order was issued by the newly elected president Daniel Noboa after the escape of drug lord Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar from prison. ...