Vancouver Courier - News from Vancouver, Canada, Europe and the world, 24 hours a day

Vancouver -
Indigenous protesters occupy Cargill port terminal in Brazil

Indigenous protesters occupy Cargill port terminal in Brazil

Indigenous protesters in Brazil occupied a shipping terminal operated by US agricultural giant Cargill on Saturday, demanding a ban on dredging Amazon waterways.

Read more
Four lives changed by four years of Russia-Ukraine war

Four lives changed by four years of Russia-Ukraine war

Tens of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Read more
AI agent invasion has people trying to pick winners

AI agent invasion has people trying to pick winners

An onslaught of artificial intelligence agents that handle tasks from writing code to dispensing tax advice has the tech world and financial markets scrambling to pick winners and shed losers.

Read more
'Hamnet' eyes BAFTAs glory over 'One Battle', 'Sinners'

'Hamnet' eyes BAFTAs glory over 'One Battle', 'Sinners'

An offbeat political thriller, a vampire horror film and a period drama about Shakespeare will go head-to-head Sunday at the BAFTAs, Britain's biggest film awards, setting the stage for the Oscars.

Read more
Cron laments errors after Force crash to Blues in Super Rugby

Cron laments errors after Force crash to Blues in Super Rugby

Western Force coach Simon Cron has put a brave face on their second straight Super Rugby defeat, while admitting they must cut out ill-discipline and defensive errors if they want mount a serious challenge.

Read more
The Japanese snowball fight game vying to be an Olympic sport

The Japanese snowball fight game vying to be an Olympic sport

At the foot of an active volcano in northern Japan, shouts ring out, competitors size each other up and snowballs whistle through the air in a very serious game of "yukigassen" -- a sport with Olympic dreams.

Read more
'Solar sheep' help rural Australia go green, one panel at a time

'Solar sheep' help rural Australia go green, one panel at a time

Australian farmer Tom Warren's solar panels look like any other -- until you spot the dozens of sheep grazing and napping, helping the country transition to green energy and earning him a decent income while doing it.

Read more
Cuban Americans keep sending help to the island, but some cry foul

Cuban Americans keep sending help to the island, but some cry foul

In the early morning, Florida resident Gisela Salgado headed to a local store with a bag stuffed with clothes, coffee and powdered milk to send to her brother in Cuba. She was not alone.

Read more
As US pressures Nigeria over Christians, what does Washington want?

As US pressures Nigeria over Christians, what does Washington want?

US President Donald Trump's decision to put Nigeria on a blacklist for religious freedom violations has sparked high-level talks between Abuja and Washington -- but what they can agree on remains to be seen.

Read more
Dark times under Syria's Assad hit Arab screens for Ramadan

Dark times under Syria's Assad hit Arab screens for Ramadan

A Syrian prison warden screams at a group of chained, crouching inmates in a harrowing scene from one of several Ramadan television series this year that tackle the era of former ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Read more