Indigenous Peoples Day is about honor, healing and survival

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Maulian Bryant is the executive director of the alliance and a...

Venezuela’s Maduro lashes out at Machado, calls Nobel Peace Prize winner a ‘demonic witch’

CARACAS, Oct 13 — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday branded opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a “demonic witch,” two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee had named Machado as the winner, citing...

Argentine Jewish sportscaster's hostage speech 

An emotional moment on live Argentine television: Jewish sportscaster Hernán Feller, whose aunt Ofelia Roitman was freed from Hamas captivity in November 2023, delivered a powerful speech as more hostages returned home. “I dreamed of this day for...

Colombian Coastal Communities Join Scientists To Protect Endangered Hammerheads

Scoophead Shark, Sphyrna media, a small species of hammerhead shark confined to the coastal waters of Central America. Released Specimen. Isla Chepillo, Rio Bayano, Panama. Andy Murch It was early morning, the sky still painted in soft grays, and...

Venezuela’s Maduro calls Nobel winner Machado ‘demonic witch’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday branded opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a “demonic witch,” two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee had named Machado as the winner, citing the 58-year-old’s...

Is Rubio finally powerful enough to topple Venezuela's regime?

It appears that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is emerging victorious in the internal Trump administration battle over the direction of U.S. policy toward Venezuela. The New York Times reported on Oct. 6 that White House special envoy Richard...

Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration brings together community and culture

Organized by community leader Edward Marte since 2002, the event invited community members to celebrate Hispanic culture through food, dance and music. The Binghamton community celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday across the street from...

Trump calls Christopher Columbus an 'American hero' hours before Indigenous People's Day begins

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Oct. 13, a holiday that many have adopted to acknowledge Native Americans’ perspective of colonization, the president signed a lengthy proclamation to re-honor the controversial historical figure(Image: Getty...

A Taste of Colombia in Phnom Penh

Ramij Jafet Herrera Chantre poses for a photo with Colombian flag. Photo by Sao Phal Niseiy PHNOM PENH — Beneath the golden glow of the Royal Palace, the aroma of roasted beans drifts from a small corner café that smells not of Cambodia, but of...

BYD opens mega factory in Brazil

By Helio Rocha in Juiz de Fora, Brazil | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-10-13 10:03 Brazilian President Lula and BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu celebrate the official start of operations in Camacari, Brazil on Oct 9. Provided to China Daily A crowd of...

Australian mining giants are rolling into Brazilian towns to extract rare earth elements. Locals are worried

The talk of the town in the two Brazilian communities of Poços de Caldas, population 163,000, and its smaller neighbour Caldas, home to 14,000 residents, is rare earth elements. The southern region of the mining state of Minas Gerais holds an...

Paramount to shut MTV’s music channels as part of $500 million global cost cuts 

MTV will stop airing its 24-hour pop video channels in the UK after 40 years, marking the end of an era for music television. According to the BBC, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live will cease broadcasting after 31 December 2025....

10 Artists Who Painted Other Artists

1. Wassily Kandinsky by Gabriele Münter Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter were key figures of the Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) movement, beginning their collaboration before the group’s founding. Münter enrolled in Kandinsky’s art school in...

Honouring Belize’s Maya and Garifuna on Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance Day

The culture, stories, and traditions of Indigenous peoples take centre stage across the Americas today, October 12th, as the Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance Day. It is a day that celebrates survival, culture, and strength, and the enduring legacy...

Maduro calls Nobel winner Machado a demonic witch in Venezuela

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has branded opposition leader Maria Corina Machado a demonic witch just two days after she won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee named Machado the winner for her tireless work...

"Going home with a full heart" - Simone Biles pens warm message as she shares highlights of trip to Argentina with former coach Laurent Landi

Simone Biles participated in her first gymnastics related event in Argentina after her last competitive participation at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Biles was present in Buenos Aires to give an inspirational speech, after the city was designated as...

DigiPlus halts Brazil online gaming platform, says preparing for local game in early 2026

Philippines-listed and -licensed online gaming operator DigiPlus Interactive Corp announced on Friday what it described as a “strategic pause” of its first Brazilian brand, GamePlus. The suspension of operations took effect immediately. The...

Who is setting fire to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil ?

SAO FELIX DO XINGU: Ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon use a cheap worker nicknamed Red John to clear their pastures with fire. This practice leaves behind blackened earth and charred trees while threatening the planet’s largest tropical forest....

This tiny Caribbean island is the next big thing in wellness

Mustique is the super-exclusive Caribbean hideaway that’s famous for being the place that one per-centers let their hair down. Princess Margaret scandalised high society in the Seventies by frolicking here with her toy boy Roddy Llewellyn. A...

MTV shuts down iconic music channels after 44 years: Full list of channels closing, reasons revealed

Paramount Global will shut down five MTV music channels worldwide by December 31, 2025, citing changing viewer habits and major cost-cutting measures. MTV, the channel that once redefined how the world experienced music, is officially pulling the...