Rising temperatures due to global climate change have reduced Colombia’s glaciers with almost 20% over the past six years, according to the country’s meteorological institute.

Of the 45 square kilometers of tropical glaciers registered in the country in 2010, only 37 were left in the last survey, IDEAM glaciologist Jorge Luis Ceballos told 

The latest survey confirmed previous estimates that Colombia will be without any icy peaks on its Andes mountains within approximately 25 years.

Despite decades of tobacco control policies, population growth has seen an increased number of smokers, it warned.
Researchers said mortality could rise further as tobacco companies aggressively targeted new markets, especially in the developing world.     

The Global Burden of Diseases report was based on smoking habits in 195 countries and territories between 1990 and 2015. It found that nearly one billion people smoked daily in 2015 - one in four men and one in 20 women.

Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball added: "Of course this is an extremely difficult situation for the players.

"But they are professionals, and I am convinced that they will put that away and will bring their performance on Wednesday."

Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in "slave markets" in Libya

 says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Migrants with skills such as painting or tiling would have higher prices also other people, were taken to places lots to be sold.

Libya has been in chaos since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 backed by NATO.

Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office ordered political leaders from Putumayo on Tuesday to give testimony on the flooding that destroyed large parts of the department’s capital in spite of early warnings.

The mayor of Mocoa, the governor of Putumayo and the director of regional environmental authority Corpoamazonas will all have to appear before prosecutors.
The Prosecutor General’s Office will investigate whether the regional authorities carry any criminal responsibility for the natural disaster that has left 290 confirmed dead with scores still missing.

Local media reported Tuesday that Corpoamazonas had warned the local authorities about the threat of flash floods because Pacific weather phenomenon was to coincide with the country’s traditional rainy season.

Additionally, national meteorological institute IDEAM had warned about the possibly disastrous effects of “La Niña” in July last year already.