Los Angeles / AFP Festering alongside mountains of stinking trash under the sweltering South American sun, Cateura is a long way from the conservatories of Prague or Vienna. Yet the township which grew out of Paraguay’s largest dump is gaining an unlikely reputation as a hothouse for musical talent — and for its youth orchestra that plays instruments made …

  Hitra / AFP In a peaceful bay off Norway’s Hitra island, massive nets teem with salmon destined for dinner tables worldwide — an export boon for the Nordic nation that comes with a long list of environmental side-effects. As an industry, the ocean-farming of salmon is only about 40 years old. But the harm it causes has been widely …

  Geneva / AFP The World Trade Organization on Tuesday downshifted its global trade forecast, warning that anti-globalisation rhetoric and Brexit were pushing trade growth to its slowest pace since the financial crisis. The warning comes as talks on a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and United States battle stiff opposition and as Britain’s EU exit causes …