Police surround home of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández

US places extradition request for Hernández on drug-trafficking charges. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Police surround home of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández [Special Forces Police block a street near the house of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Feb. 14, 2022.] Credit: Elmer Martinez/AP Honduras Police have surrounded the home of former President Juan Orlando Hernández in the Honduran capital after a request by the US for his extradition on charges of being involved in a drug-trafficking ring. The US says that Hernández [took bribes from drug cartels]( and facilitated the safe passage of drugs through Honduras. He has also been named a "co-conspirator" in the trial of convicted drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramírez, and accused of working with his brother, Tony Hernández, who was sentenced in the US last year to life in prison for drug trafficking. Juan Orlando Hernández has denied the charges. Authorities are trying to prevent Hernández from escaping while they [await an official arrest warrant](. Canada Canadian police [cleared protesters]( near crossings at the US-Canada border after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implemented the Emergencies Act in response to demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The Ambassador Bridge between the US and Canada, which was blocked for nearly a week by demonstrators, impacting trade between the two countries, reopened on Sunday. The leader of Ontario has announced that he plans to drop vaccine passport requirements on March 1 if the province's COVID-19 hospitalization rates continue to improve. Meanwhile, Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly resigned on Tuesday amid criticism of his department's inaction against the protests. The Canadian government is also taking steps to [stop financial support]( for illegal protests. France The first [noise radars]( have been put in place to curb noise pollution in Paris. They are meant to measure the noise level of moving vehicles and identify their license plate numbers. If the equipment works accurately, French authorities will officially approve the use of the radars by the end of the year and start issuing [fines to motorists by early 2023](. Similar equipment was installed in Nice and Lyon, as well as the Ile-de-France region around Paris, last month. A study done by Money.co.uk last December based on European Environment Agency data revealed that Paris is one of Europe’s noisiest cities, with road traffic noise at 55 decibels or higher. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Kenyan environmentalists protest proposed forest bill amendments]( [Ngong Hills, Ngong, Kenya]( Credit: Rotsee2/CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons A new bill proposed this month in Kenya’s Parliament threatens the future of forests. The bill would amend a crucial part of Kenya’s Forest Act of 2005, which strengthened protections for the forests and helped stop the [illegal acquisition]( of public forest lands. [Catalonia pardons women accused of witchcraft 400 years ago]( [The small town of Viladrau is known for having the biggest witch hunt in Catalonia. Between 1618 and 1622, 14 women were accused of witchcraft and hanged.]( Credit: Lucía Benavides/The World Last month, the regional Catalan government in northeast Spain passed a resolution to pardon up to [1,000 people executed for witchcraft]( in Catalonia 400 years ago. Witch hunts had relied heavily on accusations from neighbors who were desperate for scapegoats whenever bad luck struck the town — such as crop failures, sudden diseases or natural disasters. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bright spot A new exhibition at the British Museum in London intends to unravel some of the mysteries behind the famous Stonehenge structure, bringing together more than 430 objects from across Europe. It also includes [Seahenge](, a circle of oak posts made 4,000 years ago that was uncovered on an English beach in 1998. [A member of staff dusts 4,000-year-old Bronze Age logs from the timber circle known as Seahenge, from Norfolk, England, on display at the 'The World of Stonehenge' exhibition at the British Museum in London, Feb. 14, 2022.] [Credit: Alastair Grant/AP]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [In case you missed it from The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.