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Brazil environment minister blasted for calling murdered Amazon defender 'irrelevant' 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm

SAO PAULO: Brazilian environmental groups on Tuesday blasted President Jair Bolsonaro's environment minister after he dismissed the murdered Amazon rain forest defender Chico...

Arrest made in case of woman found dead in suitcase 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm

GREENWICH: An arrest has been made been made in the slaying of a 24-year-old woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase...

Tentative border deal in Congress leaves shutdown up to Trump 12 Feb 2019 - 02:12 pm

Democrats and Republicans in Congress salvaged an agreement on border security spending that depends on President Donald Trump accepting less than he’s been...

Police in Canada free 43 Mexicans from near slavery 11 Feb 2019 - 11:46 pm

Montreal: Forty-three Mexicans duped in immigration scams have been freed after being forced to work for almost nothing in Canadian hotels, police said...

Speaker Pelosi admonishes freshman Omar over Israel tweet 11 Feb 2019 - 09:50 pm

WASHINGTON: Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar "unequivocally" apologized on Monday for tweets about the influence in Congress of an American organization that supports...

California to pull troops from US-Mexico border in rebuke to Trump 11 Feb 2019 - 09:49 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is ready to withdraw hundreds of the state's National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico...

Colombia's Cano Limon pipeline bombed for 6th time this year: Ecopetrol 11 Feb 2019 - 04:49 pm

BOGOTA: Colombia's Cano Limon pipeline was bombed on Saturday, state-run oil company Ecopetrol said, the sixth time it has been attacked this year....

Strong storm brings damage - and snow - to Hawaii 11 Feb 2019 - 01:11 pm

HONOLULU: A strong storm hitting Hawaii has knocked out power, brought down tree branches, flooded coastal roads - and even brought snow. Snow...

Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm

CUCUTA, Colombia: Venezuelan doctors protested Sunday at the entrance to a bridge blocked by their nation's military to demand that humanitarian aid be...

Embattled Virginia governor: 'I'm not going anywhere' 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm

RICHMOND: Virginia's Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam considered resigning amid a scandal that he once wore blackface, but the pediatric neurologist said Sunday that...

Nancy Pelosi gets rock star treatment at Clive Davis gala 10 Feb 2019 - 04:46 pm

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.: The audience at Clive Davis' white-hot gala included Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, but it was House...

Accident involving UN armored vehicle kills four in Haiti 10 Feb 2019 - 09:40 am

Port-au-Prince: A traffic accident involving a United Nations armored vehicle killed four people and injured nine in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, according to police...

Pelosi shows pragmatic streak in pursuit of border deal 09 Feb 2019 - 07:46 pm

WASHINGTON: Republicans have vilified Nancy Pelosi for years as a San Francisco liberal and now they're trying to portray her as a captive...

Ten players killed as fire sweeps through Flamengo lodging in Rio 09 Feb 2019 - 01:39 pm

Rio De Janeiro: Fire swept through an unlicensed lodging at the training centre of Rio de Janeiro soccer club Flamengo on Friday, killing...

Trump's counselor claims woman assaulted her at restaurant 08 Feb 2019 - 10:08 pm

COLLEGE PARK, Md.: A Maryland woman faces charges that she assaulted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in front of her teenage daughter during...

Brazil police operation in Rio favela leaves 13 dead 08 Feb 2019 - 10:08 pm

Rio de Janeiro: An operation by Brazilian military police in Rio de Janeiro on Friday left at least 13 people dead in a...

US officer at border shoots driver going to Mexico 08 Feb 2019 - 09:00 pm

NOGALES: A Customs and Border Protection officer shot and wounded a driver who was trying to enter Mexico at a crossing in Arizona,...

National Enquirer owner defends reporting on Amazon's Bezos 08 Feb 2019 - 07:52 pm

WASHINGTON: The owner of U.S. tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer pushed back on Friday against accusations of "extortion and blackmail" from Amazon.com Inc...