World / Americas

Caravan migrants in Mexico fill new border shelter after rains force exodus 01 Dec 2018 - 10:10 am

Tijuana: Hundreds of mostly Central American migrants poured into a new shelter on Friday as bus loads fled a filthy, flooded sports complex...

Grand jury: Dallas officer's shooting of neighbor was murder 01 Dec 2018 - 09:59 am

Dallas: A white former Dallas police officer was indicted on a murder charge Friday, nearly three months after she fatally shot an unarmed...

Charlottesville victims recount life-altering injuries at trial 01 Dec 2018 - 09:51 am

Charlottesville, United States, Jeanne Peterson was fast on her feet till she was struck by a car last year in Charlottesville driven by...

Measles cases soar in Brazil, Venezuela: UN agency 01 Dec 2018 - 09:46 am

Washington: The Pan-American Health Organization on Friday reported a big jump in measles cases in the Americas this year, with Brazil surpassing crisis-hit...

Powerful quake rattles Anchorage, hitting roads, bridges hardest 01 Dec 2018 - 09:31 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A powerful earthquake jolted southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting rush-hour traffic and jamming telephone service in and around...

Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94 01 Dec 2018 - 08:08 am

HOUSTON: George H.W. Bush, a World War II hero whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted...

Brazil's Bolsonaro names seventh military man to cabinet 01 Dec 2018 - 02:58 am

Rio de Janeiro: President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named Admiral Bento Costa Lima Leite his minister of mines and energy Friday, continuing his militarization of...

Fire-scarred California escapes large-scale rain damage 30 Nov 2018 - 11:11 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: A major storm brought localized mudslides and street flooding to California and some people had to be rescued from stranded vehicles,...

Mexico starts moving some migrants to new shelter 30 Nov 2018 - 09:15 pm

TIJUANA, Mexico: Authorities the Mexican city of Tijuana said Friday they have begun moving Central American migrants from an overcrowded shelter on the...

Trump defends Russia business dealings as US probe widens 30 Nov 2018 - 08:40 pm

WASHINGTON: As President Donald Trump took part in the Group of 20 summit in Argentina on Friday, pressure on him was building back...

Attorney's plea caused by Trump's dream of a Moscow tower 30 Nov 2018 - 10:29 am

Washington: Donald Trump for decades dreamed of building a Trump Tower in the heart of Moscow, a plan that flared and fizzled several...

US, Canada, Mexico continue brinkmanship on trade deal until signing 30 Nov 2018 - 09:19 am

BUENOS AIRES, The leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States were due to sign a North American trade pact on Friday, although...

G20 opens under assault from Trump on collective action 30 Nov 2018 - 08:40 am

Buenos Aires, G20 powers open two days of summit talks in crisis-hit Argentina on Friday after a stormy buildup dominated by US President...

In abrupt switch, Trump cancels Putin meeting, cites Ukraine crisis 30 Nov 2018 - 01:20 am

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering...

Three takeaways from Michael Cohen’s lies about the ‘Moscow Project’ 30 Nov 2018 - 01:20 am

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump building in Moscow....

Rio de Janeiro governor arrested, latest in 'Car Wash' probe 29 Nov 2018 - 04:27 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: The governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro was arrested on Thursday for allegedly taking about $10 million in...

US's Bolton to meet far-right Brazilian leader Bolsonaro 29 Nov 2018 - 07:54 am

RIO DE JANEIRO, US President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton will visit Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday to discuss...