World / Americas

Comfort dogs in court do opposite for some defenders, judges 05 Apr 2018 - 10:26 am

HARTFORD, Conn., As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling...

World Cup sticker fever cooled for cashless Venezuelans 05 Apr 2018 - 10:18 am

Caracas: In Venezuela, even the simple, universal pleasure of collecting cherished Panini soccer stickers in a World Cup year is soured by a...

Guatemalan businessmen to build roads and school as part of bribery sentence 05 Apr 2018 - 09:09 am

GUATEMALA CITY, Nine Guatemalan businessmen who were sentenced on Wednesday for paying bribes to receive public contracts will have to build roads and...

Brazil's Supreme Court rejects Lula's bid to avoid prison 05 Apr 2018 - 08:44 am

Brasília, Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's bid to delay a 12 year prison sentence for...

US, China rivalry poses risks, benefits for Latin America 05 Apr 2018 - 08:30 am

MENDOZA, Argentina: As the trade dispute between the United States and China was gaining steam last month, a half-dozen Chinese dancers and a...

Facebook says data leak hits 87 mln users, widening privacy scandal 05 Apr 2018 - 07:59 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have...

Migrant caravan abandons plan to travel to US border 04 Apr 2018 - 07:57 pm

Matías Romero, Mexico: A caravan of Central American migrants whose trek across Mexico infuriated President Donald Trump has decided not to travel to...

Mexico starts giving caravan migrants transit visas 04 Apr 2018 - 07:51 pm

MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico: The Mexican government began handing out transit or humanitarian visas to people in a caravan of Central American migrants, and...

Russia short of foreign policy options if bet on Trump fails 04 Apr 2018 - 07:03 pm

Moscow: Russia long saw Donald Trump as the wild card in its strategy to improve relations with the United States. But 14 months...

Female suspect dead, several hurt in Youtube shooting 04 Apr 2018 - 10:39 am

San Bruno, United States: Gunfire erupted at Youtube's offices in California Tuesday, leaving three people wounded and sparking a panicked escape before the...

Female suspect dead, several hurt in YouTube shooting 04 Apr 2018 - 08:38 am

San Bruno, United States: Gunfire erupted at YouTube's offices in California Tuesday, leaving three people wounded and sparking a panicked escape before the...

Ex-Trump campaign chairman challenges special counsel's authority 04 Apr 2018 - 08:10 am

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will try to convince a federal judge on Wednesday to throw out criminal charges...

Shooting at YouTube in California wounds at least 3, female suspect dead 04 Apr 2018 - 12:53 am

SAN BRUNO: A woman opened fire at YouTube's headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, sending employees scrambling into the street and at least...

Police confirm 'active shooter' at YouTube offices 03 Apr 2018 - 11:42 pm

San Francisco: Police said Tuesday they were responding to an "active shooter" at YouTube's offices in California as social media images showed employees...

Dutch lawyer is first sentenced in Mueller Russia probe 03 Apr 2018 - 07:19 pm

Washington: A Dutch lawyer with direct knowledge of contacts between Russian intelligence and a top official in Donald Trump's campaign became the first...

Kidnapped journalists appeal to Ecuador's president in video 03 Apr 2018 - 03:22 pm

BOGOTA, Colombia: Journalists kidnapped a week ago along Ecuador's border with Colombia have appeared in a video appealing to Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno....

US raises prospect of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House 03 Apr 2018 - 10:51 am

Washington: The Trump administration says it is amenable to a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising...