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In crushing defeat, Brazil’s Rousseff moves close to impeachment

  (Reuters) Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a humiliating loss in a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house…

Oil prices tumble after Saudi-Iran tensions sink output deal

(Reuters)   Oil prices tumbled on Monday after a meeting by major producers in Qatar collapsed without an agreement to freeze…

South Korea’s Park confirms signs North Korea preparing fifth nuclear test

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)---South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday confirmed a flurry of intelligence reports suggesting that North Korea…

Trump, Clinton, Sanders: Who’s the most authentic New Yorker?

by Brigitte DUSSEAU NEW York, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have one thing in…

The digital age and its effects on the brain

https://youtu.be/eu28ZRRct2A   TODAY'S teens are digital natives; a generation of children who have grown up with video games, computers, touch­screen…

Oil prices plunge after Doha output talks fail

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Oil prices plunged on Monday after the world's top producers failed to reach an agreement on capping…

Uruguay storms kill seven, displace 3,600

COLONIA Suiza, Uruguay (AFP) -- Storms and floods in Uruguay have killed seven people and driven 3,600 from their homes in…

Ecuador digs for survivors of quake that killed 246

by Santiago Piedra Silva with Florence Panoussian in Guayaquil Rescuers in Ecuador burrowed through deep rubble Sunday in an increasingly…

UPDATE: Ecuador quake toll rises to 233 dead: president

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 233 people have been killed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador's Pacific coast,…

Palace: Gov’t working to ensure enough electricity during election period

  (Eagle News) -- The government said it would work to ensure adequate and uninterrupted electric power supply, especially during…

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