UPDATE: Death toll in powerful Mexico quake surges to 224 – government
MEXICO City, Mexico (AFP) -- The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Mexico on Tuesday has surged to…
9 years ago
South America
At least eight dead after tourist bus crashes in Peru
(Reuters) -- At least eight people were killed and more than 36 injured in Peru on Sunday (July 9) after a…
9 years ago
Fireworks light up the sky at Olympics closing ceremony
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- A blustery storm, a touch of melancholy and a sense of pride converged at…
10 years ago
After warming fast, part of Antarctica gets a chill – study
REUTERS -- The Antarctic Peninsula, among the fastest warming places on Earth last century, has since cooled due to natural…
10 years ago
Troubled Rio puts final touches on Olympics
by Sebastian Smith RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games in less than four…
10 years ago
Argentine economic growth to speed up from 2017, minister says
Argentina's economy will edge higher this year as the new government lifts interventionist controls, later fuelling growth of about 4.5…
10 years ago
Heavy rains trigger mudslides in Bolivia, destroys road
Landslides and mudslides caused by heavy El Niño rains destroyed an important road near Cochabamba in central Bolivia on Monday…
10 years ago
San Marcos students clash in Lima over demand for rector’s departure
About one hundred students from the National University of San Marcos, Peru's oldest university in Lima, occupied one of the…
10 years ago
Argentina declares state of emergency as ongoing floods continue to devastate northeast
Families continued to abandon their homes on Monday (December 28) in the southern cone of South America, which is seeing…
11 years ago
Archaeologists find ruins of possible Nazi hideout deep in Argentine jungle
Deep in Argentina's lush northern jungle, archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what may have originally been a Nazi safe…
11 years ago
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