The Americas

Trudeau says China tried unsuccessfully to meddle in Canada's elections

5:06am April 11, 2024

by Jackie Northam

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified at a public hearing in Ottawa that China tried to interfere in recent elections, but insists that did not affect the results.

People gather to watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday.

Montreal reports great conditions for a solar eclipse watch party in the park

4:49pm April 08, 2024

by Emma Jacobs

Montreal is in the path of totality, and its largest eclipse-watching event is taking place in Parc Jean-Drapeau.

A woman puts on special glasses to see the eclipse on Monday in Mazatlán, Mexico. Many people have flocked to the seaside area to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse.

Mexico's beach party is excited to see the eclipse first emerge

1:39pm April 08, 2024

by Jorge Valencia

The Mexican city of Mazatlán is the first place the total solar eclipse will be visible as it emerges over the Pacific Ocean today, and the weather here is perfect.

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Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late April 7, into the executive for alleged obstruction.

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Brazil's Supreme Court judge opens an investigation of Elon Musk over misinformation

11:17am April 08, 2024

by The Associated Press

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation into Musk for alleged obstruction.

Eclipse fans in Mazatlan have been waiting for this day for years

7:16am April 08, 2024

by Jorge Valencia

Anticipation of the total solar eclipse is building and nowhere more so than Mazatlan in Mexico, the first place where the eclipse is expected to appear.

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Mexico severs ties with Ecuador after a late-night raid on its embassy

5:07am April 08, 2024

Mexico has severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador, after a Friday night police raid on its embassy in the capital Quito.

Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024.

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Mexico's president says country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador

2:24am April 06, 2024

by The Associated Press

The announcement came after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito, detaining former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was seeking political asylum there.

Reading glasses are easy to come by in Western countries. But getting a pair in the Global South can be a challenge. A new study shows the surprising benefits that a pair of specs can bring.

Health & Safety

Glasses aren't just good for your eyes. They can be a boon to income, too

3:16pm April 03, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

That's the finding of a new study in Bangladesh, which gave reading glasses to hundreds of people and then measured their earnings.

A woman and her child stand in front of a landscape denuded by gold mining in the southern Peruvian jungle in the Madre de Dios region. This picture is from 2015. Today, there's an effort to plant saplings to revive the forest.

Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it

5:00am April 02, 2024

by Simeon Tegel

Illegal gold mining has ravaged the Peruvian Amazon, leaving behind pollution and denuded landscapes. A group of miners are working with a U.S. charity to restore the forest.

Police guard outside President Dina Boluarte's house during a raid ordered by the Attorney General's Office aimed at seizing luxury watches as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged illicit enrichment in Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 30, 2024.

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Government agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte's residence

1:28am March 31, 2024

by The Associated Press

Peruvian president Dina Boluarte is being investigated for allegedly acquiring an undisclosed collection of luxury watches since becoming vice president in 2021, and then president in 2022.