Americas
TECHNOLOGY
US police confront Google over ‘cop-tracking’ app
A Google traffic app that allows users to tag the location of police has come under fire from US law enforcement for allegedly endangering officers’ lives. But supporters of Waze…
ARGENTINA
Dead Argentine prosecutor 'feared his bodyguards'
The friend who gave prosecutor Alberto Nisman a .22-caliber revolver, which was later used in his death, told a news conference on Wednesday that Nisman had asked for the gun…
CUBA - USA
Raul Castro lists demands ahead of restoring US ties
Cuban President Raul Castro set out conditions Wednesday before moves to normalise relations with the United States would go ahead, demanding an end to the US embargo, the return…
CUBA - USA
US welcomes letter from Fidel Castro on thaw in relations
The United States welcomed Tuesday former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's belated response to the thaw in ties between the Cold War foes as a sign that change is under way in…
MEXICO
Murdered Mexican students 'mistaken for rival gang'
Forty-three Mexican students who disappeared four months ago were murdered on the orders of a drug cartel who mistook them for members of a rival gang, the government said on…
USA
In pictures: The NYC 'snowmageddon' that wasn’t
A winter storm dumped heavy snow across much of the US northeast on Monday night, but its impact was limited in New York City, contrary to dire predictions. FRANCE 24 takes a…
FRANCE - MEXICO
Frenchwoman freed from Mexico jail sues ex-president
A Frenchwoman who spent seven years in a Mexican prison for kidnapping before having her conviction quashed is suing a former president, ex-officials and a major TV network for a…
USA
New York on shutdown as blizzard hits Northeast
A massive, wind-whipped blizzard slammed into the US Northeast on Monday, creating havoc for more than 60 million people and forcing New York City to shut down on a scale not…
ARGENTINA
Kirchner moves to disband spy agency after prosecutor's death
Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner on Monday announced a draft bill to dissolve the domestic intelligence agency amid government suspicions rogue agents were behind the…
USA
US charges three suspects in alleged Russian spy ring
The US government on Monday unveiled criminal charges against three men for their alleged involvement in a Russian spy ring operating in New York City.
JUSTICE
A voice from Guantanamo: ‘I can’t breathe...’
Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been detained in Guantanamo for 13 years without ever facing trial. From his cell, he wrote "Guantanamo Diary," a unique account of the conditions in the…
CUBA
Top US official meets dissidents in Cuba
The highest-ranking US official to visit Cuba in three decades met with leading dissidents on Friday, but one prominent opposition figure stayed away amid differences over…
ARGENTINA
Rogue agents killed Argentine prosecutor, secret service says
Argentina's government says rogue agents from the intelligence services may have been behind the suspicious death of a state prosecutor who accused the government of taking…
ARGENTINA
Prosecutor's death 'was not suicide', Kirchner says
Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner said Thursday that a prosecutor who died under suspicious circumstances did not commit suicide but was killed after he was "used" to…
USA - CUBA
