Americas
USA
US courts issue conflicting reports on Obamacare
Two US federal courts issued conflicting rulings on Tuesday on whether the government could subsidize health insurance premiums for the millions of Americans that use the federal i...
United States
Smoker's widow awarded $23 bn in punitive damages in Florida
A Florida jury has awarded the widow of a chain smoker who died of lung cancer punitive damages of more than 23 billion dollars in her lawsuit against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Com...
UNITED NATIONS
AIDS deaths down by a third in past decade, says UN
AIDS-related deaths and the number of new HIV infections have fallen by more than a third in the past decade, a UN report showed on Wednesday, giving hope to the goal that the dise...
USA
Prominent undocumented journalist freed after US border detention
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who revealed in a 2011 New York Times Magazine article that he is an undocumented immigrant, was freed by US bor...
USA
Boules and booze: Bastille Day à la New Yorkaise
The smell of scorched sugar and anise liquor floated through upper Manhattan on Sunday as Francophiles from across the city headed to 60th Street to seek out chocolate crêpes and i...
RUSSIA - CUBA
Putin revives old Cuban flame and eyes Latin American minerals
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Soviet Union's Cold War ally Cuba on Friday, launching a tour that will see him cozy up to Latin America amid newly frayed relatio...
BRAZIL
Manhunt as FIFA partner flees Rio hotel to avoid arrest
Brazilian police launched a manhunt on Thursday for an executive of a FIFA partner company handling World Cup ticket packages after he escaped from his Rio de Janeiro hotel to avoi...
USA
Obama in Texas to urge congressional action on child migrant crisis
Barack Obama met with Texas Governor Rick Perry in Dallas on Wednesday to discuss the critical influx of unaccompanied children from Central America across the US border.
BRAZIL
FIFA partner arrested over World Cup tickets scam
Brazilian police on Monday arrested a British executive of the Swiss-based FIFA partner company handling World Cup ticket packages, accusing him of leading a network that illegally...
USA
Smartphones, laptops face increased checks on US-bound flights
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will not allow cellphones or other electronic devices on US-bound planes at some overseas airports if the devices cannot be turn...
USA
Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on North Carolina coast
Hurricane Arthur, a category 2 storm, made landfall on the North Carolina coast on Thursday night, making it the first to hit the United States since Hurricane Sandy devastated New...
BRAZIL
Overpass collapses in Brazilian World Cup host city
An unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup collapsed on several vehicles in Brazil's southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people and...
USA
Travellers to US to face tighter airport security
Travellers taking direct flights to the United States from Europe and the Middle East will face tighter airport security checks from Thursday due to fears extremist Muslim groups a...
PANAMA - VENEZUELA
Venezuela restores ties with Panama as new president sworn in
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that his government is restoring full diplomatic relations with Panama following the inauguration of the central American countr...
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