June 1, 2021 Vatican law criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests, laity Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes.
May 28, 2021 Giant tortoise thought to be extinct over a century ago found on Galapagos A giant tortoise thought to have gone extinct 112 years ago has been rediscovered on the Galapagos' Fernandina Island.
May 6, 2021 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggests coronavirus made in lab to wage 'biological warfare': reports Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has caused another international stir by claiming that COVID-19 was created as part of "biological warfare," according to reports.
May 6, 2021 Colombia protests see at least 24 dead after 1 week Colombia entered its eighth day of protests Thursday, with police employing severe crowd-control methods and drawing criticism from the international community as deaths and arrests pile up.
April 21, 2021 Coast Guard in Miami offloads $94.6M worth of cocaine A Coast Guard crew offloaded an estimated $94.6 million worth of cocaine in Miami on Tuesday, the result of a bust earlier this month off the coast of Colombia in an effort to disrupt the flow of drugs into the United States, officials said.
April 1, 2021 Iran cozies up with Venezuela, creeping into America's backyard Iran has established a foothold on America's doorstep and is expanding in South America.
March 25, 2021 Astronomers capture new polarized view of a black hole Scientists from the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration announced Wednesday that they had been able to map the magnetic fields around a black hole using polarized light waves for the first time, releasing a stunning image of the supermassive object at the center of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy.
March 25, 2021 Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistleblower for Vatican panel Cruz is the newest member of a panel that will continue to review cases and claims of sex abuse by priests.
March 23, 2021 Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free According to the Health Ministry, Campohermoso county - which consists of the town and surrounding farms and villages - is one of just two counties in the country that are COVID-19-free. Colombia has more than 1,100 counties.
March 3, 2021 Thieves steal beer left aging in barrels underwater in shipwreck Diving thieves made off with an unusual sunken treasure in Argentina.
