September 20, 2019 Cubans forced to wait hours in gas lines as fuel shortage bites A fuel shortage blamed on the Trump Administration has turned filling a tank in Cuba into an ordeal even for a country used to waiting in lines.
September 20, 2019 Hurricane Lorena bears down on Mexico's Los Cabos Owners pulled boats from the water and hauled them away on trailers, while shopkeepers put plywood over windows and doors as Hurricane Lorena bore down Friday on Mexico's resort-studded Los Cabos area.
September 20, 2019 Global Climate Strike kicks off with thousands skipping school or work for demonstrations across the world The worldwide climate protest partially inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg kicked off Friday in major – and smaller – cities around the globe Friday with hundreds of thousands of students hitting the streets.
September 19, 2019 In climate-change fight, college student launches push to stop childbirth until governments act A Canadian college student is asking other young people to forgo having children in an effort to get their governments to take serious steps to address climate change.
September 19, 2019 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau admits wearing brownface in 2001 school photo, apologizes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore brownface makeup to an “Arabian Nights” party at the private school where he was teaching, according to a Time Magazine report.
September 18, 2019 American bookie found dead in Costa Rica year after kidnapping: report An American sports bookmaker has been found dead in Costa Rica, nearly a year after relatives paid kidnappers a $1 million ransom, a report said.
September 17, 2019 6 orcas rescued from Argentine beach after getting stranded; 1 dies One killer whale has died and six others were rescued on Monday after they became stranded on a beach in Argentina.
September 17, 2019 Canadian man who killed wife, then daughters after taking them to church, sentenced to life A Canadian man has been sentenced to 35 years-to-life in prison after a court was told that he killed his wife and then took his two young daughters to church before killing them with a children's toy.
September 17, 2019 Major data breach puts all Ecuadorans - including Julian Assange - at risk of identity theft, security firm warns The entire population of Ecuador – including Julian Assange, who spent years living at the country’s embassy in London -- might now be at risk of identity theft after a trove of personal data was found on an unsecured server, a cybersecurity firm is warning.
September 15, 2019 At least 44 bodies stuffed in over 100 bags discovered buried in well in Mexico Authorities in Mexico have identified at least 44 bodies that were discovered among over 100 black bags that were found earlier this month buried in a well in the western part of the country.