The Americas - Page 361

May 23, 2017

Rights group urges US to pressure Sudan on rights violations

Human Rights Watch is urging the United States to pressure Sudan to take tangible actions to improve its human rights record before the American administration permanently revokes trade sanctions imposed on the North African country.

May 23, 2017

Brazil's top court frees politico appealing corruption case

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the release of a former presidential chief-of-staff convicted in a major corruption investigation.

May 23, 2017

AP PHOTOS: Peru's capital rigs a beach for nighttime surfing

As most Lima residents prepare to sleep, a handful of hardcore surfers descend on the only beach in Peru where they can ride the waves at night.

May 23, 2017

Spain's says offshore plant linked to quakes to stay closed

Spain's Energy Ministry says it will not reopen a large offshore gas storage plant that was shut down in 2013 following minor earthquakes in the area.

May 23, 2017

Puerto Rico requests unprecedented bankruptcy protection for $70B debt

A federal district court judge will now be in charge of determining how Puerto Rico's debt will be restructured.

May 23, 2017

WikiLeaks' Assange seeks lifting of Swedish detention order

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has resubmitted a request for a Stockholm court to drop a detention order relating to a possible sex crime in Sweden seven years ago.

May 23, 2017

Canada now has more seniors than children

For the first time in Canada's history, there are more seniors than children.

May 23, 2017

Marine vet, girlfriend found dead in Belize were strangled, police say

A U.S. marine veteran and his Canadian girlfriend, whose bodies were found Monday in Belize, died of strangulation, police said.

May 23, 2017

Chinese insurer fights accusation of misconduct

The Chinese insurer that bought New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel is fighting an accusation by China's leading business magazine that it lied about its finances.

May 23, 2017

Not the weak link now: Eurozone outpaces the US and UK in Q1

Official figures show that the eurozone economy grew by a solid quarterly rate of 0.5 percent in the first three months of the year.