October 14, 2016 Before Syria talks, Kerry visits Rwanda's genocide memorial There are no names, no stories on the embankment where a quarter-million Rwandans are buried in a mass grave, memorialized by a simple word: "Remembrance." But as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday bowed his head at the Kigali memorial for victims of this African nation's 1994 genocide, it was impossible not to juxtapose the many declarations of "Never Again" with the reality of mass killings persisting to this day, sometimes unpunished and undeterred by the United States.
October 14, 2016 Environmentalists free orphaned sea lions near Peru capital Nine orphaned sea lions have a new home in Peru.
October 14, 2016 4 die in plane crash in British Columbia Canada's Transportation Safety Board says four people have died in the crash of a small plane in southern British Columbia.
October 14, 2016 Mosquito expert: Washington downplaying Zika virus threat to US As the number of birth defects linked to a mosquito-borne virus surpasses 4,000 in Brazil, and scientists scramble to create a vaccine to protect against the untreatable disease, public health officials are bracing themselves for a potential outbreak in the United States. The threat has some advocacy groups pushing for tighter health screenings among travelers and immigrants from Zika-afflicted countries, while public health officials and tropical disease experts argue preparing to fight the Aedes aegypti, an insect that doesn’t respond to common pesticide, is more pressing.
October 14, 2016 Doctors: Ex-Uruguay president Batlle in critical condition Doctors say former Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle was in critical condition following surgery after he fainted and struck his head.
October 14, 2016 Amnesty: Deported Central Americans face violence back home Amnesty International says countries including Mexico and the United States are deporting Central American immigrants back to violent homelands that don't protect them.
October 14, 2016 The Latest: Friday set as a holiday after Thai king's death The Latest on the death of Thailand's King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, (all times local): 1 p.m.
October 14, 2016 Artiz Parra named AP chief correspondent for Iberia Aritz Parra, a multi-format journalist based in Beijing, China, has been named The Associated Press' chief correspondent for Iberia.
October 14, 2016 'Congada' in Brazil mixes African roots, Christian rites Pulsing drums reverberate through the streets of this central Brazilian city as thousands of people in colorful garb march, dance and shimmy their way toward Our Lady of the Rosary church.
October 14, 2016 Afghan officials: More than 200 police, soldiers killed Afghan officials say hundreds of members of the security forces have been killed recently fighting insurgent attacks on the main city in the southern province of Helmand.
