August 7, 2016 Landslide caused by Earl leaves at least 3 dead in Mexico At least three people died in a landslide in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz as what had been Tropical Storm Earl dumped copious amounts of rain on the region, authorities said Saturday.
August 6, 2016 3 people are dead, 7 in hospital after fire west of Toronto Three people are dead after an overnight fire in a city west of Toronto that began in one house and spread to another.
August 6, 2016 Nobel laureate Stiglitz leaves Panama finance committee Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz has quit a committee set up by Panama's government to study the country's financial system following the leak of a trove of data about offshore accounts set up by a Panamanian law firm.
August 6, 2016 Puerto Rico continues crackdown on business tax debtors Puerto Rico's government says it has raided three more businesses with a combined tax debt of over $500,000, the latest of 132 firms collectively owing $48.9 million that are being targeted in a campaign started last year.
August 6, 2016 Taliban's new commando force tests Afghan army's strength A new elite Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield techniques to match Afghanistan's increasingly professional national army.
August 6, 2016 Japan marks 71st anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing Japan is marking the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by renewing calls for a nuclear weapons free world.
August 6, 2016 China's crackdown raises familiar specter of foreign forces In halting televised confessions and emotional courtroom testimony, Chinese lawyers and activists held in a government crackdown have voiced the same ominous message: Shadowy foreign forces are funding, directing and encouraging activities bent on destabilizing China's government and smearing its reputation.
August 6, 2016 Judge lifts arrest warrant for Argentine human rights leader An Argentine judge has lifted an arrest warrant for the 87-year-old president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo human rights group in a highly politicized embezzlement case.
August 6, 2016 Earl makes landfall on Mexico's Gulf coast as tropical storm Tropical Storm Earl made landfall on the coast of Mexico's Veracruz state late Friday night after gaining strength as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico.
August 5, 2016 TS Earl drenches southern Mexico after hitting Belize Tropical Storm Earl pushed over Mexico's southern Gulf coast early Friday after drenching Belize and northern Guatemala.
