June 7, 2016 UN: Science counters 'emotional concerns' about Zika in Rio GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says the best way to address the "emotional concerns" about the Zika virus and its possible impact on this year's Summer Olympics in Rio is to offer clear guidance based on "deep science."
June 7, 2016 German court asked to enforce sentence over Chile abuse Prosecutors in the western town of Krefeld have asked a German court to enforce the sentencing of a former member of a secretive German colony in Chile.
June 7, 2016 Hungary: suspended prison term in graft case tied to US bans A Hungarian court has given a two-year suspended prison sentence to a man found guilty of being an accessory to corruption in a case that surfaced after the U.S. banned several Hungarian officials from entering the country because of suspected corruption.
June 7, 2016 WHO emergency panel on Zika to meet next week, review Olympics guidance The World Health Organization's Emergency Committee on Zika will hold a regular meeting early next week to review its recommendations including regarding the Rio Olympics, a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday.
June 7, 2016 New research finds low risk of Zika virus at Olympics New research attempting to calculate the risk of the Zika virus at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may reassure organizers and many of the more than 500,000 athletes and fans expected to travel to the epicenter of the epidemic.
June 7, 2016 Brazil sports minister plays down Zika fears for Rio Brazil's Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani expects there to be almost no cases of the Zika virus during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, adding that the country is prepared for the Games, despite health concerns and political instability.
June 7, 2016 Iran rejects US charge of being leading terror sponsor Iran has rejected an annual U.S. State Department report that called it the world's leading sponsor of terrorism.
June 6, 2016 Center-right economist narrowly ahead in Peru election Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a razor-thin lead over the daughter of an imprisoned former president in Peru's presidential election, as Peruvians nervously awaited results trickling in from remote parts of the Andean nation.
June 6, 2016 Ruling party sees stinging defeats in Mexican elections Mexico's ruling party appeared to have suffered a series of stinging defeats in the 12 governorships up for grabs in state elections, according to preliminary vote counts Monday.
June 6, 2016 Debate surrounds how to save Mexico's vaquita porpoise A new report on Mexico's endangered vaquita marina porpoise says authorities may have to consider trapping some of the few remaining specimens to try to breed them in captivity or semi-captivity.
