The Americas - Page 937

April 5, 2016

US puts Paris attacks suspect on terrorist sanctions list

The U.S. government has put Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam on its formal terrorist list, imposing sanctions and barring Americans from transactions with him.

April 5, 2016

Iceland prime minister faces no-confidence vote in scandal

The political future of Iceland's prime minister is in danger because of his reported links to an offshore account in the British Virgin Islands.

April 5, 2016

Vietnam reports first Zika infections, raises alarm

Mosquitoes have infected two women with the Zika virus in Vietnam, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the country's first cases of a disease linked in Brazil to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect.

April 5, 2016

Hawaii researchers focus on data to combat Zika virus

HONOLULU (AP) -- As the Zika outbreak takes hold in Latin America, researchers thousands of miles away in Hawaii are using data to figure out where it might spread next.

April 5, 2016

China squelches Panama reports on hidden wealth

Reports based on documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm that name relatives of current and retired Chinese politicians, including President Xi Jinping, as owning offshore companies are "groundless," China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

April 5, 2016

Pollution alert in Mexico City on eve of new driving rule

Mexico City authorities have declared a pollution alert after smog rose to 1½ times acceptable limits on the eve of an unpopular new program to reduce the number of cars on the road in hopes of improving the capital's dirty air.

April 5, 2016

A look at offshore accounts used to hide wealth, avoid taxes

Privacy has a price.

April 5, 2016

Mexican governor wants new Kia Motors deal

The government of the northern Mexico state of Nuevo Leon says it wants to renegotiate a tax incentives deal with Kia Motors Corp.

April 4, 2016

German paper claim huge trove of data on offshore accounts

German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung says it has obtained a vast trove of documents detailing the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous.

April 4, 2016

Brazil attorney general challenges impeachment proceedings

Brazil's attorney general is challenging the legality of impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.