February 29, 2016 Top Puerto Rico luxury hotel targeted in tax evasion case The administrators of a top luxury hotel in Puerto Rico have been arrested and charged in a tax evasion case as the U.S. territory cracks down on corruption amid a worsening economic crisis.
February 29, 2016 Argentina and US creditors reach deal in longstanding spat Argentina and a group of U.S. holdout creditors have reached a deal meant to end a spat that has kept the South American country on the margins of international credit markets.
February 29, 2016 Mexico will defer oil exploration projects to slash spending Mexico's state-run oil company says it is halting some of its exploration and production projects in an attempt to counter the effects of the drop in international oil prices.
February 29, 2016 North Korea puts tearful detained American before cameras North Korea presented a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a political banner — at the behest, he said, of a member of a church back home who wanted it as a "trophy" — from a staff-only section of the hotel where he had been staying.
February 29, 2016 Chilean attacked in Poland after being mistaken for Arab A top Polish human rights official is encouraging people to attend a concert in support of a Chilean pianist who was recently beaten by skinheads who mistook him for an Arab, an incident that comes amid a rise of Islamophobia in Poland.
February 29, 2016 The Latest: France seeks immediate Syria task force meeting The Latest on the conflict in Syria as a fragile cease-fire enters its third day (all times local): 1 p.m.
February 29, 2016 Bolivia's president asks to see love child he said was dead Bolivian President Evo Morales is asking to see a son he says he'd long thought dead.
February 29, 2016 Stolen pickup in Mexico had radioactive material aboard Mexican authorities have issued an alert after thieves stole a pickup truck with radioactive material aboard.
February 29, 2016 Iraq and US warn Mosul residents of possible dam collapse The Iraqi government and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad are warning residents along the Tigris river of a possible collapse of the Mosul Dam.
February 29, 2016 North Korea presents detained American to media North Korea presented a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he acknowledged and apologized for attempting to steal a political banner — at the behest, he said, of a member of a church who wanted it as a "trophy" — from a staff-only section of the hotel where he had been staying.
