February 24, 2016 Experts to probe death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda An international team of genomics experts and forensic specialists said Wednesday it will study the remains of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda to try to solve the cause of his death.
February 24, 2016 Cuba gives well-known dissidents permission to travel abroad The Cuban government has loosened travel restrictions on some of the island's best-known dissidents, granting them one-time permission to travel abroad ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to the island, activists said Wednesday.
February 24, 2016 Mexican president makes first visit to city of disappearance Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto is making his first visit to Iguala, the southern Mexico city where 43 students from a rural teachers college disappeared in September 2014 after being taken by police.
February 24, 2016 Moody's strips Brazil of investment grade status The credit ratings agency Moody's has stripped Brazil of its investment grade status.
February 24, 2016 Mayor wears same suit for 15 months – and no one notices The mayor of a Canadian town revealed that he has worn the same “boring, dark blue suit” to meetings for 15 months in a bid to highlight “double standards” in the way men and women are judged on their clothing choices.
February 24, 2016 Israel says Iran building terror network in Europe, US Israel's defense minister is accusing Iran of building an international terror network that includes "sleeper cells" that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives to be ready to strike on command in places including Europe and the U.S.
February 24, 2016 Public workers strike in Argentina to protest firings Tens of thousands of public workers across Argentina are striking to protest widespread layoffs by the administration of President Mauricio Macri.
February 24, 2016 As drought hammers countryside, many in Haiti go hungry Only shriveled carrots and potatoes grow in Carole Joseph's small vegetable plot.
February 24, 2016 Italy's constitutional court won't hear gay adoption case Italy's constitutional court has refused to hear a same-sex adoption case involving two American mothers, amid intense debate in Italy over legal recognition of civil unions.
February 24, 2016 Beijing overtakes NYC as 'Billionaire Capital of the World' Move over, New York City: Beijing is the new "Billionaire Capital of the World." The Chinese capital has overtaken the Big Apple as home to the most billionaires — 100 to 95 — according to Hurun, a Shanghai firm that releases yearly rankings and research about the 1 percent.
