In France, more than 50,000 people took to the streets on Thursday, blockading roads and barricading schools... More
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump have described their meeting as a "positive step" toward unifying the Republican Party to defeat likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.... More
One in five species of plants worldwide are at risk of extinction amid threats from farming, logging, urbanization and human-made climate change. ... More
In another sign of the impact of climate change, at least five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to erosion and rising sea levels.... More
The social media site Facebook has been accused of suppressing news stories on political grounds. ... More
The United States has signed a new agreement with the West African nation of Senegal to allow easier deployment of U.S. troops there.... More
Greenpeace has called for a halt in secret U.S.-European Union negotiations over the massive TTIP trade deal.... More
Brazil's Senate has voted 55 to 22 to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial, which could lead to her impeachment.... More
Ousted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday called on Brazilians to defend their country's democracy and mobilize against the coup that saw her suspended from office.... More
Ernesto Samper, secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, said Thursday that the decision of the Brazilian Congress to initiate an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff was "compromising the democratic governability of the region in a dangerous way."... More
Dozens of Hondurans staged a protest against a plan to close Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International Airport in favor of a new airport in the central part of the Central American country.... More
The Bolivian economy grew about five percent in the first quarter of the year, despite the international context marked by the drop of oil prices and raw materials. ... More
Constitutional reform on the balance of power, which includes the suspension of the presidential reelection, already approved by the Congress and the Executive power, re-emerges in Colombia's political scenario, promoted by the Constitutional Court.... More
On Wednesday, 80,000 students marched to demand an overhaul of a Chilean educational system still marked by the legacy of the 1973-1990 Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.... More
Thousands of angry protesters have held fresh nationwide demonstrations against a government decision to bypass parliament and impose a relaxation of the country’s protective labor laws by decree.... More
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