25 Killed in drug clash – Brazil police
At least twenty-five people have been killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Rio...
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Metro train accident: Mexico promises to ‘punish’ those responsible
Mexico says it will severely ‘punish’ whoever was responsible for an overpass collapse that killed at least twenty-four people and injured seventy-nine others in the...
Train accident leaves 23 dead, 65 hospitalised in Mexico
Rescuers at the accident site at Olivos station in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo: REUTERS At least 23 people were killed and 65 hospitalised when a...
Brazil crosses 400,000 coronavirus deaths
Brazil has officially surpassed 400,000 COVID-19 fatalities, coming a close second behind the US. The latest death tally, which was reached on Thursday, indicates that...
Argentina: Minister resigns over VIP vaccine access
Argentina’s health minister has resigned following reports that people have by-passed procedures and rules and used their connections with officials to get access to COVID-19...
Brazil’s COVID-19 cases exceed 9 million
The health ministry in Brazil now says the South American country has registered 9,058,687 cases of the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began early last...
Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador tests positive for COVID-19
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has contracted COVID-19. “I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19,” Mr. López Obrador said on...
Mexico records over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases
Mexico has now registered 10,003 new confirmed coronavirus cases, according to data released by the country’s health ministry. The same analysis, which was issued late...
Eta wreaks havoc in the Americas, kills dozens
Hurricane Eta has unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding across Central America, with deaths surging on Thursday. Many affected areas witnessed streets turning into rivers...
Coronavirus deaths surpass 700,000 worldwide
The global death toll from the coronavirus has now exceeded 700,000, a Reuters tally says. The tally, published on Wednesday, says the US, Brazil, India...