Brazil's president: Workers must put in more years to retire

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is presenting a proposal to make Brazilians work longer before they can receive a pension as part of an effort to rescue the
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Flamengo soccer club fire in Brazil: bad luck or negligence?

Was the fire at the training facility of soccer club Flamengo just a question of bad luck, or did negligence play a role
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Semenya appeal case mixes science, sports, gender politics

Caster Semenya's running future will be decided by three judges starting next week in a landmark case that will challenge science and gender politics
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Questions, criticism of Brazil soccer club where 10 killed

Brazilian soccer club Flamengo came under mounting criticism for licensing issues at its training ground on Saturday, a day after a fire ripped through a dormit
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Migrant caravan detained in old factory, across from Texas

A caravan of 1,600 Central American migrants is surrounded by Mexican authorities in an old factory a short distance from Texas
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Meteorite strikes in town in western Cuba

Residents and tourists in the town of Vinales in western Cuba are reporting seeing a flare passing through the sky and hearing an explosion that authorities say
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Brazil pays homage to victims of dam collapse; toll hits 115

A week after the deadly collapse of a mining dam in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, dozens of people turned up to pay homage to those killed and missing
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Reports of meteorite strike in town in western Cuba

Residents and tourists in the town of Vinales in western Cuba are reporting seeing a flare passing through the sky and hearing an explosion that authorities say
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Reports of meteorite falling in town in western Cuba

Residents and tourists in the town of Vinales in western Cuba are reporting seeing a flare passing through the sky and hearing an explosion that authorities say
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Brazilians pay homage to victims of dam collapse

A week after the deadly collapse of a mining dam in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, dozens of people turned up to pay homage to the 110 victims killed and
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Brazilian environmental group tests water after dam collapse

A Brazilian environmental group has begun testing river water in areas around where a dam holding back mine waste collapsed, to measure the level of toxicity an
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Scenes from a protest: Venezuelans fill streets of capital

Venezuelans of every age, class and occupation line streets of Caracas to demand that President Nicolas Maduro step down
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Opposition protesters fill streets of Venezuelan capital

Venezuelans of every age, class and occupation line streets of Caracas to demand that President Nicolas Maduro step down
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Families dig to find loved ones in Brazil dam collapse

Families looking for missing loved ones are resigned to reality that most are likely dead, and they want to find their bodies to bury them
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Families dig to find loved ones in Brazil mine collapse

Families looking for missing loved ones are resigned to reality that most are likely dead, and they want to find their bodies to bury them
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The Latest: Human rights experts call for Brazil dam probe

Independent human rights experts working under a mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council have called for a prompt and thorough investigation into the collaps
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Waste unleashed from Brazil dam on its way to a larger river

A torrent of muddy mining waste unleashed when a dam breached in southeastern Brazil and killed at least 84 people is heading down a small river with high conce
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The Latest: Brazil family digs for relative buried in mud

A Brazilian family is digging through the mud with garden tools and their hands in search of a missing loved one
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Arrests in Brazil dam disaster, dead fish wash up downstream

Brazilian officials have arrested five people in connection with a dam collapse, while the death toll has risen to at least 84 and the carcasses of fish are flo
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Dam workers arrested, families bury dead in Brazil disaster

Brazilian authorities have issued arrest warrants for five people in connection with a dam collapse that killed at least 65 people as it plastered part of a sma
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Brazil issues 5 arrest warrants in deadly mine dam collapse

Brazilian authorities have issued arrest warrants for five people in connection with a dam collapse that killed at least 65 people as it plastered part of a sma
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Brazilian president comes out of surgery

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has come out of a seven-hour-long surgery during which doctors removed the colostomy bag put into place after he was stabbed i
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Brazilian president has surgery to remove colostomy bag

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing surgery in Sao Paulo to remove the colostomy bag installed after he was stabbed during a campaign rall
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9 dead, search for 300 missing after Brazil dam collapse

Authorities say nine bodies have been recovered and rescuers are searching for 300 missing after a dam that collected mine waste collapsed
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Search on for up to 200 missing after Brazil dam collapse

Workers of Brazilian mining company Vale were eating lunch when a dam that held back waste collapsed, burying the restaurant in reddish-brown sludge, killing at
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Dam with mine waste collapses in Brazil; 7 dead, 200 missing

Dam holding back mine waste collapses in Brazil, filling town with sludge; 7 dead and 200 missing
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Minas Gerais governor says 7 bodies recovered after Brazil mine collapse, 200 people missing.

Minas Gerais governor says 7 bodies recovered after Brazil mine collapse, 200 people missing.
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Dam holding back mine waste collapses in Brazil; 200 missing

Dam holding back mine waste collapses in Brazil, filling town with sludge; 200 missing
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Brazilian leader at odds with Davos focus on environment

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pledged to work "in harmony with the world" to cut carbon emissions, aiming to quell international concerns that his coun
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Fear and zeal over more guns in violence-plagued Brazil

Many Brazilians preparing to arm up, but will more guns curb violence in the nation that leads the world in total homicides?
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Fireball at illegal Mexico pipeline tap kills 66; 85 missing

Forensic experts are attempting to separate and count charred heaps of corpses in central Mexico after a massive fireball erupted at an illegal pipeline tap, ki
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Horrifying fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills 21

A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 21 people and badly burning 71 others as locals were collecting th
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