Browsing: Americas

Security forces in Guyana say a boat carrying election officials and ballot boxes was shot at “from the Venezuelan shore”…

Jessica LawrenceBBC News NINPH InternationalGena Heraty was among several people taken in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capitalThe family of kidnapped missionary…

Josephine Casserly and Ellie HouseBBC News in FloridaBBCYaneisy Fernandez’s son was taken to Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention centre in…

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land…

new video loaded: Mexico’s Cartels Are Using Military WeaponsBy Paulina Villegas, Leila Medina, Melanie Bencosme and David Jouppi•September 1, 2025Recent…

A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using…

Inter Miami forward Luis Suarez appeared to spit at a member of the Seattle Sounders’ coaching staff following his side’s…

A US judge has temporarily blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to deport dozens of unaccompanied Guatemalan children back…

Jacob EvansBBC World ServiceGetty ImagesAnguilla is a British Overseas Territory renowned for its pristine beachesBack in the 1980s when the…

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who will stand trial on Tuesday, is being closely monitored by the Brazilian authorities, who fear…

The ruling came hours after some shelters were directed to prepare children to be sent back to Guatemala. A hearing…

Will GrantMexico Correspondent andChris GrahamBBC NewsReutersA woman holds a sign reading “President, what does a country that sows bodies harvest?”…

Her work is now in museums, but in the early 20th century, it was obscured by her romantic relationships with…

Months after the shutdown of the 355-year-old Hudson’s Bay Company, the legal action it created continues apace. Source link

After months of negotiation and concessions, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has found herself in a cycle of pressure from…

Will GrantBBC Mexico correspondent, Mexico CityGetty ImagesThe protesters say locals are being priced out of central Mexico CityThe timing of…

The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling from March, but was overshadowed by a Supreme Court order that allowed the…

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, is heading to trial. But his path there has stirred concern that the judiciary has…

Scientists published a study this month on the nurse shark, which was caught and photographed by sport fishermen last year.…

Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence…

The number of animals infested with New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating parasite, has risen by 53% in the four…

A tense debate in the Mexican Senate descended into a brawl between two of the chamber’s most senior politicians on…

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention for shooting Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay…

Even worse, the number could triple if countries do not meet their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and…