Latin America & Caribbean
Pope Francis: COP26 must offer concrete hope to future generations
– Political leaders must give “concrete hope” to future generations that they are taking the radical steps neededto tackle climate change when ...COVID infections, deaths dropping across the Americas -health agency
COVID-19 is slowly retreating across most of North, Central and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, reporting ...Brazil Senate committee approves report calling for Bolsonaro to be indicted
A Brazilian Senate investigative committee approved a report on Tuesday that calls for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes ...U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today’s emissions pledges
Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, ...Greenhouse gas levels hit record; world struggles to curb damage
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations ...Hurricane Rick edges closer to Mexican coast north of Acapulco
Hurricane Rick edged slowly closer to Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, expected to unleash heavy rains north of the beach resort of ...Barbados elects first president, to replace British Queen
Barbados has elected its first president, a key step in preparations to become a republic and remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as ...WHO-led program aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10
A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral ...Up to 17 U.S. missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti’s capital ...Humanitarian crisis in focus as Italy hosts G20 Afghan summit
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will host a special summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan, ...














