Latin America & Caribbean
El Nino rains wipe out Paraguay neighborhoods, with more to come
By Cesar Olmedo Reuters Heavy rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has sent hundreds to shelters in the town of ...Hundreds of thousands still without power days after storm hits Brazil’s largest city
By Anthony Boadle and Camila Moreira Reuters Half a million residents of Sao Paulo remained without electricity on Monday three days after ...South America’s Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as El Nino bites
By Marco Aquino Reuters The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by ...El Salvador declares state of emergency over coming tropical storm Pilar
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency on Sunday over tropical storm Pilar, which the U.S. National Hurricane Center ...Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them
By Ange Adihe Kasongo Reuters Countries that are home to the world’s three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome ...Hurricane Otis kills at least 27, hammers Acapulco as damage seen in billions
Hurricane Otis claimed the lives of at least 27 people, Mexico’s government said on Thursday after one of the most powerful storms ...Muslims protest around world to demand end to Israel’s Gaza campaign
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza after nearly ...Argentine voters, fired up by anger, ready to leap into the political void
By Nicolás Misculin Reuters Argentina may be about to leap into the political unknown. The South American country, the region’s No.2 economy ...G20 aides agree on Ukraine war phrasing as leaders begin summit
By Nandita Bose, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Shivangi Acharya Reuters Delegates from the world’s most powerful countries have reached a compromise on ...Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
BY DAMIAN DOVARGANES and JORDI LEBRIJA AP Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday ...