April 5, 2019 1,000 replacements for Cuban doctors in Brazil quit program Brazil's health ministry says more than 1,000 doctors who signed up to replace Cuban doctors who served in rural areas have quit within three months.
April 5, 2019 Storms kill 3 in Brazil; 20,000 evacuated in Paraguay Civil defense officials say heavy rains in northeastern Brazil have killed at least three people and displaced 3,600, while apparently unrelated flooding far to the south in Paraguay has forced some 20,000 people from their homes.
April 5, 2019 Two Americans among 8 arrested in Saudi Arabia amid crackdown on women’s rights activists Saudi Arabia has detained eight people, including a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen, in new arrests targeting individuals supportive of women's rights and connected to detained activists.
April 5, 2019 Obama meets Germany's Merkel at chancellery in Berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel has received former U.S. President Barack Obama at her office in Berlin for a meeting characterized by German officials as a routine private encounter with a former international peer.
April 5, 2019 With Brexit, Britain is in crisis and not for the first time Few would argue that Britain is in what is often referred to as a bit of a pickle.
April 5, 2019 With Israel election in sight, Netanyahu stumps with Trump In a tight race for re-election, Israel's prime minister has gotten a welcome lift from his friend in the White House.
April 5, 2019 Argentina: Bodies of 600 disappeared wait to be identified Bonnie and Daniel Loedel walked into a mausoleum with an urn holding the bone remains of their sister Isabel, who had been unidentified for four decades after being forcibly disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship.
April 5, 2019 Ecuador denies decision made to expel Wikileaks founder A senior Ecuadorian official said no decision has been made to expel Julian Assange from the country's London embassy despite tweets from Wikileaks that sources had told it he could be kicked out within "hours to days."
April 5, 2019 UNICEF: Venezuelan children on the move need help Across Colombia's capital, Venezuelan children spend hours at busy intersections while their migrant parents sell candy or ask motorists for a few coins to get through another day after fleeing their homeland.
April 4, 2019 Bolsonaro seeks to revise how Brazil's schools teach on coup Days after celebrating the anniversary of the military coup that led to Brazil's last dictatorship, the government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing for a revision of the history curriculum for the country's schools.