April 4, 2019 Mountain park becomes public bath amid Venezuela crisis After generations of breathing life into Venezuela's crowded capital, the tree-covered slopes of El Avila mountain looming above Caracas are being transformed into a public bath amid worsening power failures that are disrupting life in the crisis-wracked country.
April 4, 2019 Nobel laureates warn democracy, rights eroding in Guatemala Fourty-four Nobel Prize laureates in various disciplines have signed a letter expressing concern over what they call deteriorating conditions for democracy and human rights in Guatemala.
April 4, 2019 WTO chief sees difficult road for trade liberalization The World Trade Organization sees a "challenging" and "difficult" road ahead for international trade liberalization due to the current political climate.
April 4, 2019 Thieves steal shipment of money from Mexico airport Mexican authorities said Thursday a brazen gang of thieves tailed an armored truck, burst into an airport in central Mexico and made off with a shipment of cash that was about to be loaded on a plane.
April 4, 2019 Cuba reduces newspaper length due to paper shortage The Cuban government says a newsprint shortage is forcing at least six state-run newspapers to cut back on pages and circulation days in a potent sign of the cash shortage confronting the island.
April 4, 2019 Peru: British environmentalist was dead when he was burned A Peruvian forensic expert says a British Catholic missionary and environmental activist died before his body was burned at a youth hostel he ran in the Amazon region.
April 4, 2019 Pope names moderate Gregory as Washington, DC, archbishop Pope Francis has named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-American, to lead the archdiocese that has become the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the U.S. The 71-year-old Gregory replaces Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned last year after being implicated in covering up abuse by a Pennsylvania grand jury report.
April 4, 2019 Air conditioning unit at the origin of Brazil museum fire Federal police say an air conditioning unit is the "primary cause" of the fire that destroyed Brazil's National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.
April 4, 2019 Brazilian police say 10 dead after bank robbery Police in Brazil say 10 people were killed in a shooting between alleged robbers and police in the outskirts of the country's biggest city.
April 4, 2019 Romanian leader rejects concerns about legal changes Romania's prime minister is rejecting calls by ambassadors from 12 countries, including the United States, Germany, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands, to refrain from amending laws on fighting crime and corruption by decree.