September 10, 2018 Maradona to coach soccer club in Mexico's cartel heartland Diego Maradona, whose public battles with cocaine made him soccer's poster child for the perils of substance abuse, is setting up camp in Mexico's drug cartel heartland as the new coach of a second-tier team.
September 10, 2018 Argentines seek soup kitchens, barter markets amid crisis Men wait outside the metal-grill door of a soup kitchen in a slum, hoping to get a small serving of beef and mashed potatoes.
September 9, 2018 Bangkok meet fails to finalize draft on climate change rules An international meeting in Bangkok fell short of its aim of completing fruitful preparations to help an agreement be reached in December on guidelines for implementing the 2015 Paris climate change agreement.
September 9, 2018 Sanctions, sex abuse and silence: A primer on the pope saga Two weeks after Pope Francis' papacy was thrown into crisis by accusations that he covered-up sexual misconduct by ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Francis has refused to respond, his accuser has changed his story and a host of new characters have entered the fray.
September 7, 2018 Dozens of skulls, ID cards, personal items found in Mexican 'burial pit' Authorities in Mexico said Thursday that they found a total of 166 skulls in clandestine burial pits that are frequently used by drug cartels to dispose of their victims.
September 6, 2018 Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian presidential candidate, stabbed during event, suspects in custody: reports Jair Bolsonaro, a Brazilian politician and presidential candidate, was stabbed on Thursday, police told The Associated Press.
September 6, 2018 Mexican prosecutors find 166 skulls in mass graves Investigators said Thursday they have found 166 skulls in clandestine burial pits in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, one of the biggest mass graves discovered so far in Mexico.
September 6, 2018 Man wanted for murder in Mexico arrested in South Carolina, in US illegally: officials A man wanted for murder in Mexico reportedly was taken into custody on Wednesday in South Carolina after being in the U.S. illegally.
September 6, 2018 Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of vulnerable children that has shocked Pope Francis's homeland.
September 6, 2018 Brazilian candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed during event Jair Bolsonaro, a leading presidential candidate in Brazil, was stabbed on Thursday during a campaign event, though officials and his son said the injury is not life-threatening.