December 19, 2017 Friends and kin deny Canadian billionaire and wife died in murder-suicide Friends and neighbors of a Canadian billionaire and philanthropist who was reportedly found dead alongside his wife last week in their Toronto-area mansion are casting doubt on whether it was a murder-suicide as homicide investigators continued to work the “suspicious” case Tuesday.
December 18, 2017 Cause of Canadian billionaires' 'suspicious' deaths at home revealed A Canadian billionaire and his wife whose bodies turned up in their Toronto mansion, in what police called "suspicious" deaths, died from ligature neck compression, Toronto law enforcement said Sunday, a development suggesting the couple was strangled.
December 17, 2017 Chile's conservative billionaire ex-President Pinera easily wins runoff election Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera easily won Chile's presidential runoff election Sunday, moving the world's top-copper producing country back to the right in the footsteps of other Latin American nations.
December 17, 2017 Millionaire heir found guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend, burning her body in an incinerator called 'the eliminator' to satisfy lover A jury in Canada found two men guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was burned inside an animal incinerator that was called “the eliminator.”
December 17, 2017 Argentina fires head of navy after submarine disappearance Argentina fired the head of its navy Saturday in the first disciplinary action after one of its submarines vanished with 44 crew members aboard last month.
December 17, 2017 Police investigating Canadian billionaire, wife's death as possible murder-suicide, reports say Canadian billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife were reportedly found handing in their mansion Friday, and a Toronto police source said their deaths are being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, reports said.
December 15, 2017 Mexico sees tourism bump after hurricanes devastate much of Caribbean What may be devastation for the Caribbean could be a boon for Mexico, as thousands have opted to rebook their vacations and head south of the border.
December 15, 2017 UPS loses inheritance of nearly $1M -- then offers $32 refund UPS lost a bank draft containing a Canadian family's $846,000 inheritance, and then initially tried making things right by offering to refund a mere $32 shipping fee.
December 14, 2017 Venezuelan first lady's nephews sentenced to prison on drug charges Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady were sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for drug conspiracy convictions by a judge who said their ineptness at their criminal craft and otherwise crimeless background earned them leniency.
December 14, 2017 Argentina submarine chased by British helicopter before vanishing, sailor's sister claims The Argentinian submarine that vanished last month was being chased by a British helicopter and Chilean ship shortly before disappearing, one of the doomed vessel's sailors told his sister in a "strange" message that was one of the last sent from the sub.