May 23, 2017 AP PHOTOS: Peru's capital rigs a beach for nighttime surfing As most Lima residents prepare to sleep, a handful of hardcore surfers descend on the only beach in Peru where they can ride the waves at night.
May 23, 2017 Spain's says offshore plant linked to quakes to stay closed Spain's Energy Ministry says it will not reopen a large offshore gas storage plant that was shut down in 2013 following minor earthquakes in the area.
May 23, 2017 Puerto Rico requests unprecedented bankruptcy protection for $70B debt A federal district court judge will now be in charge of determining how Puerto Rico's debt will be restructured.
May 23, 2017 WikiLeaks' Assange seeks lifting of Swedish detention order A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has resubmitted a request for a Stockholm court to drop a detention order relating to a possible sex crime in Sweden seven years ago.
May 23, 2017 Canada now has more seniors than children For the first time in Canada's history, there are more seniors than children.
May 23, 2017 Marine vet, girlfriend found dead in Belize were strangled, police say A U.S. marine veteran and his Canadian girlfriend, whose bodies were found Monday in Belize, died of strangulation, police said.
May 23, 2017 Chinese insurer fights accusation of misconduct The Chinese insurer that bought New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel is fighting an accusation by China's leading business magazine that it lied about its finances.
May 23, 2017 Not the weak link now: Eurozone outpaces the US and UK in Q1 Official figures show that the eurozone economy grew by a solid quarterly rate of 0.5 percent in the first three months of the year.
May 23, 2017 White House press association gets German free speech award German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says it is giving its annual freedom of speech award to the White House Correspondents' Association for "holding U.S. leadership accountable." The public broadcaster said Wednesday that WHCA president Jeff Mason will be presented with the award in Bonn, Germany on June 19.
May 23, 2017 North Korean confirms detention of American citizen North Korea has confirmed the detention of an American citizen for alleged acts of hostility aimed at overthrowing the country.