March 17, 2017 'Bolivian Schindler' saved some 9,000 lives during Holocaust, papers show The discovery is all the more surprising because in his time Hochschild was vilified as a ruthless tycoon.
March 17, 2017 Trump foreign aid cuts counter global development goals: EU The European Union's international development chief is warning that President Donald Trump's proposed deep cuts to humanitarian aid go against the global development goals the United States committed to in 2015.
March 17, 2017 VW sales dip as demand weakens in western Europe, China Volkswagen says its global deliveries were down 0.9 percent in February compared with a year earlier as lower sales in China and western Europe outweighed improved performances in the continent's east and the United States.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: Tillerson cites 'pre-emptive' option for NKorea The Latest on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Asia (all times local): ___ 6:15 p.m.
March 17, 2017 Tillerson gets a look at NKorea at the DMZ between Koreas U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday visited the world's most heavily armed border, greeting U.S. soldiers on guard near the tense buffer zone between rivals North and South Korea.
March 17, 2017 Myanmar refugees may be hurt most by Trump resettlement cuts Tin, her husband and five children have cleared years of refugee hurdles to come to the U.S.: blood tests, interviews, DNA and fingerprints, background checks.
March 17, 2017 High-tech backpacks open world of whales to deaf students Every winter, whale-watching excursions take tourists to ride alongside humpbacks frolicking in the Caribbean.
March 17, 2017 Tompkins Conservation donates huge national parks to Chile Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Tompkins Conservation are signing an agreement to donate 1 million acres for new national parks in the largest private donation of its kind to the South American country.
March 17, 2017 Mexican cartels moving drug crops into Oaxaca state A Mexican army general said his forces are increasingly coming under fire from drug traffickers protecting opium poppy plantations in Oaxaca state, where opium growers are moving production to take advantage of mountainous terrain and impoverished villages.
March 17, 2017 Dozen die in new round of Peru flooding A new round of unusually heavy rains has killed at least a dozen people in Peru and now threatens flooding in the capital.