October 11, 2016 Colombia's ELN rebels free 3rd hostage as peace talks loom Colombia's second-largest rebel group freed a rice farmer Monday ahead of an expected announcement that it is initiating stalled peace talks with the government.
October 10, 2016 At a glance: Harvard, MIT professors win Nobel in economics The Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland for their research on how contracts are used to help people reconcile conflicting interests, such as in the pay of CEOs or privatization of services.
October 10, 2016 Brazilian prosecutors bring new charges against ex-president Brazilian prosecutors say they've brought new charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, drawing him further into the scandal over a series of probes of corruption involving Brazil's political and economic elite.
October 10, 2016 Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms Iraq's federal court says Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's proposal to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional.
October 10, 2016 Russia says it supports OPEC plan to limit oil production Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country supports OPEC's recent agreement to trim production as a way to support oil prices.
October 10, 2016 Aid arrives in Haiti after Matthew, but desperation grows in cut-off towns Helicopters are ferrying in food and medicine to devastated southwestern Haiti, but almost a week after Hurricane Matthew's assault life here is still far from normal and desperation is growing in communities where aid has yet to arrive.
October 10, 2016 Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest key developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region.
October 10, 2016 Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmstrom win Nobel prize in economics Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory.
October 10, 2016 'Like a nuclear bomb,' cholera and destruction after hurricane in Haiti Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with vomit-covered shoulders and hoisted up the stairs into southwest Haiti's Port-a-Piment hospital, where they could rest their weak, cholera-sapped limbs.