July 8, 2016 Costa Rica nominates Christiana Figueres for next UN chief Costa Rica has nominated the U.N.'s former lead official on climate change as its candidate to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.
July 7, 2016 Argentine judge freezes bank accounts of former president An Argentine judge has frozen the bank accounts of former President Cristina Fernandez as part of an investigation into allegations of defrauding the state in her administration's handling of the dollar futures market.
July 7, 2016 Another environmental activist killed in Honduras An environmental and indigenous rights activist in Honduras has been killed four months after the slaying of award-winning environmentalist Berta Caceres stirred international outrage.
July 7, 2016 Leader of Brazil's Rousseff impeachment resigns from top job The man who led efforts to impeach Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff resigned on Thursday as speaker of the lower house of congress, but kept the congressional seat that could help shield him from corruption charges.
July 7, 2016 Argentine man kills ex-wife, 3 children, neighbor Argentine police say a cemetery watchman wielding a machete has killed his ex-wife, three of his children and a neighbor before hanging himself.
July 7, 2016 NKorea: US sanctions tantamount to act of war North Korea says U.S. sanctions on leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials for human rights abuses are tantamount to declaring war.
July 7, 2016 Cuba: US travelers to island up 84 pct in 1st half of 2016 The number of American travelers to Cuba rose 84 percent for the first half of the year compared with the same January-June period in 2015, authorities said Thursday.
July 7, 2016 AP Interview: NATO chief says failure no option NATO'S chief told The Associated Press Thursday that failure is simply not an option in meeting the myriad threats that now menace the U.S.-led alliance.
July 7, 2016 Alberta wildfires damage estimated to cost $2.76 billion Canada's national insurance bureau says insured damage caused by raging wildfires that burned for nearly two months in the country's oil sands region has totaled $2.76 billion (CA$3.58 billion).
July 7, 2016 Two charged after video shows man jumping on swimming moose Two people were charged Tuesday in connection with a video that surfaced a year ago showing a man jumping on the back of a swimming moose in a Canadian lake.