June 30, 2016 Rio's hungry are hit by crisis as busy soup kitchens close Some of Rio de Janeiro's busy soup kitchens are shutting down because the cash-strapped state has failed to pay suppliers that serve cheap meals to the poor.
June 30, 2016 Mexico airlifts food to southern state cut off by protests The Mexican government has started airlifting food to the southern state of Oaxaca, which is largely cut off to commercial traffic by protesting teachers.
June 30, 2016 Canada court overturns approval of Enbridge oil pipeline Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the previous government's controversial approval of a pipeline proposal that would bring oil to the Pacific Coast for shipment to Asia.
June 30, 2016 Mexican woman gets birth certificate at 117, dies A 117-year-old woman in Mexico City finally received her birth certificate, and died a few hours later.
June 30, 2016 A maverick Duterte takes office as new Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia's liveliest democracies amid his threats to kill criminals en masse.
June 30, 2016 Canada task force to study marijuana legalization Canada is launching a task force to study the regulation of recreational marijuana ahead of a legalization measure the government plans to send to parliament in the Spring of 2007.
June 30, 2016 Mexico's central bank raises key interest rate Mexico's central bank has raised a key interest rate by half a percentage point as it tries to bolster the peso and avoid inflation.
June 30, 2016 US ambassador: Carry out NKorea sanctions aggressively The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is calling on member states to aggressively carry out sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
June 30, 2016 Albanian Parliament tol vote on judicial reform package Though lacking the support from the opposition, the Albanian Parliament has passed a plan to bring a judicial reform package to a vote next month, a dangerous move that could bring down the government.