April 27, 2016 Brazil says Zika-linked microcephaly cases stable at 4,908 The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus remained stable at 4,908 in the week through April 23, just one case more than a week earlier, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
April 27, 2016 China human rights campaigner Harry Wu dies Longtime Chinese human rights campaigner, author and founder of the Laogai Research Foundation, Harry Wu has died.
April 27, 2016 Archbishop of Havana, key figure in US detente, steps down The Vatican says Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who oversaw a warming of relations with the Communist government and played a role in the secret negotiations that led to U.S.-Cuba detente, has stepped down.
April 27, 2016 Venezuela orders 2-day work week to stave off power crisis Venezuela's public employees will work only on Monday and Tuesday as the country grapples with an electricity crisis.
April 26, 2016 Venezuela paves way for petition to recall Maduro Venezuela's electoral council took steps to allow opponents of President Nicolas Maduro to try and initiate a recall referendum against the socialist leader.
April 26, 2016 33 lions saved from South American circuses heading home Thirty-three lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia are heading back to their homeland to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary in South Africa.
April 26, 2016 House votes to designate bison as America's national mammal Make room, bald eagle. The House has voted to designate the bison the national mammal of the United States.
April 26, 2016 Fiat Chrysler earnings soar on North American performance Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says its first-quarter earnings soared on the back of a strong performance in North America.
April 26, 2016 German foreign minister regrets diplomats' failures in Chile Germany's foreign minister has expressed regret over the fact that his country's diplomats failed for years to act on abuses at a secretive German colony in Chile.