World Jan 04 Former Bolivian interior minister receives stiff jail sentence for bribes A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his…
Politics Dec 19 WATCH: Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso meets with Biden at the White House President Joe Biden says the U.S. is looking to expand and strengthen its relationship with Ecuador, one of its staunchest allies in South America and a country that's also getting plenty of attention from China.
Science Dec 16 U.S. poised to toughen ban on lucrative shark fin trade The U.S. is poised to ban the lucrative trade in shark fins, a move conservationists hope will help protect millions of sharks that are butchered every year to satisfy demand in China and other parts of Asia.
Nation Dec 07 Could new camera technology help save world’s dwindling fish stocks? Could trawler cams help save the world’s fish? A bevy of companies is installing high-resolution cameras on U.S. fishing boats to replace scarce in-person observers and meet new federal mandates aimed at protecting dwindling fish stocks.
Politics Dec 05 Former Miami congressman David Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe A former Miami Republican congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's socialist government has been arrested in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
Politics Nov 14 AP report: Former DEA agent tells his own story of corruption before jail time All this revelry was rooted, Irizarry said, in a crushing realization among DEA agents around the world that there's nothing they can do to make a dent in the drug war anyway.
World Oct 01 Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans in exchange for 2 prisoners in U.S. custody In a rare softening of hostile relations, Venezuela has freed seven imprisoned Americans in exchange for the United States releasing two nephews of President Nicolás Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years on drug smuggling conspiracy convictions, the White…
Nation Aug 12 Author Salman Rushdie attacked as he takes lecture stage in New York Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in…
Politics Jun 06 In blow to Biden, Mexican president to skip Summit of the Americas López Obrador wanted Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to be invited, but Washington did not want to include autocratic governments. The Mexican leader said Monday that "There cannot be a summit if all countries are not invited."…
Economy Apr 15 How leaks in U.S. ban on Russian seafood are undermining efforts to stop Putin’s war machine A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin's war machine.