• Pope Francis rebukes Trump administration migrant crackdown, taking direct aim at Vance

    Pope Francis rebukes Trump administration migrant crackdown, taking direct aim at Vance

    Feb 11, 2025 03:19 PM EST

    ... integrate those fleeing conflicts, poverty and climate disasters. Francis has also said governments are expected to do so to the limits of their capacity. The Argentine Jesuit and President Donald Trump have long sparred over migration, including before Trump's first administration when Francis famously said anyone who builds a ...

  • WATCH: Trump promises tax cuts and threatens tariffs at meeting of global elite in Davos

    WATCH: Trump promises tax cuts and threatens tariffs at meeting of global elite in Davos

    Jan 23, 2025 06:10 PM EST

    ... Oil prices have more recently slumped due to weaker-than-expected demand from China as well as increased production from countries such as Brazil and Argentina that aren’t in OPEC+. In the largest hall in the Davos Congress Center — seating capacity 850 — Trump’s appearance drew nearly standing-room ...

  • New research says people arrived in Americas much earlier and co-existed with giant sloths and mastodons

    New research says people arrived in Americas much earlier and co-existed with giant sloths and mastodons

    Dec 20, 2024 06:35 PM EST

    ... Brazil, called Santa Elina, where bones of giant ground sloths show signs of being manipulated by humans. Sloths like these once lived from Alaska to Argentina, and some species had bony structures on their backs, called osteoderms — a bit like the plates of modern armadillos — that may have been used ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's 'Meet the Press' interview

    Fact-checking Trump's 'Meet the Press' interview

    Dec 09, 2024 09:43 PM EST

    More than 30 other nations do. World Population Review lists 33 nations that grant citizenship to anyone born within their borders. The United States is joined by Mexico and many countries in Central and South America including Brazil and Argentina. The United States and Canada are the only two "developed ...

  • Uruguay's incumbent candidate concedes tight presidential runoff to center-left challenger

    Uruguay's incumbent candidate concedes tight presidential runoff to center-left challenger

    Nov 25, 2024 01:06 AM EST

    ... to entice apathetic young voters, steered clear of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power from the U.S. to neighboring Argentina. “Neither candidate convinced me and I feel that there are many in my same situation,” said Vanesa Gelezoglo, 31, in the capital, Montevideo, adding ...

  • Pope Francis visits Papua New Guinea after overflowing Indonesia Mass

    Pope Francis visits Papua New Guinea after overflowing Indonesia Mass

    Sep 06, 2024 03:02 PM EST

    ... for anyone who didn't have tickets for the service. While in Indonesia, Francis sought to encourage the country's 8.9 million Catholics, who make up just 3 percent of the population of 275 million, while also seeking to boost interfaith ties with the country boasting the world's ...

  • Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian TikToker who shared intimate details of life in Gaza under siege

    Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian TikToker who shared intimate details of life in Gaza under siege

    Aug 30, 2024 11:26 PM EST

    ... restlessly in long lines for drinking water, showering with a jar and a bucket (“there’s no shampoo or soap, of course"), scavenging ingredients to make a surprisingly tasty baba ganoush, the Middle East’s smoky eggplant dip ("Mama mia!" he marvels at his creation), and becoming very, very bored ...

  • How the mineral mining boom endangers Indigenous communities worldwide

    How the mineral mining boom endangers Indigenous communities worldwide

    Aug 03, 2024 11:03 PM EST

    Gabriel Boric, President, Chile (through translator): Our challenges to make sure our country transforms into the number one producer of lithium in the world, increasing wealth, development and distributing it justly. Ali Rogin: But some Native leaders are skeptical about his approach. Cristian Espindola, Toconao Community Leader (through translator): What ...

  • News Wrap: Secret Service not on radio system with local police at Trump rally shooting

    News Wrap: Secret Service not on radio system with local police at Trump rally shooting

    Aug 02, 2024 10:40 PM EST

    ... that that piece of information, that vital piece of information, and by no fault of anyone -- it was a very stressful situation. It did not make it over. Geoff Bennett: Rowe said he will consider having Secret Service inside what's called the unified command post, which is operated by ...

  • Gershkovich among 3 Americans freed in historic prisoner swap with Russia

    Gershkovich among 3 Americans freed in historic prisoner swap with Russia

    Aug 01, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    They posed for a photo with U.S. officials as they flew home. Also released, American resident and Russian-British activist Vladimir Kara-Murza. Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian Opposition Activist: This personal accountability may well be the only thing that will make them think twice. Nick Schifrin: He's a ...