• Ivanka Trump to promote women's initiative in South America

    Ivanka Trump to promote women's initiative in South America

    Aug 08, 2019 04:02 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump will call attention to issues that make it difficult for women in developing countries to prosper financially when she travels to South America in September. Aides to President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser say she plans to visit Paraguay and Argentina to promote her Women's ...

  • Hal Prince, towering Broadway director and producer, dead at 91

    Hal Prince, towering Broadway director and producer, dead at 91

    Jul 31, 2019 04:25 PM EDT

    ... his more notable achievements: "On the Twentieth Century" (1978) and two of Lloyd Webber's biggest hits, "Evita" (1979), starring Patti LuPone as the charismatic Argentinian, and "The Phantom of the Opera," in London (1986), New York (1988) and around the world. He was a champion of imagination in the ...

  • Former Rep. Mark Sanford mulls 2020 challenge to Trump

    Former Rep. Mark Sanford mulls 2020 challenge to Trump

    Jul 17, 2019 01:42 PM EDT

    ... the polls closed last year. He tweeted that Sanford "has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign" and that "He is better off in Argentina" — a reference to Sanford's secret 2009 rendezvous to South America for an extramarital affair while his in-the-dark gubernatorial staff told reporters ...

  • WATCH: Total solar eclipse darkens skies across South America

    WATCH: Total solar eclipse darkens skies across South America

    Jul 02, 2019 04:50 PM EDT

    ... Argentina, the only places that the total eclipse will be seen aside from an uninhabited island out in the ocean. The eclipse is expected to make its first landfall in Chile at 3:22 p.m. (1922 GMT) in La Serena, a city of some 200,000 people where the ...

  • In Japan, Trump begins talks on trade, Iran, North Korea

    In Japan, Trump begins talks on trade, Iran, North Korea

    Jun 27, 2019 12:05 PM EDT

    ... counsel now has a date to testify before Congress next month. Last November, Trump canceled a planned meeting with Putin at the G-20 in Argentina after Russia seized two Ukrainian vessels and their crew in the Sea of Azov, but the continued detention of the crew members does not ...

  • To fight the next major pandemic, flu hunters turn to these animals

    To fight the next major pandemic, flu hunters turn to these animals

    Jun 20, 2019 10:00 PM EDT

    ... turnstones, which make a pitstop at Cape May on their way to summer breeding grounds in the Arctic. Both travel huge distances to reach the Delaware Bay -- the red knots from Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, the bottommost point in South America, and the ruddy turnstones from the southern United States.

  • How Antarctica's tourist boom could affect Earth's 'last great wilderness'

    How Antarctica's tourist boom could affect Earth's 'last great wilderness'

    Apr 17, 2019 10:25 PM EDT

    ... similar scrub every day. But invasive species have already taken hold. This moss is from the Arctic. A trace amount somehow made the 12,000-mile trip. And there are also concerns about wildlife. Two of the three penguin species on the peninsula are in decline. Researchers believe it's ...

  • Of pushing out Maduro, Guaido says 'Venezuela already decided for change'

    Of pushing out Maduro, Guaido says 'Venezuela already decided for change'

    Feb 18, 2019 11:45 PM EDT

    ... they have the weapons. And they have already done it on some occasions. So, having some sort of cooperation with Maduro, it seems not to make sense now. For there to be a transitional government, it seems that Maduro would have to be out of the scene. Nadja Drost: You ...

  • How the economy could become Trump's biggest re-election threat

    How the economy could become Trump's biggest re-election threat

    Dec 18, 2018 03:25 PM EDT

    ... by imposing tariffs, Trump seemed eager to ease anxiety recently, striking a trade truce with China after a dinner meeting during an international summit in Argentina. And when that move only briefly buoyed confidence, Trump set off on an erratic bout of tweeting that rocked the markets even more. First ...

  • While agreeing on trade, US did not back Paris Accord at G20

    While agreeing on trade, US did not back Paris Accord at G20

    Dec 01, 2018 11:10 PM EDT

    As the G20 summit in Argentina came to a close on Saturday, world leaders agreed on some trade issues, but not on a host of others, including climate change. NewsHour Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin joins Hari Sreenivasan for an update. ... HARI SREENIVASAN: President Trump canceled a scheduled ...