A former Honduran presidential candidate who confessed to laundering drug money arrived in his home country last week, after serving a three-year sentence in a US prison.
The Philippines has become the Southeast Asian country with the highest number of coronavirus cases at the same time it re-imposed strict lockdown measures to try to curb its surging outbreak.
Canadians may have a reputation for politeness, but American drivers are being targeted when they visit their northern neighbours and it’s all because of COVID-19.
If her bid to win the nomination as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate failed to ignite the party faithful into supporting her, Senator Kamal Harris’s selection as her former rival Jose Biden’s vice-presidential nominee is already spicing up the overall 2020 US election campaign.
Space travel for rich, adventurous tourists is a step closer after Nasa astronauts dropped into the sea on Sunday after a successful pioneering SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. It was the first commercially crewed mission to the International Space Station.
UK universities have been told to expect a sharp fall in the number of new international students coming next year, including a loss of up to $460m in income from students from east Asia.
Venezuelans in their thousands have been queuing up in miles-long lines to try to fill their cars with subsidised gasoline over the weekend, a week after President Nicolas Maduro launched a new dual-price system aimed at easing an acute fuel shortage.
Cuba’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has become an envy of many countries in the region. New cases have dropped to less than 10 per day on average from a peak of around 50, and two thirds of the island is virus-free, according to official data.
Honduran troops are stationed at villages on the borders of El Salvador because members of the ruthless MS13 gang are killing and extorting residents.
Canada intends to equip police officer with body-worn cameras to increase trust, accountability and transparency.