Bird flu kills 400 seals, sea lions in Uruguay
An estimated 400 seals and sea lions have turned up dead on the coast of Uruguay in recent weeks, blamed by authorities on bird flu.
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Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St gains
Most Asian markets followed Wall Street higher Friday as a drop in oil prices and US Treasury yields provided some much-needed respite from speculation the Federal Reserve will push interest rates even higher.
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Lebanese children 'miss out' on education as crisis takes toll
Rana Hariri doesn't know when she'll be able to send her children back to school, as Lebanon's grinding economic crisis thrusts the fate of public education into uncertainty.
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Boca Juniors held by Palmeiras in Libertadores semi-final
Brazil's Palmeiras have the advantage in their Copa Libertadores semi-final after earning a goalless draw at Boca Juniors in Thursday's first leg in Buenos Aires.
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Brazil sends emergency aid to drought-hit Amazon state
Brazil announced Thursday it will send emergency aid to an Amazon state that is enduring severe drought, with low water levels killing many fish, a key source of food for the Indigenous people who live there.
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Venezuelan migrants pay for passage to Trinidad with sex work
In a dingy, dimly lit brothel, Maria explains how she left her young child behind in crisis-hobbled Venezuela to work as a prostitute in Trinidad and Tobago, hoping to earn enough money to return home and start anew.
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In US, this year's back-to-school supplies include Narcan
Before Jackson Danzig leaves the house each morning, he makes sure his backpack is filled with the usual high school necessities: books, homework, lunch –- and the Narcan sitting on his bedside table.
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Former crypto star Sam Bankman-Fried faces US trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, once the most respected face of crypto currency, goes on trial Tuesday in federal court facing seven counts of fraud that could see him spend decades in prison.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen wunderkind of cryptocurrency
He was the face of cryptocurrency, and a young one at that -- a media darling seemingly destined to unite the sector.
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Brazil's Lula goes in for hip surgery -- and hopes for mood boost
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo hip surgery Friday, saying he'd been reluctant to interrupt his global diplomatic travels but hopes the operation will put a spring in his step -- and boost his mood.
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