Sri Lanka protesters call for new government a day after clashes kill eight
Protesters and a key trade group in Sri Lanka called for a new government to take control of the crisis-hit country on Tuesday as the...
Exclusive: U.S. asked Brazil’s Petrobras if it could raise oil output; it said no
U.S. government officials in March asked Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras whether it could increase crude output after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent global prices...
Ecuador’s latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead
Dozens of inmates were killed during a riot early on Monday as rival gangs clashed in a jail in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo,...
Peru to increase public spending in mining regions to curb social conflicts
Peru will increase public spending in mining regions in a bid to de-escalate social conflicts that have impacted mining output, Finance Minister Oscar Graham said...
WHO chief says China’s zero-COVID policy not ‘sustainable’
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable given what is now known of the virus,...
Philippines election winner Marcos tells world to judge him by actions, not family’s past
The son of the disgraced late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos vowed on Tuesday to work for all people after his stunning election victory, and told...
Black hole hunters cast gaze at center of the Milky Way galaxy
Residing at the center of our spiral-shaped Milky Way galaxy is a beast - a supermassive black hole possessing 4 million times the mass of...
Spain’s spy chief sacked over Pegasus case
The Spanish government has dismissed its spy chief Paz Esteban amid a dual phone-hacking scandal involving Pegasus spyware, the defence minister said on Tuesday. The...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at “bit of a stalemate” – U.S. intel official
Russia's three-month-long war in Ukraine is at a "bit of a stalemate" and Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be preparing for a long conflict,...
ECB should raise rates in July to curb inflation -Bundesbank chief
The European Central Bank should raise interest rates in July to stop high inflation becoming entrenched, German Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday, joining...