Colombian police use drones to detect high body temperatures
It is not a bird, a plane or Superman: the aircraft humming in the skies above Colombia’s capital Bogota are instead police drones that are...
Brazil delays vote on land bill amid threat of environmental boycott
Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, which...
Senate passes bill that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities exchanges
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday that could prevent some Chinese companies from listing their shares on U.S. exchanges unless they follow standards for...
Hush descends on Havana as street performers vanish in wake of tourists
With her buoyant colonial-style dresses and witty songs about the roasted peanuts she sells, street vendor Lyssett Perez had become something of a living landmark...
Chile’s trashpickers say recycling latest casualty of coronavirus
Trashpickers in Chile are warning that recycling, never popular in the far-flung South American nation, is poised to become the latest casualty of the coronavirus...
Mexican funeral homes face ‘horrific’ unseen coronavirus toll
Like many people around the world, Mexican funeral home owner Salvador Ascencio did not believe at first the coronavirus outbreak was going to be a...
At Fiat Chrysler’s Brazil plant, production resumes with safety checks
Before going to work these days, employees at the Brazilian unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have to get a health check using a mobile app...
Stocks rally on reopening, stimulus hopes
The three major averages on Wall St were poised for their fourth gain in five session on Wednesday as investors again bet on a swift...
Fed mulls firmer rate guidance, adding dates or goals, minutes show
Federal Reserve policymakers last month opened a broad debate over what they can and should to do to boost the effectiveness of their monetary policy...
Trials show progress on COVID-19 immunity, vaccines
Two studies in monkeys published on Wednesday offer some of the first scientific evidence that surviving COVID-19 may result in immunity from reinfection and in...