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d1e7da5f71a0d92d2dac7b0c114a888d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-11-la-fg-wn-north-korea-nuclear-test-20130211-story.html | North Korea appears to conduct nuclear test, defying world powers | North Korea appears to conduct nuclear test, defying world powers
BEIJING -- North Korea appeared to conduct a nuclear test Tuesday in defiance of world powers, South Korean officials said, following through on the provocative step after weeks of threats.
South Korea said it had detected a man-made seismic event across... |
4cf86bd4f422b16dd09781ba4956c747 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-14-la-fg-wn-pistorius-remains-in-jail-facing-murder-charge-20130214-story.html | Oscar Pistorius remains in jail facing murder charge | Oscar Pistorius remains in jail facing murder charge
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who made history last year as the first double amputee runner to compete in the Olympics using prosthetic blades, will spend the night in jail Thursday after he was charged with murder in the death ... |
68bf9c6199222cb02c529762f1f052e5 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-15-la-fg-pope-italian-20130216-story.html | Italians hoping for a homegrown pope | Italians hoping for a homegrown pope
VATICAN CITY — He’s God’s own man, but Italians think he should be theirs too.
Now, after a 35-year hiccup, they have a good shot at making that true again. As the derby begins to replace Pope Benedict XVI, who stunned the world this week by announcing his intention to retire at the... |
e1f3f7697cfc98e59855aabdcd527f28 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-17-la-fg-wn-pope-blesses-thousands-20130217-story.html | Pope blesses thousands at Vatican as details of ailments emerge | Pope blesses thousands at Vatican as details of ailments emerge
VATICAN CITY -- A week after Pope Benedict announced his resignation, more than 50,000 supporters jammed into St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for his next-to-last weekly blessing, as it emerged the aging pontiff may have gone blind in one eye.
Addressing the ... |
35c3d9b502d82585d6ff7720fbc6d8ba | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-19-la-fg-wn-retirement-home-pope-20130219-story.html | Four floors, city views, garden: A retirement home fit for a pope | Four floors, city views, garden: A retirement home fit for a pope
VATICAN CITY -- Spectacular views of Rome, stands of palm and magnolia trees, the Sistine Chapel close by -- these are the amenities awaiting the first pope to step down in more than 600 years after he moves into his retirement home this spring.
A week a... |
afdb4a3785436afefa38c9fbacd6d5f3 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-20-la-fg-wn-mexico-human-rights-report-20130220-story.html | Mexican forces involved in kidnappings, disappearances, report charges | Mexican forces involved in kidnappings, disappearances, report charges
MEXICO CITY -- State security forces in Mexico have participated in the kidnappings and disappearances of a large number of missing citizens, and the government’s failure to investigate most cases only compounds the atrocity, a new human rights repo... |
804523291949f9fa7de6fc3b8885c9bd | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-21-la-na-ofa-action-20130222-story.html | Obama advocacy group plans Day of Action | Obama advocacy group plans Day of Action
WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group that inherited President Obama’s grass-roots campaign infrastructure faces the first real test of its political might Friday, when it holds a series of volunteer-driven events in support of the president’s gun violence reduction plan.
Wi... |
f4d523952216d0c6d72b44350a2bbffc | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-26-la-fg-wn-dennis-rodman-basketball-north-korea-20130226-story.html | Dennis Rodman tests out ‘basketball diplomacy’ in North Korea | Dennis Rodman tests out ‘basketball diplomacy’ in North Korea
It’s a story so strange it could have been cobbled together through Mad Libs: Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman and some of the showy Harlem Globetrotters arrived Tuesday in the isolated country of North Korea, in a filmed trip billed as “basketball d... |
882d16ebd810caffbd688e90385b02b2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-01-la-fg-wn-indian-rape-death-fallout-20121231-story.html | Death of Indian rape victim spurs reflection, calls for reform | Death of Indian rape victim spurs reflection, calls for reform
The gang rape that took the life of a 23-year-old Indian medical student has catapulted the young woman into martyrdom and galvanized an outraged nation to demand better protection of its women.
In place of New Year’s Eve revelry, Indians gathered in solemn... |
b0426bc55b0f728bd20b4e79e0e71f85 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-01-la-fg-wn-ivory-coast-stampede-20130101-story.html | At least 60 dead in Ivory Coast stampede | At least 60 dead in Ivory Coast stampede
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — At least 60 people died and about 200 were injured Tuesday in a stampede that followed a fireworks display at a football stadium in the Ivory Coast capital, Abidjan, according to emergency officials.
Most of the dead and injured were children and tee... |
a4b0ad90c78d18f8339287ed695f6672 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-01-la-pn-house-republicans-fiscal-cliff-deal-20130101-story.html | House Republicans sharply divided on ‘fiscal cliff’ deal | House Republicans sharply divided on ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided House Republican leadership struggled to reach agreement on a measure to avoid part of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” as key members said they could not support the compromise approved early Tuesday by the Senate.
In a closed-door m... |
694ff9dac5122600b128c4708b1898b0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-02-la-fi-mo-airline-fines-20130102-story.html | Feds levied record fines against airlines in 2012 | Feds levied record fines against airlines in 2012
On the final day of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation levied fines against two airlines that kept passengers stranded on delayed flights, pushing the number of violations issued against airlines in 2012 to a record.
The federal agency recorded 49 violation... |
4bf7743ec87873412024de76e4c05e72 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-02-la-pn-chris-christie-sandy-aid-congress-20130102-story.html | Enraged Chris Christie blasts Boehner, House GOP over Sandy aid | Enraged Chris Christie blasts Boehner, House GOP over Sandy aid
WASHINGTON – Enraged over Congress’ failure to approve disaster relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey unloaded Wednesday on House Speaker John A. Boehner and Republican lawmakers in Washington for putting “palace intrigu... |
e707ce7deab2882fa68816a0e84dd786 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-02-la-pn-obama-illegal-immigration-residency-20130102-story.html | White House eases path to residency for some illegal immigrants | White House eases path to residency for some illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration eased the way Wednesday for illegal immigrants who are immediate relatives of American citizens to apply for permanent residency, a change that could affect as many as 1 million of the estimated 11 million immigrants u... |
f8c3b7427e6ace77f05d6927d3150127 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-07-la-na-oswald-apartment-20130108-story.html | Dallas razing apartments where Kennedy assassin Oswald lived | Dallas razing apartments where Kennedy assassin Oswald lived
This week, Dallas city officials began razing an apartment complex once home to President Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
The site does not have any official historic designation, according to the owner and city documents. But the decision has still cause... |
ca907141e83348f3cc1eb1947c54b958 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-08-la-na-noaa-hottest-20130109-story.html | 2012 was hottest year on record for Lower 48 states | 2012 was hottest year on record for Lower 48 states
Last year was the hottest year on record for the contiguous 48 states, marked by near-record numbers of extreme weather events such as drought, wildfire, tornadoes and storms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In its annual report, Stat... |
16092f010d3e219bec5bddd1557f5c0c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-10-la-na-nn-oregon-bus-crash-black-ice-20130110-story.html | Oregon bus crash involved ‘black ice’ conditions, lawyer alleges | Oregon bus crash involved ‘black ice’ conditions, lawyer alleges
An attorney for the company involved in last month’s bus plunge in east Oregon said “it is believed black ice was a significant factor” in the accident that killed nine people and injured 38.
In addition, bus driver Haeng Kyu Hwang was rested at the time ... |
a4e95df6dc28edbd2e33996c3618a7fc | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-11-la-fg-wn-berlusconi-tv-interview-20130111-story.html | Italy’s Berlusconi squares off against TV host | Italy’s Berlusconi squares off against TV host
ROME -- In a highly anticipated and occasionally furious TV interview watched by nearly 9 million of his compatriots, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi acknowledged misleading voters about the cause of his country’s financial crisis, but doggedly attacked the... |
3e8c2ffcd88daa8ef7e766dfe2ff7585 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-11-la-fg-wn-jimmy-savile-sex-abuse-scandal-20130111-story.html | Jimmy Savile sex-abuse scandal stretches across decades, report says | Jimmy Savile sex-abuse scandal stretches across decades, report says
LONDON -- The late entertainer Jimmy Savile sexually abused children on an unprecedented scale in Britain over half a century, using his fame and charitable work to deflect accusations of misconduct and to find vulnerable victims, particularly youngst... |
4666546d38ccdd3dd3f6dc433c845644 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-11-la-na-nn-guns-school-20130111-story.html | Mom carries loaded gun in diaper bag into Philadelphia school, police say | Mom carries loaded gun in diaper bag into Philadelphia school, police say
A young mother carried her baby, along with a loaded gun in a diaper bag, into a Philadelphia school where she had gone to sign up for classes, police said, one of two gun-in-school incidents reported in the city as the national debate on gun con... |
c7f8c62df5dba5092b13620a04baba70 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-12-la-fg-france-mali-fighting-20130113-story.html | France airstrikes in Mali repel Al Qaeda-linked militants | France airstrikes in Mali repel Al Qaeda-linked militants
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — French airstrikes in Mali turned back Al Qaeda-linked militants who recently began moving south after seizing a vast northern desert region of the West African nation last year, French officials said Saturday.
French forces drove the... |
982e53f45344360a05adde620943920e | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-12-la-fg-wn-haiti-quake-remembered-20130112-story.html | Somber, subdued ceremonies mark Haitian quake anniversary | Somber, subdued ceremonies mark Haitian quake anniversary
MEXICO CITY -- Three years after a ferocious earthquake devastated Haiti and killed more than a quarter of a million people, the impoverished nation remains a broken picture of halting recovery and persistent misery.
In simple ceremonies Saturday in and around t... |
ab545e2ecd7cb2305c2de7890889ebf6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-12-la-na-latinos-susana-martinez-20130113-story.html | New Mexico’s Latina Gov. Susana Martinez makes waves in the GOP | New Mexico’s Latina Gov. Susana Martinez makes waves in the GOP
SANTA FE, N.M. — In 2010, New Mexico’s Susana Martinez made history, being elected the nation’s first Latina governor. Since November, she’s made waves, criticizing Mitt Romney for the harsh rhetoric of his presidential campaign and chiding fellow Republic... |
3272fda16cf36fa2f340cef2ea8fc15a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-13-la-fg-wn-afghan-violence-20130113-story.html | Afghan civilians killed in mosque blast after deadly night raid | Afghan civilians killed in mosque blast after deadly night raid
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion Sunday in a restive province west of Kabul killed at least seven civilians as they tried to pull bodies from the rubble of a mosque after a night raid by Afghan and NATO special forces, Afghan officials said.
It was not i... |
6349f6c6b752664ad499f4f70da2c56d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-14-la-sp-sn-lance-armstrong-apologizes-20130114-story.html | Report: Lance Armstrong apologizes but does not confess to doping | Report: Lance Armstrong apologizes but does not confess to doping
Lance Armstrong apologized to the staff at his Livestrong cancer foundation -- but did not make a direct confession to using banned drugs -- before heading to his scheduled interview with Oprah Winfrey on Monday, a person with direct knowledge of the mee... |
8716219745a11d387637e8d79a556f53 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-15-la-fg-india-mercy-killings-20130116-story.html | In southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders | In southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders
INNAMREDIYARPATTI, India — Michael headed for work at a textile mill, leaving his wife, children and infirm mother at home in this impoverished part of southern India. When he returned a few hours later, his mother’s body was propped up in a chair surroun... |
1b748a4b577873ef5bcfd9ecadcbcb6d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-17-la-sp-lance-armstrong-20130117-story.html | Some around Lance Armstrong view TV confession with skepticism | Some around Lance Armstrong view TV confession with skepticism
If Lance Armstrong’s mea culpa to Oprah Winfrey is being done as a bid for forgiveness, Kathy LeMond will be watching with deaf ears.
“There is no limit to what he would do to protect his secret,” said LeMond, the wife of three-time Tour de France champion ... |
03bfc482a6c8cb8f867236ce67c1b757 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-18-la-fg-wn-global-focus-resilient-al-qaeda-20130117-story.html | In Africa, resilient Al Qaeda flaunts power to terrorize | In Africa, resilient Al Qaeda flaunts power to terrorize
A deadly hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex and an armed international confrontation in Mali herald the opening of another front in the global war on terrorism and serve as stark reminders that Al Qaeda retains the power to inflict death and disorder despi... |
b51ac01f0c8b530648d6c0373a0d4e26 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-22-la-fi-tn-microsoft-dell-buyout-20130122-story.html | Microsoft reportedly in talks to invest in Dell buyout [Updated] | Microsoft reportedly in talks to invest in Dell buyout [Updated]
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly in discussions to help finance a buyout of struggling computer maker Dell Inc.
According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a person familiar with the talks, Microsoft’s investment “would likely be in the range of a coup... |
c4b0001eb5c4824b182b234beb2382d9 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-23-la-fg-wn-yemen-drone-strike-20130123-story.html | Drone strikes in Yemen escalating, officials report | Drone strikes in Yemen escalating, officials report
A U.S. drone strike targeting militants on motorbikes killed five in central Yemen on Wednesday, a senior Yemeni official said. It was the fourth strike in five days, marking what the official called a significant escalation in the U.S.-Yemeni campaign against that co... |
aab538e24361313d23c06d538474897b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-24-la-fg-wn-india-gang-rape-trial-20130124-story.html | Trial in Indian gang-rape case begins | Trial in Indian gang-rape case begins
NEW DELHI -- Minutes after the suspects were whisked past reporters into a closed court, the high-profile trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a 23-year old physiotherapy student opened Thursday.
The woman and her 28-year-old male friend, both officially unnamed, wer... |
36ebef55d9466b38042d07712897244e | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-24-la-fi-mo-burger-king-horse-meat-20130124-story.html | Burger King ditches Irish beef supplier linked to horse meat | Burger King ditches Irish beef supplier linked to horse meat
Burger King is cutting ties with a supplier under investigation for selling beef products potentially tainted with horse meat.
The chain said it would no longer use products from ABP Food Group’s Irish subsidiary, Silvercrest, to supply its locations in Brita... |
c846dea3957d13875a0b5026c056da5c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-24-la-na-pn-filibuster-senate-change-20130124-story.html | Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate | Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate
WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.
The deal, between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)... |
37f3b3083f99b17fcde38f33c7b98cd4 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-25-la-na-texas-water-20130126-story.html | Texas, New Mexico tangle over water | Texas, New Mexico tangle over water
ALBUQUERQUE — The muddy Rio Grande isn’t much to look at as it meanders through southern New Mexico to the Texas border, but its waters are a high-stakes prize in a new legal row unfolding between the neighboring states.
This month, Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its comp... |
419e1581a2621ec65cd5a8002fe7b513 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-26-la-me-pot-colorado-20130127-story.html | Colorado’s new growth industry: pot | Colorado’s new growth industry: pot
DENVER — Two hedge-fund partners — monogrammed shirts, taut Windsor knots, cuff links — step into a hipster cafe called Sputnik on an unorthodox mission.
They are meeting a business consultant to discuss a way to boost share prices at one of their portfolio companies, which sells ind... |
264c8a30e539b9ec5a5af737aad53c0d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jan-31-la-fi-mo-china-canned-air-smog-20130131-story.html | Canned air for sale to combat smog in China | Canned air for sale to combat smog in China
If there’s a need, a Chinese entrepreneur will find a way.
The foul smog swallowing much of China has inspired one such man to launch a humorous campaign to focus on environmental issues -- by selling canned fresh air.
Known for his showman flair, millionaire Chen Guangbiao s... |
fe7880d2d800e6cf6058701e7f2c9a6c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-01-la-fg-wn-france-germany-us-spying-reports-20130701-story.html | European leaders angered by U.S. spying reports | European leaders angered by U.S. spying reports
LONDON — Europe turned up the pressure on the Obama administration Monday to respond to new allegations that the U.S. bugged the embassies of some of its long-standing allies and eavesdropped on European Union diplomats around the world.
Leaders and officials of EU countr... |
e38433911ce20c10b360eaf5f99de636 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-03-la-fg-snowden-20130704-story.html | Snowden still seeks asylum offer; U.S. ‘ready to take him back’ | Snowden still seeks asylum offer; U.S. ‘ready to take him back’
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration appeared increasingly confident Wednesday that Edward Snowden’s next plane trip will be a return flight to the United States, as U.S. diplomats stepped up pressure on other countries to deny political asylum to the fug... |
c5663924ad360eb661f2977f8f4480d7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-04-la-fg-wn-mandela-family-feud-20130704-story.html | Mandela family dirty linen aired as brother accuses brother | Mandela family dirty linen aired as brother accuses brother
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As a boy, Mandla Mandela wanted nothing more than to be a disc jockey in the city. But his grandfather, former South African President Nelson Mandela, picked him to live in the rolling hills of Eastern Cape as leader of the family ... |
05e80660a84d7d4c5fb13affaf396f53 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-07-la-fg-wn-egypt-cairo-attack-20130707-story.html | Egyptian army, Muslim Brotherhood in bloody clash | Egyptian army, Muslim Brotherhood in bloody clash
CAIRO — A night of largely peaceful protests in Cairo ended early Monday in a bloody clash between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Egyptian soldiers, according to Muslim Brotherhood officials and Egyptian media.
Muslim Brotherhood officials, who are supporting ousted ... |
66501e5bb15d59f7fbb12f965f5215db | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-08-la-fg-china-air-pollution-20130709-story.html | Pollution cuts life spans by 5.5 years in north China, study says | Pollution cuts life spans by 5.5 years in north China, study says
BEIJING — Life expectancy is 5.5 years lower in northern China than in the south because of heavy air pollution, a new study examining 20 years of data has determined.
The research, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ... |
f77b21015bd894f0ff115d6a2665a46d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-12-la-fg-wn-snowden-asylum-russia-20130712-story.html | Edward Snowden seeking asylum in Russia, report says | Edward Snowden seeking asylum in Russia, report says
MOSCOW -- Edward Snowden, the fugitive leaker who revealed the secret U.S. effort to track phone and Internet communications, told Russian human rights activists and lawyers on Friday that he will seek political asylum in Russia, the state-owned RIA Novosti news serv... |
41c61980fcb28ea0c1a3948d50604aab | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jul-27-la-fg-brazil-pope-20130728-story.html | Pope Francis criticizes Brazil’s church for ‘exodus’ of followers | Pope Francis criticizes Brazil’s church for ‘exodus’ of followers
RIO DE JANEIRO — Pope Francis on Saturday issued what the Vatican said was one of the most important speeches of his papacy, taking to task the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil for hemorrhaging droves of followers to other faiths or to apathy.
Speaking in... |
3cb8291c2bd2b7d4a0c7d534d1031f17 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jun-11-la-fg-wn-syrian-youth-killing-20130611-story.html | Killing of Syrian youth for ‘blasphemy’ fuels tension in Aleppo | Killing of Syrian youth for ‘blasphemy’ fuels tension in Aleppo
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
Protesters in the embattled city of Aleppo called for justice in the killing of a 14-year-old boy accused of blasphemy, blaming armed opposition groups for the youth’s death.
The killers... |
bd78a82addef2e1c768fca33dc6f85ac | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jun-15-la-fg-wn-police-storm-istanbul-park-20130615-story.html | Police attack Istanbul park protesters with water cannons, tear gas | Police attack Istanbul park protesters with water cannons, tear gas
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Hundreds of riot police surrounded a park in central Istanbul on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannons in a renewed push by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to restore order after two weeks of demonstrations that have exaspe... |
9da6f2e98000ab8a4efb1758ae1a11df | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jun-15-la-fg-wn-rowhani-iran-election-20130615-story.html | Rowhani appears headed to landslide win in Iran elections | Rowhani appears headed to landslide win in Iran elections
TEHRAN — Hassan Rowhani, a cleric embraced by reformists and moderates as an alternative to the nation’s hard-line leadership, appeared headed toward a landslide victory Saturday in elections to succeed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Rowhani, 64, a bespe... |
b6a7e8d5fcbcdccc4e8ec9dbce1912af | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jun-18-la-fg-wn-afghan-bombing-nato-security-transfer-20130618-story.html | Bombing mars final NATO transfer of Afghan security duties | Bombing mars final NATO transfer of Afghan security duties
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An hour before NATO transferred formal responsibility for the nation’s security to Afghan forces, a large bomb targeting a minority lawmaker exploded in western Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing three civilians and wounding more than a doz... |
139356412b527760883fd71fe4768525 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jun-20-la-fg-china-escape-20130620-story.html | As Beijing air pollution worsens, some American expats clear out | As Beijing air pollution worsens, some American expats clear out
BEIJING — After nearly two decades in Beijing, David Wolf knew it was time for a change when his 11-year-old son, Aaron, somberly asked him, “Dad, when you were growing up, did you ever have PE outdoors?”
Wolf had grown up in smog-choked Los Angeles in th... |
8acafb389567edc2263cfb044997422c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-jun-26-la-fg-wn-russia-snowden-human-rights-20130626-story.html | Russian lawmakers suggest U.S. is violating Snowden’s human rights | Russian lawmakers suggest U.S. is violating Snowden’s human rights
MOSCOW -- The upper house of Russia’s parliament decided Wednesday to create a special group to investigate whether the United States is violating the human rights of leaker Edward Snowden by pursuing him on espionage charges.
The former contract worker... |
8f451288cdacde09bfc4491d1e355718 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-01-la-fg-wn-china-airs-drug-traffickers-20130301-story.html | China airs drug traffickers’ moments before execution | China airs drug traffickers’ moments before execution
BEIJING -- It was reality television in the extreme.
Chinese state television Friday broadcast nearly one hour of live images of the last moments of four foreign drug traffickers about to be executed for the 2011 killing of 13 Chinese fishermen on the Mekong River. ... |
9de3c4b24482c8f4aa357cb409a5652f | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-01-la-fg-wn-israel-settlements-controversy-20130228-story.html | Israel undermining own security with settlements, allies warn | Israel undermining own security with settlements, allies warn
As Israel pursues an expanded settlement agenda in Palestinian territory, even its friends are beginning to sound like its adversaries.
The European Union issued a damning report this week, calling the Israeli government’s construct-and-control strategy “the... |
3284b761407b0d994114fcb87b7f8661 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-04-la-fg-wn-somali-court-clears-woman-alleged-rape-20130304-story.html | Somali court clears woman who alleged rape by security forces | Somali court clears woman who alleged rape by security forces
In Somalia, a court has cleared a woman who had been jailed after she alleged she was raped by state security forces but it has kept the journalist who interviewed her in prison.
The Mogadishu appeals court found the woman not guilty, reversing an earlier co... |
a67844edb93b2b859d017ef8d6039ddf | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-07-la-fg-pakistan-sectarian-20130308-story.html | Amid Pakistan sectarian violence, Sunnis saved Shiites | Amid Pakistan sectarian violence, Sunnis saved Shiites
ASTORE, Pakistan — The caravan pulled away, leaving behind 19 bullet-riddled bodies in a muddy ditch. Inside the three buses, those spared quietly wept.
The remaining Shiite Muslims had just survived a massacre by Sunni Muslim militants. And the Sunnis aboard had j... |
c1b297bc729ec0f001e270bbbccb3584 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-08-la-fg-wn-sean-penn-venezuela-hugo-chavez-20130308-story.html | Sean Penn in Venezuela to mourn ‘friend’ Hugo Chavez | Sean Penn in Venezuela to mourn ‘friend’ Hugo Chavez
The mourners lamenting the death of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez included the presidents of Iran and Cuba, a Spanish prince and a man that Chavez himself once floated as a possible American ambassador to Venezuela: Hollywood actor Sean Penn.
Penn flew to Caraca... |
8d6219261d2cbfb4089f76559b3395ab | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-10-la-fg-wn-kenya-election-20130310-story.html | Kenya election over, dispute over outcome heads to Supreme Court | Kenya election over, dispute over outcome heads to Supreme Court
NAIROBI, Kenya -- As Kenya faced another disputed election Sunday, the country passed an important test: Despite outrage among many Kenyans over a result they saw as flawed, there was no major outbreak of violence. A massive deployment of security forces ... |
9580efb5434ae8a7be75876681b6ef20 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-12-la-fg-china-hacking-20130313-story.html | China hacker’s angst opens a window onto cyber-espionage | China hacker’s angst opens a window onto cyber-espionage
BEIJING — For a 25-year-old computer whiz enlisted in a People’s Liberation Army hacking unit, life was all about low pay, drudgery and social isolation.
Nothing at all like the unkempt hackers of popular imagination, the young man wore a military uniform at work... |
16cd22b2c6d171e4b7cf3ef899e953b3 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-21-la-fg-wn-obama-speech-israel-palestine-20130321-story.html | Obama urges Israelis to take risks for peace with Palestinians | Obama urges Israelis to take risks for peace with Palestinians
JERUSALEM -- President Obama urged Israelis to see the world through the eyes of Palestinians and to “create the change” they want, in order to bring about peace in the region.
In a 45-minute address to a hall packed with university students, Obama challeng... |
4215c809c9b28ff9fba921fac2a8708b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-27-la-fg-wn-russian-ngo-inspections-20130327-story.html | ‘Massive’ wave of Russian state inspections of NGOs continues | ‘Massive’ wave of Russian state inspections of NGOs continues
Russian officials pressed ahead Wednesday with a sweeping wave of inspections on nonprofit foundations, human rights groups and other NGOs that has troubled activists in Russia and abroad. In the latest round, state inspectors showed up at the offices of Hum... |
498a76c5fe962405636ca0f32cc13e69 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-mar-30-la-fg-china-mother-revolution-20130331-story.html | In China, a son haunted by the Cultural Revolution | In China, a son haunted by the Cultural Revolution
GUZHEN, China — At 58, Zhang Hongbing is still tormented by the death of his mother more than four decades ago. She was a victim of China’s Cultural Revolution, executed by firing squad during Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s decadelong purge of capitalism, cultural elites and ... |
0a27b68fc9d9b675df319a2f7b1a6d97 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-may-03-la-fg-wn-google-palestine-website-change-20130503-story.html | Google gives a virtual nod to ‘Palestine’ | Google gives a virtual nod to ‘Palestine’
Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine” in both English and Arabic.
Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company consulted “a number of sources and authorities when naming countries” and was fo... |
7963a8aaf0d3f245ebd5a38bb32b5193 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-may-16-la-fg-mexico-general-20130517-story.html | Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state | Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY — Responding to mounting concern about disorder in the Mexican state of Michoacan, officials announced Thursday that an army general would take over as its public security chief, overseeing both state and federal security forces.
The appointment of the ... |
662300474adbbbf05faae06f6671270b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-may-16-la-fg-wn-afghanistan-suicide-car-bomb-toll-20130516-story.html | Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing | Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six.
Nine Afghan civilians were also k... |
8e83b52247566afaaf94f34b2ba52e5d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-nov-29-la-fg-ukraine-eu-20131130-story.html | Ukraine protesters denounce rejection of EU pact | Ukraine protesters denounce rejection of EU pact
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president faced growing street protests at home Friday after he rejected an agreement to tie his nation’s political and economic future to the West, instead keeping intact Ukraine’s historical links with Moscow.
The news that President Viktor Ya... |
3838fce103efc3511ec74d49c709ee76 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-sep-04-la-fg-venezuela-power-20130905-story.html | Venezuela’s leader blames right-wing saboteurs for power outage | Venezuela’s leader blames right-wing saboteurs for power outage
CARACAS, Venezuela — With parts of Venezuela still dark after a mysterious blackout that left the capital and 17 states without electricity, President Nicolas Maduro laid the blame on opposition sabotage as his government scrambled to respond to the power ... |
bcd15c67811b6ad99dcf24763bfe846d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-sep-12-la-fg-wn-bulgaria-umbrella-killing-case-closed-20130912-story.html | Case closed on 1978 poison umbrella killing of Bulgarian defector | Case closed on 1978 poison umbrella killing of Bulgarian defector
No one has ever been brought to justice for one of the most nefarious killings of the Cold War era, the 1978 poisoning of Bulgarian defector Georgy Markov with a ricin pellet jabbed into his leg with the tip of an umbrella.
But there has been little myst... |
4ec54e84d18499b452f70ecd0df1ab30 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-sep-14-la-fg-wn-syria-opposition-deal-20130914-story.html | Syria opposition says chemical weapons deal is a delay tactic | Syria opposition says chemical weapons deal is a delay tactic
BEIRUT — The Western-backed Syrian armed opposition on Saturday rejected as a delaying tactic a U.S.-Russian deal to destroy chemical arms stockpiles in the possession of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“We don’t recognize the Russian initia... |
3f62c8d6a3234056fae170ac0a3481a2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-sep-19-la-fg-mexico-storm-20130920-story.html | 68 believed buried in Mexico mudslide; storm death toll rises to 97 | 68 believed buried in Mexico mudslide; storm death toll rises to 97
MEXICO CITY — Rescue teams were searching Thursday for an estimated 68 people believed buried in a mudslide after multiple storms battered large swaths of Mexico, killing nearly 100 people nationwide and leaving thousands stranded or homeless.
While mu... |
f6eea8bf6d3cd08b173122732c400046 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-sep-20-la-fg-wn-biden-mexico-20130920-story.html | In Mexico, Biden glad to focus on the economy rather than security | In Mexico, Biden glad to focus on the economy rather than security
MEXICO CITY — Vice President Joe Biden, in the Mexican capital Friday for meetings with government officials and business leaders, said he was glad to be focusing on trade rather than on security issues, and argued that an economically prosperous Mexico... |
36219cb92943b2225e18f5e89d979d6c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-sep-21-la-fg-wn-israeli-soldier-murdered-in-west-bank-20130921-story.html | Israeli soldier lured to West Bank and killed, officials say | Israeli soldier lured to West Bank and killed, officials say
JERUSALEM – An Israeli soldier was lured to the West Bank and killed by a Palestinian former co-worker, Israeli officials said Saturday.
The soldier, Tomer Hazan, 20 was reported missing by his family in Bat Yam on Friday.
Israeli officials said Hazan previou... |
0725677533b5be9456992bdc538b3903 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2014-jan-17-la-sci-sn-red-states-religious-conservative-divorce-20140116-story.html | More religiously conservative Protestants? More divorce, study finds | More religiously conservative Protestants? More divorce, study finds
Divorce is higher among religiously conservative Protestants – and even drives up divorce rates for other people living around them, a new study finds.
The study, slated to be published in the American Journal of Sociology, tackles the “puzzling parad... |
aad349448a0193060301cfe37e0db405 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2014-mar-13-la-fg-wn-el-salvador-presidential-election-20140313-story.html | Salvador Sanchez Ceren wins El Salvador’s presidential election | Salvador Sanchez Ceren wins El Salvador’s presidential election
MEXICO CITY – Salvadoran electoral authorities on Thursday declared leftist Vice President Salvador Sanchez Ceren the winner of a bitterly contested presidential election, but the political right refused to accept the loss.
Tension continued to run high in... |
b0f8ab3f58ece3db387efb7774d247c9 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-argentina-economy-new-president-20151230-story.html | Argentina’s ‘little trees’ getting chopped down by new president | Argentina’s ‘little trees’ getting chopped down by new president
It didn’t take Argentina’s new president very long to ruin Lorena Garcia’s business.
Garcia, a money changer, is one of legions whose livelihood was turned upside down when Mauricio Macri, in one of his first acts as president, eliminated a subsidized exc... |
f43c87ec40139f6ad893ec2c8a526588 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-baja-farm-labor-20150604-story.html | Baja farmworkers win raises, benefits in landmark deal | Baja farmworkers win raises, benefits in landmark deal
It started as a door-knocking campaign by poor indigenous villagers, then grew into a well-organized movement that mobilized thousands and brought powerful agribusinesses and the federal government to the negotiating table.
The tense farmworker strike in Baja Calif... |
7f821ae867ea2c28014b7b5df35a1eea | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-baja-farmworkers-20150509-story.html | Dozens injured as farmworkers, police clash in Baja California | Dozens injured as farmworkers, police clash in Baja California
The San Quintin agricultural region of Baja California erupted in violence Saturday as protesters pelted police with rocks and took over a government building. Police retaliated with tear gas and rubber bullets in running skirmishes that left dozens of peop... |
031c038a22e6eaa0a9bd9673aa45905c | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-baja-farmworkers-strike-20150320-story.html | Baja farmworkers’ strike crimping some produce supplies in U.S. | Baja farmworkers’ strike crimping some produce supplies in U.S.
Farmworkers protesting low wages at Mexican export farms in Baja California timed their strike for the peak of the harvest season, and their bold tactics appear to be having an impact.
Produce industry growers, retailers, shippers and importers on Friday r... |
aeb21f8908e501d4b6ed69129b089a90 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-baja-farmworkers-strike-talks-20150325-story.html | Mexico growers offer striking farmworkers in Baja only 6% wage hike | Mexico growers offer striking farmworkers in Baja only 6% wage hike
Labor negotiations in Baja California appeared on the verge of breaking down Wednesday after an association of agribusinesses offered striking farmworkers a raise of 6%, a figure far lower than what laborers are demanding.
The highly anticipated offer ... |
05f15feb55e44d106143526cbff4a100 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-border-sting-sinaloa-cartel-20160131-story.html | Secretive U.S.-Mexico operation nets arrest of 24 suspected Sinaloa cartel members | Secretive U.S.-Mexico operation nets arrest of 24 suspected Sinaloa cartel members
A highly secretive, daylong law enforcement operation around the Arizona border with Mexico resulted in the arrest of two dozen alleged high-level Mexican drug cartel members, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spoke... |
17a1282ce205903cce868d5d678158b2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-brazil-leaks-20160531-snap-story.html | Brazil’s government has sprung a leak, and a flood of secrets is gushing out | Brazil’s government has sprung a leak, and a flood of secrets is gushing out
There’s a saying in Brazil: “Even the past is unpredictable.”
It seems particularly apt in the wake of leaked audio recordings that point to ulterior motives for the recent impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and that have already forced t... |
a9da96f824321676a31a694101574a31 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-brazil-politics-temer-20170519-story.html | Political crisis in Brazil threatens to topple the president, further destabilize the nation | Political crisis in Brazil threatens to topple the president, further destabilize the nation
Brazil’s escalating political crisis — compounded by mounting economic woes and new allegations of corruption — is already threatening to end the young presidency of Michel Temer and destabilize Latin America’s largest nation.
... |
0c8b07a7f702b70e34b73944d7853f89 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-colombia-rebels-20141114-story.html | Colombia peace negotiator warns FARC rebels | Colombia peace negotiator warns FARC rebels
With peace talks between Colombian officials and leftist guerrillas stalled as the two-year mark nears, the government’s lead negotiator warned this week that his side’s patience was limited and demanded a halt to recent attacks on civilians and the military.
Humberto de la C... |
ebea7e6f2f42609588e42ca78fb5110a | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-colombia-soldiers-slain-20150415-story.html | Colombian truce at risk as clash leaves 11 soldiers dead | Colombian truce at risk as clash leaves 11 soldiers dead
A Colombian corporal and 10 other soldiers were killed in a confrontation with leftist guerrillas in southwest Cauca province, the nation’s defense ministry confirmed Wednesday. It was the most serious breach yet of a cease-fire declared by the insurgents in Dece... |
f5e0e7529cf5fc663c83420f379f59e6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-cuba-air-20160213-story.html | Commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba could resume as early as this fall | Commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba could resume as early as this fall
The Obama administration will allow U.S. air carriers to start regular scheduled commercial flights to and from Cuba as early as this fall for the first time in more than 50 years, U.S. officials said Friday.
Air travel could resume with up... |
d2a0ff028510cf8943569d479e229b7d | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-cuba-migrants-20170113-story.html | ‘Obama has killed our dream’: Cuban immigrants marooned in Mexico and Central America after Obama ends their special status | ‘Obama has killed our dream’: Cuban immigrants marooned in Mexico and Central America after Obama ends their special status
Alexander Gutierrez Garcia left Cuba last August, beginning a treacherous journey up the spine of South and Central America in a quest to reach the United States.
Along the way, he was robbed, kid... |
59c1f04055942606e677a7b5062f2646 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-el-salvador-deportees-20170226-story.html | Meet El Salvador’s growing middle class: Deportees from the U.S. | Meet El Salvador’s growing middle class: Deportees from the U.S.
The smell of slow-cooked Texas barbecue wafted over the outskirts of San Salvador as Jose Reyes cracked open another beer. It was Super Bowl Sunday, and Reyes had gathered with several dozen friends in a parking lot outside a stadium where the game would ... |
dea6cc31139e36070d5f2e46e19a6a39 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-el-salvador-gangs-20150730-story.html | Gang killings of bus workers freezes San Salvador’s transportation system | Gang killings of bus workers freezes San Salvador’s transportation system
El Salvador’s street gangs paralyzed the capital city of San Salvador on Wednesday as many bus drivers stayed clear of their routes after the killing of at least nine transportation workers in a challenge to the government’s crackdown on violence... |
ab8a7bf219161f02a8711bedd3accb26 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-el-salvador-refugees-20170216-htmlstory.html | Why tens of thousands of kids from El Salvador continue to flee to the United States | Why tens of thousands of kids from El Salvador continue to flee to the United States
Why tens of thousands of kids from El Salvador continue to flee to the United States
By Kate Linthicum | Photography by Carolyn Cole
Feb. 16, 2017 | Reporting from Sonsonate, El Salvador
The death threats started last spring. Sixteen-y... |
c02c9cac2d50f6916af9d24108973e97 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-global-abortion-drugs-20160327-story.html | Brazil seizes abortion drugs sent to women living in fear of Zika | Brazil seizes abortion drugs sent to women living in fear of Zika
The messages from the expectant mothers in Brazil resonate with desperation.
“I’m thinking of doing the worst,” one woman wrote when her order for abortion medication failed to arrive. “I really need help. I can no longer eat, and I cry all the time.”
Th... |
d3aa410db490cb46648c229d91dc76ad | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-global-drug-policy-20160419-story.html | U.N. to consider significant reforms to international drug policy | U.N. to consider significant reforms to international drug policy
At what is being billed as the most significant high-level gathering on global drug policy in two decades, the stage will be set for world leaders to discuss what would have once been unthinkable — reversing course in the war on drugs.
The United Nations... |
b46dd594f1b6506d6c53316f913c0956 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-global-hurricane-matthew-haiti-20161007-snap-story.html | How much more must Haiti endure? | How much more must Haiti endure?
When Hurricane Matthew slammed Haiti this week, it unleashed a new wave of suffering on a country already besieged by challenges. The storm hammered the Caribbean nation’s poor and densely populated southern coast, damaging up to 80% of homes and leaving at least 350,000 people in need ... |
6519564728566e3b67b0c3f826ba72ff | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-global-zika-qa-03092016-story.html | Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus? | Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?
The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colomb... |
365b45a6226fe3ca62a84204dd2cd719 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-guatemala-mudslide-20151009-story.html | Deadly Guatemala mudslide was preceded by hazard warnings | Deadly Guatemala mudslide was preceded by hazard warnings
When her house began to shake and the lights went dark, Alba Sen Pu froze, along with her husband and four children.
A few minutes later, after the rumbling, shaking and screaming had stopped, Sen Pu, 32, told her husband she was going to check on her parents an... |
dffc6d78504897849306b3163ca5d09d | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-guatemala-president-judge-order-20150902-story.html | Guatemalan President Perez Molina resigns, faces fraud charges | Guatemalan President Perez Molina resigns, faces fraud charges
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with a customs fraud scandal.
His resignation, which was later formally accepted by the nation’s Congress, followed widespread protests among fellow ... |
e5be01e3a956e97eb315bf93c25d3d43 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-haiti-prime-minister-resigns-20141214-story.html | Haitian prime minister quits under pressure; election crisis may loom | Haitian prime minister quits under pressure; election crisis may loom
Amid a deepening political crisis, international pressure and violent domestic unrest, Haiti’s prime minister announced his resignation Sunday, possibly clearing the way for overdue elections.
The forced resignation of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe ... |
db31db903f3dd1ace390d42aab1d392c | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-haitian-influx-tijuana-20160908-snap-story.html | Haitian influx continues through Tijuana, straining shelters | Haitian influx continues through Tijuana, straining shelters
With the city’s shelters full, migrant advocates in Tijuana say they are in crisis mode — and calling for more government help in coping with large numbers of Mexicans, Haitians and others petitioning for entrance to the United States.
“People are waiting in ... |
a0ed12b23506eac931d2184030e34ab7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-honduras-caravan-death-20181110-htmlstory.html | Mexico confronted Central American migrants with new severity. It cost one man his life | Mexico confronted Central American migrants with new severity. It cost one man his life
Henry Diaz Reyes and about 1,500 other Central American migrants had just pushed past Guatemalan authorities and onto a border bridge to Mexico.
Mexican federal police were waiting for them in riot gear. The official border entry wa... |
137808fb064be44b1ea9e4dc01fc6f02 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-honduras-election-20171128-story.html | Honduras still hasn’t declared a winner in its presidential vote — and tensions are rising | Honduras still hasn’t declared a winner in its presidential vote — and tensions are rising
Protesters from opposing political parties took to the streets Tuesday in Honduras, where election officials still have not declared a winner in Sunday’s presidential vote amid allegations of fraud.
International monitors called ... |
624f3e8f1b96e0ebb512b35c8e0e1197 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-honduras-election-protests-20171203-story.html | Worried that their election is being stolen, Hondurans take to the streets in droves | Worried that their election is being stolen, Hondurans take to the streets in droves
Thousands of opposition backers waving banners and shouting anti-government ballads marched through the streets of the Honduran capital Sunday in a boisterous but peaceful repudiation of the administration of President Juan Orlando Her... |
9d993a7acb1f8421d43719fc6e8fce9a | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-honduras-migrant-caravan-20181016-story.html | As caravan of Central American immigrants heads north, Trump warns of cutting aid to Honduras | As caravan of Central American immigrants heads north, Trump warns of cutting aid to Honduras
A caravan of Central American immigrants traveling northbound in buses and on foot on Tuesday provoked the ire of President Trump, who threatened to cut off U.S. aid to Honduras if the group was not stopped.
Trump said via Twi... |
138e5321043a302dc5f5682d7f616258 | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-ambush-cartel-20150522-story.html | Federal forces attacked in western Mexico area dominated by cartels | Federal forces attacked in western Mexico area dominated by cartels
A Mexican official said about 40 people were killed in large-scale firefight between law enforcement and criminal suspects in western Mexico.
The official said almost all the dead were suspected criminals. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he ... |
ef0c36cc3ab2cb111a6b723de273ff6e | https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-amlo-inauguration-20181130-story.html | Mexico’s President-elect Lopez Obrador, who takes office Saturday, vows a national transformation | Mexico’s President-elect Lopez Obrador, who takes office Saturday, vows a national transformation
Mexico will embark on an era of high expectations and profound uncertainty Saturday under the leadership of one of the country’s most enigmatic political figures — Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Lopez Obrador, who rode popul... |
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