Americas

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday it had begun using self-driving trucks for the first time at its Carajas complex, its largest iron ore mining operation, as ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near the coast of northern Chile on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research ...

Insurers are bracing for a hit of about $18 billion from Hurricane Ida in the United States and ...

BRASILIA—Brazilian former soccer star Pele said on Tuesday that he was undergoing routine exams in hospital and that ...

LIMA—A bus driving along a main highway in the Peruvian Andes plunged into an abyss and killed at ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday announced new restrictions to fight a rise in COVID-19 cases, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia—At least 13 people were injured following an explosion at a police station near Colombia’s border with ...

MEXICO CITY—Tropical Storm Nora is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of California after weakening from a hurricane ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—Armed robbers hit several banks in a small Brazilian city on Monday, using locals as human ...

NEW ORLEANS—Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just hours before ...

MONTERREY, Mexico—The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of torrential rains, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides as Hurricane ...

LIMA—A bus in the Peruvian Andes transporting contract workers at MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine plunged off ...

MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Nora formed early Saturday in the eastern Pacific on a forecast track that would bring it ...

Hurricane Ida battered Cuba with roof-ripping force on Friday as it churned toward a weekend U.S. landfall along ...

Animal rights activists protested Wednesday in Buenos Aires against a possible agreement with China to install mega pig ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—The United States pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haiti’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake Thursday, ...

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela—At least 20 people have died in the western Venezuelan state of Merida following intense rains ...

A grassroots organization defeated a government-backed COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Ecuador's Loja Province on Aug 5. On July ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that the toll from this month's magnitude 7.2 earthquake has grown ...

VERACRUZ, Mexico—Hurricane Grace swept onto Mexico's Gulf coast as a major Category 3 storm and moved inland Saturday, ...

VERACRUZ, Mexico—Hurricane Grace crossed over Mexico's Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm early on Saturday, drenching ...

VERACRUZ, Mexico—Hurricane Grace closed in on Mexico's Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm late Friday, drenching ...

SOTOMO, Chile—After half an hour's windswept journey on foot and by boat through a craggy forested estuary to ...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico—Hurricane Grace struck Mexico's Caribbean coast just south of the ancient Mayan temples of Tulum ...

Hurricane Grace is expected to bring strong winds and a dangerous storm surge to portions of the eastern ...

Tropical Depression Fred swirled over West Virginia early Wednesday and dumped heavy rain over the northeastern U.S., threatening ...

LES CAYES, Haiti—Haitian officials raised the death toll from a deadly weekend earthquake by more than 500 on ...