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May 10, 2019

AP Explains: What's behind rare US seizure of N. Korea ship

The United States has made a highly unusual seizure of a huge North Korean cargo ship involved in banned coal transports.

May 10, 2019

Mexico's prized beaches threatened by smelly algae invasion

Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum — a seaweed-like algae — piling up on beaches and turning turquoise waters brown, and experts are warning that it may be the new normal.

May 9, 2019

McMaster: China's treatment of detained Canadians telling

Former U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday China's treatment of two detained Canadians is a telling example of how China is a threat to the liberal international order.

May 9, 2019

US and Palestinians clash over US plan for peace with Israel

A key architect of the long-awaited U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace has lashed out at the U.N.'s "anti-Israel bias" while urging support for the Trump administration's "vision" — but the Palestinian foreign minister dismissed the American peace effort, saying all indications are it will be "conditions for surrender."

May 9, 2019

Mexico City passes ban on plastic bags, utensils

Mexico City lawmakers have passed a ban on plastic bags, utensils and other disposable plastic items to take effect at the end of 2020.

May 9, 2019

Mexican government to run construction of new oil refinery

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that international companies invited to bid on the construction of a new oil refinery did not meet requirements for cost and time, so the government will take on the project.

May 9, 2019

Brazil ex-President Temer turns himself in on graft charges

Brazil's former President Michel Temer was arrested for a second time on corruption charges Thursday, facing renewed scrutiny in a sprawling graft probe that has ensnared top politicians and businessmen.

May 9, 2019

Universities hit back as Brazil slashes scholarship funds

University deans and education experts in Brazil are pushing back against the government's decision to block all forthcoming scholarships for master's and doctorate students.

May 9, 2019

Canadian doctor sentenced to life for killing wife as their three children slept nearby

A Canadian doctor who murdered his wife two days after she filed for divorce was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.

May 9, 2019

Argentina lawmaker fights for life after shooting

An Argentine lawmaker was seriously injured and another man was killed Thursday in one of the most brazen political attacks in the country since it returned to democracy in 1983.