LIMA, Peru – Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in a protected natural area in Cusco, southeastern Peru, national park officials said Monday. Life holotype of Proctoporus titans sp. nov. (MUSM 40916) in dorsolateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral views (C). SVL 53.9 mm. (Photos...
Officers and vehicles of the National Security Force stand guard outside the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on January 11, 2023. The Brazilian government boosted security around its buildings in the capital Wednesday ahead of another planned protest by followers of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro who...
Andean people from Chumbivilcas take part in a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Cusco, Peru on January 16, 2023. At least 42 people have died in five weeks of clashes between protesters and security forces, according to Peru's human rights ombudsman. (Ivan...
PALERMO, Italy – Italian police on Monday caught one of the most notorious bosses of the Sicilian Mafia, Matteo Messina Denaro, a ruthless operator who had been on the run for 30 years. This handout photo taken and released by the Italian Carabinieri Press Office on January 16, 2023, shows...
This handout image released by ENSTA Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris on January 16, 2023, shows a snapshot of a lightning event at Schwaegalp near Santis Mountain in Switzerland. A powerful laser aimed at the sky can create a virtual lightning rod and divert the path of lightning strikes, a...
Rescuers carry a body taken from the rubble of a residential building destroyed after a missile strike, in Dnipro on January 15, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The death toll rose to at least 20 on January 15 after a strike on a residential building in Dnipro on January 14, a city in...
DAVOS, Switzerland – The number of billionaires should be reduced by half by 2030 through higher taxes and other policies to make the world more equal, Oxfam said Monday as global elites meet in Davos. Bloomberg/File The aid group made its plea as the Swiss Alpine village hosts political...
A schedule of flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 11, 2023, in New York. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) NEW YORK, United States – Aviation authorities were racing Wednesday to figure out what caused the outage of a crucial alert system that forced the temporary halt on all US...
Police officers stand guard outside their station in Puno, in southern Peru, as a precaution measure after hundreds of supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo were spotted heading to this city by Lake Titicaca on January 9, 2023. (Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP) PUNO, Peru -- Peru on Tuesday...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's treasury is running out of funds as a serious economic crisis continues to affect the the South Asian island nation, the country's cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday. People queue up to get kerosene for cooking due to the gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 17,...
Harry's memoir criticizes his father King Charles III, brother William, stepmother and now Queen Consort Camilla and his sister-in-law Kate. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) LONDRES, United Kingdom – Prince Harry claims he had no intention of damaging the British royal family with his autobiography,...
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (AFP/File) LONDRES, United Kingdom – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida will sign a "hugely significant" new defense agreement when the pair meet in London on Wednesday, Downing Street said. The two leaders will also...
