Archive for the 'Americas' Category

US balloon boy case ‘was a hoax’

Colorado police say the incident where a US boy was believed swept away in a hot air balloon was a hoax.

Extra police after Rio violence

Thousands of extra police are drafted on to the streets of Rio de Janeiro a day after violent clashes between police and drug gangs.

Third Arizona ’sweat lodge’ death

A woman taken to hospital with multiple organ failure after attending a spiritual retreat in Arizona dies, the third person to do so.

Canadians intercept migrant ship

A ship carrying 76 migrants has been seized off Canada's Pacific coast in a case of suspected human smuggling, officials say.

Soft power

How America's top diplomat approaches her job