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