Costa Rican president-elect looks to Bukele for help against crime
Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernandez on Monday welcomed guidance from El Salvador’s gang-busting Nayib Bukele…
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New York records 13 cold-related deaths since late January
New York has counted 13 hypothermia-related deaths as the city faces an exceptional cold snap…
In post-Maduro Venezuela, pro- and anti-government workers march for better pay
Supporters and opponents of Venezuela’s government protested on Monday for better salaries and pensions, marching…
Cuban tourism in crisis; visitors repelled by fuel, power shortages
Cuba’s tourism sector suffered a sharp decline in 2025, with shortages of basic goods repelling…
French PM ends budget deadlock after no confidence motions beaten
France adopted a 2026 government budget on Monday following months of fraught negotiations after Prime…
Twenty-one friends from Belgian village win €123mn jackpot
A group of 21 friends from a Belgian village won a 123-million-euro ($145 million) EuroMillions…
Late-January US snowstorm wasn’t historically exceptional: NOAA
Despite its deadly impacts, the recent winter storm that battered much of the United States…
Punctuality at Germany’s crisis-hit railway slumps
Punctuality at Germany’s much-maligned state railway Deutsche Bahn slumped even further in January, the company…
Europe observatory hails plan to abandon light-polluting Chile project
Europe’s ESO star-gazing organisation on Monday welcomed plans to call off building a massive green…
Iran president orders talks with US as Trump hopeful of deal
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States,…