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Ione WellsSouth America correspondent Getty Images A man walks past a graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas The US may want many of its foes gone from power. It doesn’t usually send in the military and physically remove them. Venezuela’s abrupt awakening took two forms. Its residents were woken abruptly to the sound […]

A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa’s largest male tuskers has died of old age. The pachyderm, fondly known as Craig, died of natural causes on Saturday morning at Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, conservationists confirmed. “Craig had just turned 54 years old. He led a long life and no doubt […]

Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores have been captured The US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump said Venezuela’s left-wing president and his wife were flown out of the country in a military operation […]

Ana Vanessa Herrero is in Caracas and says she began hearing planes at 02:00 local time.

At least two people have died after a powerful earthquake hit southern and central Mexico on Friday. CBS, the BBC’s news partner in America, reported that as of Friday evening local time, two people were killed and several injured. The epicentre of the 6.5 magnitude earthquake was near the popular tourist town of Acapulco, near […]

President Claudia Sheinbaum calmly stopped her press conference when the 6.5 magnitude trembler shook the room and set off the country’s earthquake alert system. The quake shook Guerrero, Mexico, early Friday, disrupting Sheinbaum’s first news conference of the year. Some residents rushed into the streets after hearing the Mexican Seismic Alert System, which was put […]

A hiker is believed to have been killed by at least one mountain lion in the US state of Colorado on Wednesday, according to wildlife officials. If confirmed, it would be the first fatal attack there since 1999. A group of hikers found the woman’s body on a remote trail and spotted a lion nearby. […]

Nick Johnson,Crans-Montanaand Anna Lamche Footage shows person trying to put out flames during deadly Swiss bar fire A fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort appears to have been caused by sparklers placed on bottles of champagne that came “too close to the ceiling”, authorities said. Forty people died after the blaze in […]