Americas
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Soviet-made plane crashed into hillside on Saturday morning in the western province of Artemisa, government says
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Rapper says event, which has been likened to Lord of the Flies, was ‘not a scam’ as co-organiser admits he was ‘a little naive’
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The original advertisement for the beleaguered Fyre Festival in the Bahamas promises a ‘transformative’ experience on a ‘remote and private island’
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Pedro Canché has finally won an apology for being jailed after he criticized a state governor. But, he asked, what about the 104 journalists killed since 2006?
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Police clash with striking union workers in streets of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo as protesters in 26 states demonstrate against Michel Temer’s proposed reforms
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Letters: Venezuela unrest | Song of the Mugwump | Cameron and Brexit | Serota’s birthday ‘surprise’ | Grandparents
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British inventor Richard Browning tests his personal flight suit Daedalus before a demonstration at the TED conference in Vancouver
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Tickets cost up to $12,780 for music event endorsed by influencers on Instagram but social media reports suggest ‘disaster’
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After the civil war that claimed 250,000 lives ended with last year’s accord, Lucy Lamble investigates how Colombia’s communities plan to build lasting peace
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Colour of Corruption, a plug-in that works with Google Chrome, details criminal allegations against Brazil’s top politicians, who have long been accused of greasing the wheels
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The White House says the president will ‘renegotiate’ the controversial deal with Canada and Mexico
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Maria Félix went three months without the card she needed to collect welfare payment, but had cheque delivered in person when situation was uncovered
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Smashed mastodon bones show humans arrived over 100,000 years earlier than previously thought say researchers, although other experts are sceptical
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Around 2,000 people from various indigenous groups gather in the Brazilian capital to demand the demarcation of their land
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Mexico’s foreign minister Luis Videgaray says the government would not put a peso towards the construction costs of the US president’s wall
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An earlier court decision had allowed Bruno Fernandes de Souza to sign for a second-division soccer club, causing a public uproar
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Foreign minister called plans ‘hostile’ and an ‘absolute waste of money’, as Trump appeared to back down on demand for funding from Congress
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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau speaks about his government’s plans to legalise marijuana
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President tells conservative media his $1.4bn demand could be pushed to September, avoiding a spending freeze on his 100th day in office
Terrawatch Scientists search for Caribbean quake clues