Showing 1 - 10 of 47
Eight Matisse engravings stolen from Brazil library
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» BRASíLIA - Eight engravings by the French artist Henri Matisse were stolen from a library in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian city's government said Sunday.
US tariffs on Indian goods double to 50% over Russian oil purchases
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US tariffs of 50% took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President Donald Trump sought to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil.
Like Escobar, Ecuador's drug lords build 'narco-zoos'
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» QUITO - A pair of jaguars discovered in a cage on a ranch exposed a cruel new fashion among Ecuador's drug lords. In the style of Colombian cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, they are erecting private, illegal zoos as a status symbol.
Taiwan's antique jade dealers see trade losing lustre
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» TAIPEI - Tracing a palm-sized jade pig resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly 400-year-old piece are a marker of its authenticity.
Ecuador counts the cost of days-long riot as guards freed
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» QUITO - Seventeen Ecuador corrections officials held hostage by prison inmates were freed Wednesday, authorities said, as they struggled to compile a death toll from the dismembered body parts left over from days of fighting between rival gangs.
Brazil court moves toward barring Bolsonaro from politics
AFP, Published on 30/06/2023
» BRASíLIA - A Brazilian court on Friday reached the majority it needs to bar far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro from politics for eight years over unfounded claims against the voting system.
Bolsonaro's political future in the balance as judges deliberate
AFP, Published on 30/06/2023
» BRASíLIA - Far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's political future hangs in the balance as a panel of seven judges weigh barring him from public office for years over attacks on Brazil's electoral system.
Bolsonaro faces ban as Brazil trial opens
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» BRASILIA: Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro faces an eight-year ban on running for office as Brazil's top electoral court began trying the far-right leader on Thursday over his unproven allegations against the voting system during last year's elections.
Brazil police search Bolsonaro's home
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» BRASíLIA - Police in Brazil searched ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's home and seized his cell phone Wednesday in an investigation into allegations of falsifying Covid-19 vaccination records, an allegation the far-right vaccine skeptic denied.
Tiffany to reopen NYC flagship under French management
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» NEW YORK - The tarpaulins and scaffolding that obscured the facade of Tiffany and Co's flagship New York jewelry store for years have finally come down ahead of its re-opening this week.