Brazil's Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs with Trump

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will discuss cooperation in the fight against organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, Brazil’s finance minister Dario Durigan said Wednesday, one day ahead of the scheduled meeting between the presidents.

US stocks rise to records after a solid jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose to records following the latest sign that the nation's job market is doing better than economists expected. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% Friday to an all-time high after a report said employers added more jobs last month than expected, even though the war with Iran is raising fuel costs and uncertainty.

Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where stricken cruise ship began its journey

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.

Top Asia Pacific Breaking News: Latest Updates

WASHINGTON (AP) – Weeks before his trip to China, President Donald Trump was already predicting on social media that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would “give me a big, fat hug when I get there.” But Beijing’s deep economic ties to Iran, as well as trade tensions over tariff threats stretching back to Trump’s first term, could crimp the good feelings when Trump flies to Beijing this week.

3 patients evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) – Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship and being flown to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said. The ship at the center of a deadly outbreak departed Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board and headed to Spain’s Canary Islands.

Surge of cartel violence in central Mexico forces families to flee homes

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Between 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico as a criminal mafia has attacked them with handmade explosives launched from drones and powerful weapons, community and human rights groups said Sunday.

Venezuela says mineral-rich part of Guyana was 'fraudulently' taken in colonial era

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Venezuela insisted Wednesday that a disputed mineral-rich region of Guyana was “fraudulently” taken in a 19th-century example of colonialism, arguing that a 1966 agreement and not the United Nations’ highest court should finalize ownership of the territory.

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others

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Trump will host Brazilian president for talks on economy and security

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday for talks about shared economic and security issues, a White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity about a meeting that has not been officially announced.