The Latest Breaking News from Americas

NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Americas rights body turns up heat on Mexico over missing students

Mexico's government still owes an explanation to the families of 43 student teachers who disappeared eight years ago, and must clear up what role the armed forces played in the crime, a top international human rights body said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Nov 15, 2022

Room for one more F1 race in the Americas, says Mexican GP promoter

The promoter of the Mexican Grand Prix believes there would be room for one more race in the Americas should Formula 1 look to expand into more markets.

Motorsport · Nov 3, 2022

Columbus Day parade marks 70th year on march through Chicago

The parade returns to its pre-pandemic size and welcomes Italian-American and other cultural groups in a celebration of the immigrant experience in the Americas.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 10, 2022

Indigenous People’s Day: Why many Americans celebrate it instead of Columbus Day

The holiday was created in reaction to the atrocities carried out by Columbus and European settlers against Native American people in the Americas

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Oldest public library in the Americas has Catholic origins

According to UNESCO, the Mexican city of Puebla is home to the oldest public library in the Americas

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

In a Colombian national park, pictographs and pristine nature point the way toward a more hopeful future

Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Natural Park is a natural, historical and cultural wonder. Located in the northwestern part of the Colombian Amazon, it covers 43,000 square kilometres and contains what are probably some of the most ancient traces of human occupation in the Americas, with tens of thousands of pictographs in…

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2022

IBM acquires Dallas tech firm Dialexa for digital product expertise

DALLAS — IBM will acquire Dallas software company Dialexa to spearhead the tech giant’s digital product engineering services presence in the Americas.

Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022

Coalition of leaders: Urgent action needed for food security

Leaders from Europe, the Americas and Africa are calling for urgent action and funding to ease a growing global food security crisis

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

New atlas of bird migration shows extraordinary journeys

A new online atlas of bird migration draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the Americas

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022