The government of Ecuador has revealed that the protests by its citizens sparked by fuel price hikes have left six people dead and 1,507 injured. A total of 1,330 people were arrested for protest-related crimes, such as vandalism, Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said at a joint press conference with General Commander of the National […]

The building that collapsed Tuesday morning in Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil, was found to be an irregular one with no construction registry, said the city government. The lot where the collapsed building located had 13 apartments, including a penthouse. But there has been no official registry of a single house there since 1977. The authorities are […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday described a U.S. indictment against Turkey’s state-run Halkbank as “unlawful” and “ugly.”

Production at the German sports car manufacturer came to a temporary halt due to a major IT failure, Porsche confirmed to Xinhua on Wednesday. A Porsche spokesperson stressed that an internal problem was the reason for the failure, not an external cyber attack. A defective data storage unit triggered the problem while software that was […]

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least one child and injuring more than two dozen other people. Government authorities were starting to receive reports from field officials on the island of Mindanao where the earthquake struck, opening cracks in buildings and homes, sending residents running from shops and offices […]