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Tesla cuts nine percent of workforce in search of profit   In its fifteen-year existence the company headed up by Elon Musk has not made a profit, and it's burning through cash at an unprecedented rate. Tesla...

Brazil army ordered to take over security in violent Rio de Janeiro  Pedro Fonseca, Alexandra Alper RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil’s federal government on Friday ordered the army to take over command of police forces...

Unconvinced by the election, Venezuela emigres stream across border   "People aren't voting anymore because they know that it's rigged. If we had any hope that this would change, we wouldn't be migrating," says Deiver Guarate,...

Man targeting his wife shoots and kills 3 others, commits suicide: Police Mark Osborne   Video: Man targeting his wife shoots and kills 3 others, commits suicide: Police   Three people were shot and killed, and then the suspect...

Hungary passes law criminalising aid to migrants   The new law 'STOP Soros' makes it more difficult for refugees and immigrants to gain asylum in Hungary and threatens people helping asylum seekers with up to a...

South Africa: more than 950 trapped gold miners brought to surface   At least 900 gold miners who were trapped in a South African mine for more than 24 hours after a power outage were safely...

Sperm counts among western men have halved in last 40 years – study Nicola Davis   Reasons for the ‘shocking’ drop are unclear, say researchers, and represent a huge and neglected area of public health. Sperm counts among...

Burning building in Sao Paulo collapses, at least 1 dead   The building, a former federal police headquarters, was engulfed in a blaze before the floors started falling on themselves like dominoes with debris flying in...

Danish inventor gets life in prison for journalist's murder   Police detained Peter Madsen on August 11 last year when he emerged from his home-made submarine without Kim Wall who had boarded the vessel the previous...

Venezuela's Maduro eyes second term despite economic woes   Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected to win a second six-year term in Sunday's election, despite a deepening crisis that's made food scarce and inflation soar as...