Panama

Panama welcomes 220 Cuban doctors to confront a surge in COVID-19 cases and shortages of medical workers.

Tropical storm made landfall in Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 100km/h and was headed for southern Florida.

Four women and three men, ages 17 to 22, were among the victims of the shooting while several others escaped.

US prosecutors charge two sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli after they were arrested in Guatemala on Monday.

Exhumation is part of a government investigation into how they were killed.

Experts expect 2020 to be marked by high rates of dengue, which can fill ICUs even absent the pressures of coronavirus.

Tear gas, arbitrary detentions and short-term humanitarian programmes have been the government reaction to protests.

The bond sale has attracted more than $25bn in orders.

The Zaandam, with 1,800 passengers, has been prevented from docking in several countries due to coronavirus fears.

While the elderly remain the most affected group, young people in several countries are struggling with the virus.

Officials say the small religious sect kidnapped, tortured and murdered members of Ngabe Bugle Indigenous group.

The rate of albinism within the Guna population is among the highest in the world, experts say.

The recent seizure of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf has raised questions over what common shipping practice entails.

Quake hits some seven kilometres southeast of the town of Plaza de Caisan near Costa Rica border at a depth of 37km.