More than 800 Salvadoran labor union members protested in the streets of San Salvador to denounce what they see as a scheme by big business and right-wing parties to privatize water.

Deaths from cancer have climbed 15 percent in Venezuela since 2013 amid a protracted economic crisis, the country's Anti-Cancer Association (SAV) said Thursday.

Bolivia marked on Thursday the beginning of Year 5526 on the Andean calendar with rituals in more than 200 sites that are considered sacred by the country's indigenous peoples.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that his government must "do more to encourage foreign investment" to guarantee the country's economic development, state media reported Thursday.

Argentina fell to Croatia 3-0 in World Cup Group D action Thursday, a match in which blunders by goalkeeper Willy Caballero and Enzo Perez cost the Albiceleste dearly.

Earth's massive and growing human population has a major impact on the environment and must be checked to preserve the planet's natural heritage, a Mexican expert in ecology and conservation told EFE.