At least 44 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the country's fourth major flooding event in five months.
Colombians will make a choice for president between a leftist senator and a populist businessman in a run-off contest in June after none of the six candidates in Sunday's first round got 50 per cent of the vote.
The World Health Organization said Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a "moderate risk" to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found.
The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season strengthened on Sunday as it spiralled toward the southern coast of Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 177 km/h that are expected to worsen before the storm makes landfall on Monday.
Punjabi-language rapper and music producer Sidhu Moose Wala has been shot dead in India, according to officials. He was 28.
