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By Vasco Cotovio, Paula Newton, David von Blohn and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN In a flimsy wooden structure in a small favela on the outer edges of São Paulo, a kitchen, bed, and television occupy the same room. This is the tiny home of 46-year-old single mother Sandra Silva. It is all she can afford, and

Marlon Sorto and Sanie López-Garelli, CNN A LATAM Airlines plane was damaged traveling from Santiago, Chile, to Asunción, Paraguay, and had to make an emergency landing at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport on Wednesday after experiencing “severe weather conditions during its flight path,” the airline told CNN in a statement on Thursday. “Passengers and crew are

By Tara John, CNN Brazil votes for a new president on Sunday, in the final round of a polarizing election that has been described as the most important in the country’s democratic history. The choice is between two starkly different candidates — the leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula,

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN An Australian judge has dismissed a 12-member jury deliberating a high-profile rape verdict after it was revealed a juror conducted research into the allegations and took that information into the jury room. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said she had no choice but to abort the trial in

By Pete Muntean, CNN The federal government saw a spike in complaints from angry airline passengers in August, the last full month of a summer marked by flight cancellations and delays. In just-released data, the Department of Transportation says it received more than 7,000 complaints from flyers, a 6% increase compared with July and a

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Rishi Sunak officially became Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks on Tuesday, acknowledging that “mistakes were made” by his predecessor as he sought to bring stability to the UK after months of political and economic turmoil. He was appointed by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Major US airlines are criticizing the Biden administration’s latest plans to publicly pressure them into offering additional passenger benefits. The group that represents the nation’s largest air carriers, Airlines for America, says the Department of Transportation’s latest ask of air carriers involves delayed passengers and would be “punitive” rather than provide

By Angus Watson and Hilary Whiteman, CNN The United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) suspended its tour of Australian prisons on Sunday, citing a lack of cooperation from officials who denied them access to some detention facilities. In a statement, the SPT said its staff were prevented from entering some places where

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak has emerged as the front-runner to be the country’s next prime minister, after Boris Johnson dramatically dropped out of the race to be Conservative Party leader. The current prime minister, Liz Truss, resigned last week after just six disastrous weeks in office. Graham Brady, the