Guillermo Lasso, 65, has vowed to attract foreign investment and break away from leftist policies.

The Caribbean island of St Vincent has been blanketed in ash after the La Soufrière volcano erupted.

However he later appeared to backtrack, saying his comments were a "complete misunderstanding".

China's regulators slapped a $2.8bn fine on the e-commerce giant over monopoly concerns

Strong winds tore across the state on Sunday, damaging homes and leaving thousands without power.

Three women who share Kamala Harris' mixed parentage open up about balancing the two sides of their lives.

The BBC speaks to the woman who, as a child, witnessed Yuri Gagarin's return to Earth 60 years ago.

Activists say authorities in India and Nepal seem underprepared to fight forest fires.

A Pissarro painting is the focus of a custody battle involving a Holocaust survivor and a US museum.

Some of the images colourised by an Irish artist appear to have been edited to show them smiling.