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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government statistics agency has acknowledged it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. National Statistics Institute Assistant Director Susana Pérez Cadena told a congressional committee Thursday that workers also…

FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe's banking sector could withstand a severe economic downturn without depleting their financial buffers against losses, the European Central Bank said Friday. A survey of 98 large and medium-sized banks done by the ECB's supervisory arm in…

GENEVA — That head of lettuce you forgot to make a salad with starting to wilt? Did you buy too much bread before heading out for a holiday? In an effort to help eco-conscious consumers, a Geneva nonprofit is ramping…

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s navy located the boat of a missing American sailor off the country's southern coast, but the Maryland man who had been piloting it solo wasn't found, authorities said Friday. Donald Lawson’s capsized trimaran was found Thursday…

BERLIN — Two people died on Friday after jumping from a building in Berlin to escape a fire on an upper floor, authorities said. An apartment on the 12th floor of a 15th-story residential building was ablaze when firefighters arrived,…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The International Monetary Fund said Friday that it reached an agreement with Argentina that would open the door for the cash-strapped South American country to receive $7.5 billion over the next few months as part of…