US company Halliburton agrees to plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico in 2010.

Mermaid swimming lessons gain popularity in Manila, with women and girls getting the chance to fulfil their underwater dreams.

A juror in the trial of a Florida neighbourhood watchman who killed an unarmed black teenager comes forward to say he will have to answer to God.

Clashes between police and gunmen leave 22 people dead in Mexico's Michoacan state, officials say.

The woman who allegedly once was at the top of the Mexican drugs trade is sentenced by a US court to 70 months in prison for trafficking cocaine.

A pornography filtering system praised by the Prime Minister is controlled by the controversial Chinese firm Huawei.

Parts of a national forest in California have been evacuated and closed down after a ground squirrel there was found to be infected with the plague.

The US state of North Carolina adopts a budget that includes $10m (£6.5m) to compensate victims of its forced-sterilisation programme.