VENEZUELA-UNREST

RACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela will shrink the size of the U.S. Embassy staff, limit the activities of U.S. diplomats and require American citizens to apply for visas if they want to come bask on the beach. 

With: MISSIONARIES RELEASED-VENEZUELA.

CHILE-EUTHANASIA PLEA

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's president goes to a hospital to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize her because she is tired of her struggle with cystic fibrosis. 

IOC-RIO PROTEST

RIO DE JANEIRO — IOC President Thomas Bach came to laud Rio's progress in getting ready for the 2016 Olympics. He saw another side of the games — activists bursting into his hotel lobby to protest what they call environmental destruction brought on by the games. .

BRAZIL-MINISTER MAIDENS-ARREST

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian authorities say they arrested a self-professed minister put on a U.S. most-wanted list for allegedly molesting two girls in a "Maidens Group" at his religious fellowship in rural Minnesota. 

ISRAEL ON CAMPUS

NEW YORK — The ritual has become increasingly commonplace on many American college campuses: A student government body takes up Israeli policy toward the Palestinians and decides whether to demand their school divest from companies that work with the Jewish state.

ANTARCTICA-GLACIAL MELTING-PHOTO GALLERY

CAPE LEGOUPIL, Antarctica — From the ground of this extreme northern part of Antarctica, a spectacular white and blinding ice seemingly extends forever. What can't be seen is the battle raging below to reshape Earth.