A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths but some damage has occurred to buildings and major bridges, and power was cut off near the epicenter.
Mexico saw the first public protests this weekend over the government’s decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically modified corn, which environmentalists and others say could ruin the nation’s native crop.
Breathlessly, they came, carrying suitcases, plastic bags and just about anything that would hold the few belongings they still had.
Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo Sosa was sworn in Wednesday as president of Honduras, bringing an end to the de facto government that ruled the country following a June coup.
Clad in a gold sequined bikini and topped with a feathered headdress, a curvy cabaret dancer strutted onstage.
She pouts her collagen-filled lips and totters on golden stilettos as she parades down the catwalk. Camera flashes pop in the shaky video recording of the photo shoot. Colombian model Angie Sanclemente is an object of desire.
The head of Cuba’s Catholic Church urged Havana to reconcile differences with its nemesis Washington as one step in averting the worst crisis that has befallen the communist island in recent times.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Mexico’s Baja California on Sunday, rattling Arizona and southern California, and leaving at least two dead and 100 injured in Mexico, authorities said.
He got a standing ovation before the orchestra even played a single note.For weeks now, anticipation has been growing for the arrival of fiery young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel to take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the crowd couldn’t wait to roar its approval at his arrival.
The death toll from a powerful car bomb Wednesday morning in Buenaventura, Colombia, rose to six as the day went on, with at least 42 people wounded, authorities said.
Being on guard might come naturally to many city dwellers, but in some places urban life requires more than just vigilance.
The same hands that are helping Haiti recover from a massive earthquake could cripple its long-term recovery.
A 24-year-old man was rescued from the rubble 11 days after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti.
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