As the United States and Cuba begin to normalize relations for the first time in half a century, some US visitors are already roaming the streets of Old Havana, attending dance exhibitions and lectures on architecture as they take part in scripted cultural tours that can cost more than a decent used car back home.
When British brothers Rob and Paul Forkan survived the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed both their parents 10 years ago, they knew they had to help other children in need.
An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "nonhuman person" that was unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday.
The tennis club is deserted, the poolside French restaurant is closed and picnic trips are canceled.
An Australian mother charged with killing eight children will have her case heard in January, a court said on Monday, as she struggles to come to terms with what happened.
South Korean prosecutors have been looking into threats of another attack on the country's nuclear reactors as a hacker, who identified himself as president of an anti-nuclear group in Hawaii, demanded the shutdown of three reactors in the country, local media reported on Monday.
International Monetary Fund policies have left healthcare systems in the African countries most affected by Ebola underfunded and lacking doctors, and have hampered a coordinated response to the outbreak, researchers said on Monday.
Hundreds of terminally ill people, patients suffering side effects of medicine and children with severe epilepsy will be the subject of three trials for the medical use of cannabis in Australia.
Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday's presidential runoff vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia's shift to full democracy four years after an uprising ousted Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
US President Barack Obama said his government is reviewing whether to put the Democratic People's Republic of Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, as Washington decides how to respond to what he calls an "act of cybervandalism", not one of war, against a movie company.
The gunman who fatally ambushed two police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government, and an apparent history of mental instability that included an attempt to hang himself a year ago, authorities said.
French authorities said a driver deliberately drove into pedestrians at several spots around the eastern city of Dijon, injuring 11 people and raising national concern.
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