SAO PAULO - Five years have passed since Rafael Papageorgiou won the Chinese Bridge language competition, but the experience is still fresh in his memory.
CHICAGO - A US couple wrongly jailed for 21 years on charges of sexually assaulting children as part of a satanic cult, received $3.4 million on Wednesday from the state of Texas, months after prosecutors acknowledged their innocence.
SAVA REGION, Madagascar - Hit by rampant speculation and a collapse in production following cyclone Enawo, the price of vanilla - Madagascar's largest export - has surged in recent months.
FRANKFURT - International schools in Frankfurt are seeing a bonus from Brexit after a deluge of calls from bankers who are set to be posted to Germany's financial center along with their children now that Britain has decided to leave the European Union.
YANGON, Myanmar - Gasps echo across the hall as the school kids trial virtual reality goggles, marveling at a device that allows some of Asia's poorest people to walk on the moon or dive beneath the waves.
CRIKVENICA, Croatia - Specially brewed beer made of chicken and vegetables and ice cream made from bananas, peanuts, yogurt and soy milk are top items on the menu in Croatia's only beach bar for dogs.
CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy - Eleven-year old Ciro, the last child to be pulled from the rubble on the Italian island of Ischia on Tuesday, saved his little brother's life when the deadly earthquake struck, rescuers workers said.
LIMA, Peru - Tai chi is more than just a method of self-defense, it is conducive to a healthy life, according to Juan Vasquez, Peru's well-known proponent of the martial art form.
ROME - Rescuers on the Italian holiday island of Ischia pulled the last trapped child from rubble on Tuesday after a magnitude-4.0 earthquake toppled buildings and left two people dead.
TOKYO - Fukushima's operator on Tuesday started freezing the last section of a $320 million ice wall designed to combat widespread water contamination at the site of the worst nuclear accident in a generation.
SYDNEY - A rare white koala joey has been born at a zoo in Australia, prompting thousands of Australians around the country to suggest names for the cuddly creature.
THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, India - For Nel Jayaraman, the realization that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly.
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