MATANZAS, Cuba - Under a pounding sun, a group of men, armed with chain saws, cut down the trees at an old citrus plantation in a plain in western Cuba, previously known for its high production of oranges, grapefruit and lemons.
BRUSSELS - Once upon a time speaking French was easy in Brussels, but things have changed.
NEW YORK - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar joined along as Manhattan's Fifth Avenue came alive with the sound of bagpipes, trumpets and lots of green on Saturday at the 257th running of New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade.
BANGALORE, India - Every day more than 1,000 water tankers rumble past a small plywood store in Bangalore. Gleaming new apartment blocks are still springing up all over the city known as India's Silicon Valley - even though there is nowhere near enough mains water to supply those already living and working there.
When it comes to museums, Tianjin leads the way. Yang Cheng takes a look at an institution that turns 100 this year
Dressed in a purple gown, she moves her hands and fingers in a manner that almost mesmerizes. But all she is doing is using sign language to say - "I will study hard, work hard and live a full life."
Known for hawkish foreign policy views, the incoming US secretary of state seems far more eager to rock the boat than his predecessor. That may indicate a more tumultuous road ahead, and may push Washington to further turn up the heat on countries like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, US experts said.
KATHMANDU - A wheelchair-bound Australian is aiming to become the first paraplegic to reach the base camp of Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, unaided - a breathless trek he reckons he will make mostly on his hands.
The United Nations' environment agency has urged African governments to shift policies toward promoting greener modes of transportation, citing the example set by China.
The death of Stephen Hawking reverberated around the world but it was particularly resonant at a small college in Cambridge that the physicist described as a "constant thread running through my life".
WASHINGTON - Stephen Hawking won accolades from his peers for having one of the most brilliant minds in science, but he never got a Nobel Prize because no one has yet proven his ideas.
HELSINKI - Finland is the world's happiest country, according to an annual survey that measured factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption.
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