SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba - The government hopes to revive the country's once-thriving coffee industry by offering attractive wages in harvest season and replanting old plantations with low yields.
LA SERENA, Chile - Long one of the country's favorite seafoods, Chile's macha clam has become a victim of its own popularity, with over-exploitation forcing authorities to ban clam fishing in all but a few areas to help stocks recover.
TEHERAN - Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defense and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani has said in a speech broadcast on state television.
China studies are taking root in the Bluegrass State.
AL-QARYATAYN, Syria - Twenty six Syrian hostages who escaped from their Islamic State captors received an emotional homecoming on Sunday in the central province of Homs, witnesses and officials said.
BANGKOK - Thailand officially ended a year of mourning for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Monday, marking a return to colors for some after a monotone year during which many wore black from head-to-toe out of respect for their revered monarch.
SYDNEY - Australian honey producers have been stung by the news that New Zealand's honey industry is in the process of trying to trademark the word "manuka" around the globe.
SEOUL - The high-profile case of a South Korean restaurant-chain owner who died after she was bitten by her celebrity neighbor's dog has sparked fierce debate about responsible pet ownership and led the government to tighten related laws.
MEXICO CITY - A raised fist made of helmets, pick axes and broken rubble rolled ahead of hundreds of walking skeletons, costumed dancers and flowery floats Saturday in Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade, which this year honored the 228 capital residents killed by a Sept 19 earthquake.
LONDON - At 24, Londoner Kai Brader-Tan did not expect to become a property owner so soon in a city where rocketing prices in recent years have prevented many of his peers from getting onto the housing ladder.
NEW YORK - Dancing is technically illegal in thousands of bars, clubs and restaurants in the city that never sleeps, but New York campaigners are finally in sight of getting the law overturned.
WASHINGTON - More than one in five American residents now speaks a language other than English at home, according to a new research based on 2016 US Census Bureau data.
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