MEXICO CITY – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel laureate whose intoxicating novels and short stories exposed millions outside Latin America to its passions, superstition,...
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines – Devotees in northern Philippine villages had themselves nailed to wooded crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as...
ANSAN, South Korea – The most poignant reminders of what’s been lost here are the most ordinary. Desks in the classrooms of Danwon High...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is sending condolences to victims of a South Korean ferry disaster and says he will pay tribute during a visit...
Not every person in the world has the same relationship with the taxman as Americans do. Let’s look at taxing throughout the globe, including what people...
CALGARY – As a funeral director, Ernie Hagel knows how to deal with death. But the loss of a promising employee – one...
MOKPO, South Korea – There was chaos and confusion on the bridge of a sinking ferry, with the captain first trying to stabilize the listing vessel...
BEIRUT – A spike in targeted murders of journalists in Syria landed the war-shattered country for the first time on the Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A recent spate of infections from a frequently deadly Middle East virus is raising new worries about efforts to contain the...
PARIS – Small underground nuclear power plants that could be cheaper to build than their behemoth counterparts may herald the future for an energy industry under...