1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (848+ words) MADRID, Spain " Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. The vessel is…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (875+ words) She and fellow members of South Africa's anti-immigrant group Operation Dudula " which means "to get rid of by force" " are dressed in military-style fatigues as they block the entrance and demand to see patients' identity documents. Mothers carrying children and…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (263+ words) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas " A rare and striking ocean creature nicknamed the "blue dragon" is washing up on parts of the Texas coast, and researchers say beachgoers should admire it from a distance. The Harte Research Institute said they recently found…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (251+ words) A man died Saturday after falling from a VIP area at Mexico City's newly renovated Banorte Stadium, just before an international friendly match was set to begin. The incident occurred March 28 ahead of a match between Mexico and Portugal, according…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (948+ words) The April 13-23 trip begins in Algeria, which has never before welcomed a pope. It includes a visit to the Great Mosque in Algiers as well as a meeting with Leo's fellow Augustinians in the place most associated with St. Augustine…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1065+ words) Three weeks later, they learned that he was dead. He was one of at least 48 boys and young men who died during the latest round of initiation ceremonies in South Africa. It is rare to hear the story of an…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (822+ words) Haysom went on from high-level positions promoting human rights in his home country to a distinguished career as a U. N. diplomat, serving in hot spots from Afghanistan and Iraq to Somalia and South Sudan. U. N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Haysom "devoted his…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (174+ words) President Michael Randrianirina, who took power in a coup in the Indian Ocean island in October, said Madagascar had acquired a polygraph machine and a specialist to operate it to vet new government ministers. "We will know who is corrupt…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (262+ words) WASHINGTON " Love is in the air for penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo as breeding season begins. For a fourth year in a row, children at the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity helped the penguins in their courtship for a partner by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1059+ words) A graphic symbol of the dispute: an unfilled, coffin-size hole in a cemetery in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, where the current president, Hakainde Hichilema, had hoped Lungu would be buried in a state funeral. But Lungu, in his last days, told…...