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A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world's 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the…

A large fire tore through a street market in Haiti early Thursday, consuming thousands of dollars’ worth of goods as vendors wailed over their losses. The market, known as Shada,…

More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine,…

Mexico President Andres Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday accused the U.S. government of funding organizations that are hostile to his administration.  Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, López Obrador read…

Vigilante killings are surging in Haiti's capital and surrounding areas, where an additional five men were slain and set on fire Tuesday by a crowd that left one of the…

A Ukrainian farmer has designed a remote-controlled mine-clearing tractor using parts from destroyed Russian tanks.  Oleksandr Kryvtsov, who runs an agricultural company in the eastern Ukrainian village of Hrakove, is…

Zimbabwe will launch a digital currency next month by introducing "tokens" that are backed by gold reserves and can be transferred between people and businesses as a form of payment,…

Spain's parliament on Thursday banned "comic" bullfighting events featuring dwarves dressed in costumes, in a decision applauded by disability rights groups but condemned by the few surviving performers. Dwarves in…

Police in Kenya arrested another popular pastor on the country's Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103 on Thursday.…

A Brazilian dictionary has added "Pelé" as an adjective to use when describing someone who is "exceptional, incomparable, unique." The announcement by the Michaelis dictionary on Wednesday is part of…