PETIONVILLE, Haiti – Vigilante killings are on the rise in Haiti’s capital and adjacent environs, where a crowd killed and burned on fire five men on...
MANANJARY, Madagascar – Southeast Madagascar has been hit by three powerful storms in a year, resulting in “catastrophic” famine in remote, inaccessible places that have received...
BERN, Switzerland — Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones excavated from three different locations in the United States and combined into a single skeleton were auctioned off...
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years pounded its northwest coast Friday, with gusts reaching an estimated record of 289 kilometers (180...
BOGOTA, Colombia Escobar— According to environmental authorities, a hippopotamus descended from animals illegally transported to Colombia by the late drug lord Pablo Escobar died in a...
CAIRO, Egypt – At least 14 people have been killed in Sudan’s long-troubled Darfur area in the previous three days, according to two activists. Local activist...
Thomas Nashe, a 16th-century British poet and playwright, undoubtedly anticipated spring in his own vibrant, singsong manner: The flowers kiss our feet; the fields breathe sweetly....