According to the The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and Reconciliation, there are currently 60 political prisoners jailed in the communist country and 11 people under some form of parole
Pope Francis' long-awaited encyclical "Laudato Si'," in which the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics warned that climate change had brought the planet to a "breaking point" and called for an environmental "revolution," has received mixed reactions across the American political landscape.
In a long-awaited encyclical, Pope Francis on Thursday called for a "revolution" on climate change, a threat the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics warned had brought the planet to the verge of a perilous "breaking point."
Prince Harry, the younger son of Prince Charles and fifth in line to the British throne, on Tuesday welcomed Michelle Obama for tea at Kensington Palace as the first lady embarked on the first leg of her week-long European tour.
The recent rapprochement between Washington and Havana did not keep the Cuban diplomats at the United Nations from demanding "self-determination and independence" for the people of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory.
Motor sports fans mourn the death of the sports newest champion, Denis Martin. Race car driver Denis Martin was killed on Wednesday after a car accident on National Route 5 while on his way to Buenos Aires.
Nasir al-Wahishi, al-Qaida's second in command, was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this month, the White House confirmed on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
We have all been subjected to the infamous Kardashians who have mastered their selfies with their puckered lips and over-the-top outfits; we've seen "San Andreas" star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson set a record for taking 105 selfies within three minutes, and more recently we've seen Mexico attempt to take the world's largest selfie.While reality TV and Hollywood stars and Mexicans (among others selfie enthusiasts around the world) have become obsessed with this craze, not everyone is on board, including "the father of selfie sticks," Wayne Fromm.
Guadalajara, home to 1.5 million people and the largest city in the state of Jalisco, is increasingly gaining a reputation as "Mexico's Silicon Valley," local and international business publications said.
Pope Francis will call on governments to curtail the use of fossil fuels use and on people around the globe to alter their lifestyles in order to avoid "unprecedented destruction of the ecosystem," Vox reported based on the leaked first draft of an encyclical the pontiff is set to publish on Thursday.
