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.
As the U.S. and Venezuela seek to normalize their diplomatic relations, a group of American and Venezuelan officials met over the weekend in Haiti, taking the opportunity to overcome their differences. However, officials on both sides have not divulged many details about the bilateral talks.
As part of a program aimed at modernizing Russia’s military, President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will add over 40 inter-continental ballistic missiles to his nation’s defense.
The Obama administration's plans to complete efforts to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba in early July may run into trouble in Congress, where Republicans would have to approve funding to upgrade the U.S. Interests Section in Havana to a full-scale Embassy.
Jozef Wesolowski, the 66-year-old former Vatican ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been charged with sexually abusing young boys in the Caribbean country as well as having child pornography on his computer.
According to the Sunday Times, Britain has been compelled to pull out agents from live operations in some countries after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, the 31-year old fled to seek protection from Vladimir Putin.
The Colombian military has announced that Farc rebels have shot and killed three police officers who were out patrolling a stretch of highway. After this attack, Farc went on to bring down an electricity pylon, an act which cut off the power to nearly half a million people in the southern region of Caqueta
King Felipe VI of Spain has removed the title from from his sister 50-year-old sister.
According to Princess Cristina’s attorney, she had asked the king to remove her title. The royal palace however has stated that the king made the decision before seeing her request.
Next month, President Barack Obama is expected to announce an agreement with Cuba that will allow each country to reopen embassies in the other's capital.
