Brazil's tourism minister is pushing for a relaxation of his country's visa requirements ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Henrique Eduardo Alves insisted that the step would be beneficial to help develop the Brazilian tourism sector.
Mexico will assist American authorities investigating a June 5 a shooting attack on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter, the country's Foreign Relations Department said on Thursday.
Up to 450 additional U.S. troops will head to Iraq to train local security forces in their war against ISIS, the terrorist group that controls large swaths of territory across that nation and neighboring Syria.
What do you get when you post over 200 cameras across an African savanna? A whole lot of pictures and a tremendous amount of data, all of which must be analyzed and catalogued for use in research. So the scientists conducting the project, Snapshot Serengeti, turned to a reliable work force to sort through the masses by enlisting a dedicated corps of volunteers.
It's just a shark. OK, it's a really big shark, possibly the largest ever captured on camera. And since Mauricio Padilla posted his close encounter with the behemoth on Facebook, it's been viewed more than three million times by folks who can't seem to get enough of internet animals.
After spending nearly $60,000 on cosmetic surgery to transform himself into a human Ken doll, Celso Santebañes died earlier this month at the age of 20 from a rare blood cancer.
Taking unprecedented action regarding the catholic church’s past struggles with charges of child molestation, Pope Francis has just announced the creation of a tribunal listen to cases of bishops who have been accused of covering up pedophile acts conducted by priests.
Scientists have discovered decayed bones, flesh, skin and organs of dinosaurs that are millions of years old. Now, there is evidence of blood cells with protein intact.
Jaime "El Bronco" Rodríguez, a colorful candidate who is known for wearing cowboy boots and having no problem cursing, won his seat in the prosperous northern state of of Nuevo León , receiving 49 percent of the votes.
A group of scientists in China studied the metabolic pattern of pandas, in relation to their food source, and what they found was that pandas aren't like typical herbivores. Their gut bacteria is actually not capable of properly digesting their steady diets of bamboo and, in fact, pandas are more similar to their cousins, omnivorous mammals like the black bear.
Felipe Gonzalez, former prime minister of Spain, has gone to Venezuela in order help the troubled leaders of the right wing opposition party win their freedom back after being arrested by the Maduro administration.
A new study has revealed that in that 80% of Latino voters polled in the 2014 Election Eve Poll believed that it was “extremely” or “very” important for the federal government to take measures in order to reduce the carbon pollution that is causing climate change
Opponents of Obama's otherwise lauded plan to reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba are trying to use must-pass funding bills to limit Obama's ability to expand trade and travel with the communist island.
On Friday, after being struck by gunfire originating from the Mexican side of the border U.S.-Mexico border, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the Texas city of Laredo.
Following the massive earthquake that stuck Haiti in 2010, a new report from ProPublica and NPR revealed that the American Red Cross (ARC) has only managed to build six permanent homes with the $500 million in donations that they raised towards the Haiti relief effort.
