MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis wraps up his trip to Mexico today with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juárez prison just days after a riot in anothe...
Guillain-Barre also on the rise
CUCUTA, Colombia — The doctor taps Zulay Balza’s knees with a hammer and she doesn’t feel a thing. She can’t squeeze his outstretched fing...
Pope Francis is welcomed upon his arrival Monday in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. Francis celebrated Mexico’s Indians with a visit to Chiapas state, a center of in...
MOSCOW — The former executive director of the Russian anti-doping agency, RUSADA, has died, two months after leaving his post amid Russia’s doping scandal.
RUSADA spoke...
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Dutch tourist who survived a tiger attack in the jungles of southwestern Nepal over the weekend by climbing a tree said today that he’s lucky to be ...
Pope Francis says Mass in trio of native languages
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico — Pope Francis is celebrating Mexico’s Indians today with a visit to heavily indigen...
Francis begins Mexico visit
MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis kicks off his first trip to Mexico on Saturday with speeches to the country’s political and ecclesial elites, ridin...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Workers have pulled out 114 bodies from the rubble of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed in an earthquake in Taiwan’s oldest city, leaving on...
Church leaders meeting there
HAVANA — The heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches will hold a historic meeting today in the threadbare international air...
Year of the Monkey begins
BEIJING — Chinese flocked to temples and fairs to pray for good health and fortune today, the first day of the lunar new year.
In Beijing, hund...
