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Althea Serad | May 25, 2015 10:48 PM EDT
At least 13 people were killed, including three children, after a ferocious tornado hit the border city of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, Monday morning in just six seconds. Three hundred others were hospitalized for injuries, while 400 homes were destroyed, according to Acuña Mayor Evaristo Lenin Perez. read more
Althea Serad | May 25, 2015 04:51 AM EDT
Record-breaking rains across Texas and Oklahoma caused widespread flooding over the weekend, sweeping away hundreds of homes and killing at least three people. read more
Althea Serad | May 25, 2015 01:00 AM EDT
The official results are in. Ireland is the first country in the world to vote "yes" to gay marriage, as the vote won by landslide with 62 percent of the total tally. The result Saturday marked history books and was deemed as an intense shift for the country, especially as Ireland is considered traditionally Catholic, reported Reuters. read more
Althea Serad | May 22, 2015 05:13 AM EDT
Ireland polls were opened Friday allowing Irish citizens to cast their votes on whether to change their constitution and allow gay marriage into their nation. read more
Althea Serad | May 22, 2015 06:27 AM EDT
The jailed daughter of the chairman of Korean Air Lines Co., dubbed the “Nut Rage” executive of Korean Air, was freed by a South Korean appeals court Friday after her prison sentence from a lower court over violation of aviation laws in December had been suspended. read more
Eana Maniebo | May 22, 2015 09:47 AM EDT
Copper mining is a major industry in Mongolia and the country's economy relies heavily on it. The country ranks 12th in the world for copper reserves, with the Gobi Desert holding 35 million tons of copper. read more
Althea Serad | May 21, 2015 09:51 AM EDT
Governor Jerry Brown of California has declared late Wednesday a state of emergency for Santa Barbara County. The announcement came after a pipeline from Plains All American Pipeline LP, an oil conduit, burst Tuesday, covering the state’s southern coastline was covered in crude which amounted up to 2,500 barrels. read more
Jotham D. Funclara | May 21, 2015 06:34 AM EDT
U.S. intelligence officials were able to declassify hundreds of random documents confiscated in the Abbottabad compound of infamous terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. read more
Kwao Peppeh | May 20, 2015 11:29 PM EDT
Two enigmatic bronze life-size horses that adorned the entrance to the office of Adolph Hitler have been recovered by authorities from a black market warehouse more than two decades after they were reportedly last seen in public. read more
Kwao Peppeh | May 20, 2015 09:18 PM EDT
Officials from Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and other law enforcement agencies have taken up to 48 people into custody after a surprise early morning raid this Wednesday on clinics, pharmacies and other medical dispensaries that are suspected of illegally dealing in pain killers in four southern states. read more
Cybelle Go | May 21, 2015 02:44 AM EDT
Four cancer charities run by extended families receiving $187 million from donors in 2008 to 2012 were found to be a scam and the money was not directed towards rendering aid to cancer patients, according to CNN. read more
Camille Harthy | May 20, 2015 06:41 PM EDT
A recent government audit found that military and civilians working at the U.S. Department of Defense spent almost $1 million in casinos and almost $100,000 in strip clubs using department-issued credit cards. read more
Camille Harthy | May 20, 2015 06:38 PM EDT
The rift between neighbors China and Myanmar intensified as reports of recent shelling attacks made news once again. read more
Camille Harthy | May 20, 2015 06:33 PM EDT
Iraq's Council of Ministers on May 19 laid out an eight-part plan on how it has decided to get back control of Ramadi and fight the Islamic State. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
