Two people died and one remains missing on Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba, the country’s highest mountain, according to authorities. Late Tuesday, authorities in the central state of Puebla announced the discovery of a guide’s body, who was leading a climbing group. Another
South Africa’s unemployment rate, already the highest in the world, rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official government figures released on Tuesday. The Quarterly Labor Force Survey reported that the number of unemployed working-age people in South
The effects of COVID are lingering longer among the residents of some states than others. That’s according to the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which tracks reported cases of long COVID
In what appears to be a perfect contradiction in terms, the country with the highest tax in Europe is also among the happiest in the world. Tax burdens across Europe vary hugely – but Denmark stands out as the highest taxing country
The peak of Mount Everest “stinks of poo” according to climbers who have recently made the perilous trip up the world’s highest mountain. Some have suggested that the mountain has become an “open toilet” due to the amount of human waste that
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s highest court on Friday upheld a ban on running for office that the socialist-led government placed on Maria Corina Machado, a longtime government foe and the candidate of an opposition faction backed by the United States. Machado,
Bullfighting in Mexico City faced a ban in June 2022, but the Supreme Court of Justice has officially overturned it. Animal rights activists had filed a legal complaint against bullfighting, citing violence and animal cruelty in Mexico City. The Supreme Court ruled
Famine is “around the corner” in Gaza, as its civilian population faces the “highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded,” UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths has said. Pointing to a death toll estimated to be in the tens of thousands, attacks
India rung in the New Year with a two-day nationwide strike over a new hit-and-run law. The law decrees that hit-and-runs would be punishable by up to 10 years in prison, or a maximum fine of $8,405. The law is poised to replace
India has nearly completed the construction of the colossal Chenab Bridge, standing 59 metres above a river, which is the world’s highest railway bridge. The Chenab River bridge was built to withstand severe earthquakes and blasts, and it can withstand wind speeds