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Rescue workers and forensic technician Joel Mirabal, back left, recover the body of an earthquake victim in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

As quake rescue effort winds down, Venezuelans are left alone to recover their dead

July 6, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

Local authorities are turning their focus to finding shelter for thousands of displaced people. But the recovery of the dead has become a pressing, and horrifying, task for Venezuelans still...

A fan, left, takes a photo with a dog named Osito, wearing a Mexico national soccer team jersey, next to Jorge Rangel before a World Cup Group A match against South Korea on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Mexico City. (Marco Ugarte/AP)

‘He’s my daily companion’: Rescue dog Osito steals hearts at the World Cup, one bike ride at a time

June 20, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

As World Cup fever sweeps Mexico City, one of the tournament’s biggest fan favorites isn’t a player, coach or official mascot.

A vendor prepares a bolillo, a traditional Mexican bread, for consumption at a street stand in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

British baker’s criticism of Mexican ‘ugly’ bread triggers outrage

December 18, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

In an interview for a food-themed podcast that resurfaced online, Richard Hart, the co-founder of Green Rhino bakery in Mexico City and a well-known figure in international baking circles, said...

Visitors take pictures of the Olympic cauldron as it rises high after sunset on July 28, 2024, in Paris. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

The story behind Paris’ Olympics cauldron balloon: ‘An explosion of love like this one was impossible to foresee’

August 2, 2024 at 7:17 a.m.

The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong.

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