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Total solar eclipse races across North America
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/04/2024
» NEW YORK - Millions of people across North America readied for a total solar eclipse on Monday - some gazing anxiously at wayward clouds - as the moon began creeping across the face of the sun in western Mexico before it blocks it out completely.
‘Alien fever’ fuels grave robbing in Peru
Published on 06/04/2024
» NAZCA, Peru - Leandro Rivera says he chanced upon the cave in Peru’s remote Nazca region that contained hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts — including human bodies with elongated heads and what appeared to be only three fingers on each hand.
Tech-led rally lifting equities worldwide
Business, Published on 24/02/2024
» RECAP: Most Asian equity markets gained for a second day on Friday, as a global rally led by technology stocks pushed markets from the US to Europe and Japan to all-time highs.
Sizzling trends
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 29/12/2023
» Over the past 12 months, Thailand's gastronomic scene enjoyed full-steam dynamism.
'Pooper' figures star in nativity scenes in Spain
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» BARCELONA - Look closely at a nativity scene in Spain's Catalonia region and you will likely spot an unusual figure -- a peasant with his pants down and doing his business in the holy scene.
Hurricane Lidia leaves two dead in Mexico
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» PUERTO VALLARTA (MEXICO) - Hurricane Lidia left at least two people dead in Mexico after making landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm, causing flooding, damage and blocked roads before dissipating, authorities said Wednesday.
Hurricane Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» PUERTO VALLARTA (MEXICO) - Hurricane Lidia slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday, causing flooding, blocked roads, fallen trees and at least one death, officials said.
US southwest on high alert as Hurricane Hilary climbs Mexico coast
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico: States across the typically arid US southwest were racing Saturday to prepare for a life-threatening flooding forecast as Hurricane Hilary approaches from Mexico, where damage and one death were reported.
Dangerous Hurricane Hilary hits Mexico, California with heavy rains
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» CABO SAN LUCAS (MEXICO) - Hilary brought heavy rains Saturday to portions of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and the southwestern United States, as officials warned the powerful hurricane was likely to cause "catastrophic and life-threatening" flooding.
Mexico's Copper Canyon train lures intrepid travelers
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» CREEL (MEXICO) - From the heartland of a notorious drug cartel to rugged mountains home to remote Indigenous communities, Mexico's "El Chepe" train takes adventure-seeking travelers on a spectacular journey through the Copper Canyon.