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Ultra-right wing President Javier Milei’s radical initiative will be fast-tracked through Congress in extraordinary sessions

For the past 30 years, Colonel Angelo Rabelo has been fighting against animal-trafficking and poaching in the Pantanal, the largest freshwater wetland on the planet, which lies between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

From Colombian singer Karol G to Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny, world-renowned Spanish-language musicians are complete strangers to the majority of Brazilians. In Latin America’s largest country, none of the most-played songs are in Spanish. Rather, they tend to be locally-produced and sung in Portuguese

The Times Square Ball Drop is one of the most popular events, but there are other cities that offer unique experiences to greet the new year

It is the second state to decide not to allow the Republican to participate in the presidential primaries because of the attack on the Capitol. Michigan decided Wednesday that he can run

Most government offices and some private businesses close on the 11 U.S. federal holidays

Obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are capturing the attention of celebrities and showing promising results in helping people shed pounds

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has called it the “most important reform” to the military justice system in recent history

The Italian company Pasubio, which sells upholstery to brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover and BMW, will no longer buy leather from suppliers that invade Indigenous peoples’ forests

Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn their backs to the ocean because of the danger of ‘sneaker waves’ — occasional much bigger waves that can run far up the sand and wash someone off a beach.

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones rejected claims that the new maps didn’t do enough to help Black voters. The approval of the maps sets the stage for them to be used in 2024 elections

Included in the sanctions are the head of a financial intermediary in Sana’a, Yemen, along with three exchange houses in Yemen and Turkey

With Trump running again and already warning that the 2024 vote is ‘on its way to being another rigged election,’ election workers are bracing for a difficult year that will have no margin for error

Jobless claims rose to 218,000 for the week ending Dec. 23, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday

Their requests come as U.S. cities have struggled to manage the increasing number of migrants sent from Texas and other states. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing operation has transported more than 80,000 migrants to Democratic-led cities

The Colorado Supreme Court stayed its historic ruling until Jan. 4 or when an appeal is resolved with the nation’s highest court

Mexican President López Obrador meets with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas as the situation on the border between the two countries reaches a fever pitch

Today, almost every state official is backing Trump and he continues to draw huge crowds and interest in the state

The researchers say the findings show a need for government regulation of social media since the companies that stand to make money from children who use their platforms have failed to meaningfully self-regulate

The Golden Globe Awards are back on the first Sunday in January with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort

Special counsel Jack Smith’s office told U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in a 20-page filing that Trump’s lawyers should be prevented from ‘raising irrelevant political issues or arguments in front of the jury’

The country’s main labor organizations held a rally at the headquarters of the Argentine judiciary. The far-right leader says that he will hold a plebiscite if Congress rejects his measure

The stronger skepticism among Republicans comes after years of former President Donald Trump falsely blaming his 2020 loss on election fraud

Valued at around $3.5 billion, the deal was accepted just shy of a month since the families of Miriam Adelson and Sivan and Patrick Dumont announced their intention to buy the club

Wednesday’s ruling follows a Dec. 19 decision by a divided Colorado Supreme Court, which said Trump is ineligible to be president after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

The historian criticizes the U.S. government’s inability to deter attacks by the Taliban, Putin and Hamas, and warns that AI may negatively affect our cognitive abilities

The death toll at the world’s most dangerous land crossing threatens to surpass the 560 victims documented last year