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Study suggests that key glacier of East Antarctica is melting from beneath

Northern Hemisphere residents and Americans in particular should take note — when the bottom of the world loses vast amounts of ice, those of us living closer to its top get more sea level rise than the rest of the planet, thanks to the law of gravity.

US, Cuba resume talks amid Venezuela tensions

The top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, Roberta Jacobson, met her Cuban counterpart Josefina Vidal behind closed doors for a third round of talks on normalizing relations, but the atmosphere of reconciliation was marred by protests over Washington's treatment of Venezuela.

Police rescue 4 parakeets from suffocation in Guanacaste

Locals in Bagaces, Guanacaste alerted police that a man was selling parakeets out of a tightly closed plastic bag on Saturday.

UN panel to probe Dag Hammarskjold’s 1961 plane crash death

Hammarskjold, the U.N.'s second secretary-general, died at age 56 when his DC-6 crashed near Ndola, in northern Rhodesia, now known as Zambia.

The Chorreador: A Timeless Costa Rican Coffee Brewing Tradition

In the world of coffee brewing, where modern technology often takes the spotlight, the chorreador stands as a testament to the beauty and simplicity...

Mexico journalist who revealed first lady’s mansion fired

Carmen Aristegui, one of Mexico's most influential broadcast journalists, had been publicly feuding with her employer, MVS Radio, in recent days after two of her investigative reporters were fired by the company.

Nostalgia on a Plate: Costa Rica’s Changing Food Culture

Childhood is a country of its own. It is a place with a particular set of rules and values and habits. When you are...

Tracking seafood ‘bait-to-plate’ to end global fraud and protect threatened stocks

Of wild-caught seafood that ends up in U.S. fish counters, as much as 32 percent of it is imported illegally, often by boats operating lights-out at night, hauling in tons of animals that will never be counted. The Obama administration's plan includes an ambitious system that aims to track every wild fish and crustacean from where it is caught to where it is shipped in the U.S.

Rescuers find missing tourists in mountainous area near Arenal Volcano

At dawn on Saturday the hikers managed to make a phone call from a mobile phone and send some details on their location, which allowed rescuers to find them.

Pope Francis brings a forceful new tone on sexual abuse cases

The case of Diego, who says he was abused hundreds of times by a priest, has become one of several in which Pope Francis has personally intervened to aid alleged abuse victims.

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