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Death toll climbs to 32 in Guatemala landslide

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala – At least 32 people are dead as rescuers resumed a desperate search Saturday for several hundred people believed missing after a landslide buried a village on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital.

Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators push hard for deal

ATLANTA, Georgia – Officials from 12 countries including the United States, Japan and Australia appeared close to a deal on an ambitious Pacific Rim trade pact Saturday as negotiations went into the second day of overtime.

Possible US airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan; at least 19 dead

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. forces may have mistakenly bombed a hospital in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 19 people, including three children, in an incident that will likely raise new questions about the scope of U.S. involvement in the 14-year war.

4 reasons why FIFA’s Sepp Blatter must step down immediately

Sepp Blatter was once considered the most powerful man in all of sports. Now, with a criminal investigation against him and FIFA's sponsors demanding his resignation, the 79-year-old is all but out of options.

Chávez’s other disciple, Diosdado Cabello, rises as Venezuela unravels under Maduro

When Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro closed the border with Colombia, he did it from the presidential palace hundreds of miles away. On the ground, supervising deportations and local officials, was the country's iron-fisted chief lawmaker, Diosdado Cabello.

51 countries just released their climate plans – and they’re still not strong enough

On Wednesday and Thursday, 51 countries filed their climate action plans with the United Nations, a key step toward reaching an international accord at the Paris climate summit in December. Altogether, more than 130 nations accounting for about 85 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions have filed plans.

Tamarindo surf company Witch’s Rock acquires Pueblo Dorado hotel

Witch’s Rock Industries, which runs a popular surf camp, two restaurants and a brewery in Tamarindo, has significantly expanded its hospitality business with the acquisition last month of the 29-room Pueblo Dorado Surf Hotel.

The legendary Will Smith returns to rap with Colombia’s Bomba Estereo

Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith adds his voice to remix of hit from Colombian electrocumbia band Bomba Estereo.

Gunman at Oregon college appeared armed for an extended siege

The gunman who cut a deadly path through an Oregon college campus appeared armed for an extended siege according to investigators who were probing more deeply into suspicions the shooter may have been driven by religious rage and a fascination with the twisted notoriety of high-profile killers.

World Cup sponsors want FIFA’s Blatter to resign now

World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and McDonald's said Friday that FIFA head Sepp Blatter should step aside immediately to restore confidence in the scandal-plagued body.

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