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Canada is mourning the loss of 16 people in a tragic bus crash that killed junior hockey players, co

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the ex-president of Brazil who was convicted of corruption as part of the

Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani started the 2018 year in America’s Major League Baseball a

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid a corruption scandal. The ex-President left af

Facebook is suffering from a series of scandals related to data privacy. As a result, some people ar

Operation Car Wash—the massive investigation into corruption in Brazil that has stretched on for fiv

A self-driving Uber car struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona, raising questions about the safet

eSports—competitive video-gaming—are gaining in popularity in the United States among males under ag

Stephen Hawking, the physicist who studied gravity, black holes and the origins of the universe, and

St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of Irish culture around the world, featuring parades, Irish music

Toymaker Mattel has released a Frida Kahlo Barbie Doll in honor of International Women’s Day—but som

The hit music streaming service Spotify is preparing to go public—and in the process is revealing so

The Shape of Water won Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday night, while Frances McDormand won Best

The Communist Party of China has proposed changing to constitution to remove term limits for Chinese

Billy Graham, the American preacher whose crusades personally reached hundreds of millions of people

A 17-year-old shot and killed 17 people at a school he once attended in Florida. Another 12 people w

The Lunar New Year began this week with celebrations across Asia. In China, families follow traditio

A fan-produced movie called “Voldemort: Origins of the Heir” was released on YouTube last month, fre

PyeongChang, South Korea, is host to the Winter Olympics. In the chilly opening ceremony, North and

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was arrested on his way to a rally in Moscow. Navalny is th