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By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The number of Ecuadorians braving the trek north to Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States jumped exponentially last year amid a wave of violence and shrinking job opportunities at home, experts

Pacific Island nations have for decades been grappling with the environmental and health consequences of Cold War-era nuclear testing in the region by the likes of the U.S. and France. Now, they worry about another kind of nuclear danger from

Swaths of southern Turkey and northern Syria are in ruins after a powerful earthquake ripped through the region. At least 3,400 are dead, more than 13,000 more injured and tens of thousands are homeless. The pre-dawn quake hit with a

In our news wrap Monday, Russian forces kept up pressure in eastern Ukraine possibly building toward a new offensive, Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen in the latest raid on the occupied West Bank, tens of thousands of nurses and

The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the deaths of four Americans on cruises to Antarctica, highlighting the perils of these increasingly popular cruises.

Joe Biden to revive plan for billionaire tax in State of the Union address  Financial Times Mary Miller to skip Biden’s State of the Union  The Hill There’s too much State of the Union fact-checking  Poynter At State of the Union, Biden has

The U.S. sent divers to salvage what they believe is spy equipment from the Chinese balloon shot down this weekend off the South Carolina coast. Chinese officials claim it was a civilian weather balloon that went off course. The Pentagon

It’s been more than a year since the Taliban banned teenage girls in Afghanistan from school. Women there can’t attend college, aren’t allowed to work with aid groups or go to amusement parks. We’ve been speaking to young girls whose

A recent NBC News poll showcases that 63 percent of Republicans surveyed directly opposed “providing more funding and weapons to Ukraine.” Only 32 percent of the Republicans supported additional support of Ukraine via capital assistance and weapons. The sentiment comes

Since the civil war began in 2011, Syria’s northern region has been beset by crisis after crisis. Monday’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake was “the last thing people need,” one aid worker said. (Image credit: Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images)