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Succulent pork tacos. Frisbee-sized disks of fried pigskin. Enchiladas smothered in cream.
Yes, the cuisine in Mexico is divine, but it is downright calorific. And the citizens here are fast becoming the fattest in the world – closing in on the...
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The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbor is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December.
The United States has been...
But one number is looking up: Births through mid-August at Reykjavik’s biggest hospital, which delivers 70% of Iceland’s babies, rose 3.5% over the same period last year. By the hospital’s projections, 2009 is shaping up to be the best...
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is still talking about President Obama’s “tan,” and this time the gaffe-prone Italian leader has made a wisecrack about First Lady Michelle Obama’s skin color as well. He told a Milan rally of...
Young girls from the Colombian city of Pereira have allegedly been making trips to Central America for the purpose of prostitution, after their parents accepted money in return for their permission.
State organizations specializing in migration first...
Libyan officials posed as Dutch diplomats to try to find Colonel Gaddafi a place to stay this week on his first visit to the US.
The envoys, including one calling himself Ronald, approached a property agent on the Upper East Side of New York to inquire...
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is disappointed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and concerned he is increasingly shifting toward an authoritarian regime.
Carter says Chavez initially helped the country by sharing national wealth....
When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work.
A week after she started looking,...
A huge wildfire which has devastated a large area north of Los Angeles was started deliberately, say the authorities in California.
A homicide investigation has been launched as two fire fighters were killed tackling the blaze, known as the Station...
Fifteen months ago a Sky News investigation revealed growing numbers of children being born with defects in Fallujah.
Concerns were that the rise in deformities may have been linked to the use of chemical weapons by US forces.
We recently returned to...
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