On April 8, the Legislative Assembly approved a new national symbol for the country in its second reading. These are the adobe and bahareque houses, so representative of Costa Rica’s past, especially ...

Albert Ramdin of Suriname takes charge at the Organization of American States as the first Caribbean-born secretary-general ...

Touted as the most beautiful currency in the world, these banknotes also help prevent counterfeiting through their intricate ...

Yet, in 2023, National Geographic journalist Dan Buettner ... (Greece), Loma Linda (the US), Sardinia (Italy) and Nicoya (Costa Rica) – in more than a decade. Mr Buettner called Singapore ...

To circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act, the 1878 law prohibiting military intervention on national territory ... have deported him to Panama or Costa Rica. But one thing they could not do was ...

Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's ...

Third time’s the charm! In the mystical land of the sphinxes and pharaohs, the Philippines once again captured the Miss Eco International crown. Alexei Mae Caimoso Brooks of Iloilo City won the title ...

So said Andrew Whitworth, executive director of Osa Conservation in Costa Rica, summing up a growing ... In the Peruvian Amazon, Manu National Park provides a case in point. Spanning from lowland ...

Church officials say there was the healing of a 4-year-old Brazilian boy with a serious pancreatic malformation and of a 21-year-old Costa Rican woman ... an example and a symbol of strength ...

Brussels, Belgium offers both historic appeal and contemporary flare. And any 2-day Brussels itinerary will feature a go ...

Wondering what's happening on this wonderful autumn weekend? Plenty. From farmer's markets to how to spend Mother's Day, read ...

Mother’s Day, the event breaking the Australian record for most prams walking together, and much more. Here’s how to spend ...