MEXICO

The head of Mexico's 1.5M-member teachers' union Elba Esther Gordillo has been arrested on corruption charges amid major education reforms.

The website DoxySpotting.com features a large photo archive of areas where sex workers frequent.

As China seeks to coax foreign investors into using its currency, interest in yuan accounts has been strong in Hong Kong.

Mexico's most-wanted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's death is being called a misunderstanding: Could he have faked his own death?

Bars across the country are offering happy-hour specials as new recipes stream in from the Internet.

Reports of the death of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman remain unconfirmed, but could indicate a fracturing of the country's most powerful drug trafficking organization if proven true.

Mexico's drug war has left thousands dead or "disappeared," in many case by members of state forces, according to Human Rights Watch.

While details were not disclosed, a merger could save the two struggling companies, which recently have lost market share to online rivals.

Mercader’s road to his fateful encounter with Trotsky took some unexpected turns.

A meteor’s flight across Russia, and word that a DA14 asteroid would narrowly avoid hitting earth Friday, has coincided with the publication of new evidence indicating the meteorite that hit earth millions of years ago wiped out the dinosaurs much faster than originally thought.

Michael Phelps won an Olympic record 22 medals in during his career.

In the wake of the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on February 11, his health was cited as a major factor his stepping down. On Thursday, the Vatican admitted to keeping many papal secrets, including a previously undisclosed surgery and head injury.

The Chicago Crime Commission has dubbed Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “Public Enemy No. 1.”

Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to sell its Mexican beer brands. Meanwhile, there's trouble brewing in Australia.

The body of Julia Pastrana, who toured the world in the 1850s as the "ape woman," was returned to Mexico.

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Dorner, a 33-year-old former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist, is reportedly holed up inside a cabin.

Passengers on the fire-damaged Carnival cruise ship stranded in the Gulf of Mexico have reported worsening conditions, including scarce-running water, no air conditioning and long lines for food.

Ratzinger has been a respected defender of Church doctrine, but his reputation was hurt by his response to sex abuse scandal involving priests.

The Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Corp. under its Carnival Cruise Lines brand, was adrift 150 miles off southern Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Sunday after a fire that caused no injuries.

The Los Angeles Police Department will provide a new truck to two women who were accidentally shot at by police officers during the manhunt for ex-cop and suspected killer Christopher Dorner.