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South Africans are responding on social media after protests over alleged racist hair policies at a prestigious high school. And other schools in the country are seeing similar demonstrations. It all started with the protest by a group of young black girls from Pretoria Girls' High.

Mother Teresa was true saint because of the work she did, and example she set as as Christian who persevered despite despair over her relationship with God, says Jay Parini.

Scanning Botswana's remote Linyanti swamp from the low flying chopper, elephant ecologist Mike Chase can't hide the anxiety and dread as he sees what he has seen too many times before. 

Pablo Escobar's son had to come to terms with the fact that he loved his father but hated what he did. This week, his book is being published in English.

See images from Hacienda Napoles, the former ranch of late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The estate has been turned into a theme park.

The death of one of ISIS' most prominent figures, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, is one more example of the pressure the group is under in both Iraq and Syria.

The Indian government is launching a new program that rewards foreigners with a 10-year residency permit if they invest $1.5 million in the country over an 18-month period.

She dedicated her life to helping the poor in India, performed several miracles and won a Nobel Peace prize in 1979.

Brazil's Senate convened Wednesday for a closely watched vote that will determine whether President Dilma Rousseff gets kicked out of office.

As word of Donald Trump's surprise trip south of the border spread, many Mexicans took to social media with a common refrain: "Is this a joke?"

A Russian airstrike in Syria killed official ISIS spokesman Mohammad al-Adnani, Russia's Ministry of Defense said on its official Facebook page.

Poachers have devastated Africa's savannah elephant population. The Great Elephant Census reveals that in just seven years, 30% of the species has been wiped out. Unless things change, the population will be halved in less than a decade.

When Jet Blue flight 387 touches down in Cuba on Wednesday, it will be the first direct commercial flight between the US and the island in over a half-century.

Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign last year by targeting the Mexican government, which he accused of intentionally sending murderers and rapists to the United States. Since then, he has continued to launch attacks, claiming that he will force Mexico to pay for a border wall with the United States and claiming that an American judge's Mexican heritage prevents him from fairly adjudicating a lawsuit against one of Trump's businesses.

North Korea has executed its top education official, Kim Yong Jin, the South Korean Unification Ministry said Wednesday.

Twenty-two towns in France are maintaining a ban on the burkini despite court rulings that have said mayors have no legal right to dictate what women wear on the beach.