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The sky-high price of gold has triggered a modern gold rush in Peru that's poisoning the Amazon and its people.

India's capital is blanketed in heavy smog, with air so polluted that breathing it in is considered roughly equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day.

It was early on Tuesday morning when residents in the Indian capital of Delhi first began to notice the thick white haze that had descended across the city.

Russia is threatening action against U.S. media outlets operating there as soon as next week.

The tech industry promised to code solutions to the world's problems. But it can't seem to fix one of its own: rampant sexual harassment in the workplace.

An ex-President goes to jury duty. A university suspends all Greek life. And the Pope makes a request. What do you remember from the week that was?

The International Olympic Committee announces Beijing as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Corrupt practices by Saudi royals and officials have cost the kingdom at least $100 billion over decades.

Social media data show the spread of the #MeToo movement across the world amid revelations of sexual assault allegations against a series of high-profile men.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that the US and China are seeing "certain signs" that international sanctions imposed against North Korea are beginning to impact the country's economy.

Three Nigerian rape survivors share their harrowing stories of sexual harassment and abuse.

North Korea 's state newspaper fires back after President Donald Trump addressed the South Korean National Assembly in Seoul. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

President Donald Trump in a joint press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping explained their mutual commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea. They agreed not to replicate the failed approaches of the past.

Her father mentored Putin. She made it big as a socialite and reality TV star. Now Ksenia Sobchak, self-styled opposition stalwart, wants to replace President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

Snapchat's parent company admits its app is too difficult to use and misjudged demand for its smart glasses

A year ago, Naraina was a bustling industrial suburb of India's capital New Delhi. Now much of it is deserted.

Standing near the front line of the world's tensest standoff, President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a direct and personal warning to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, declaring during his first major speech in Asia that continued nuclear provocation could result in the communist nation's obliteration.