The reckoning before Christmas
On the bittersweet gift of getting a mental health diagnosis during the holiday season
Hundreds of votes destroyed in fire ahead of US election
Local officials in the US say they believe fires at early voting drop off boxes in two states are linked.
Two blazes have broken out in Washington state and Oregon, after another earlier this month.
Fatal E. coli outbreak linked to McDonalds lands people in hospital
One person has died and 10 people have gone to hospital after getting caught up in an e-coli outbreak in the US.
49 cases have been reported across 10 states so far, and all roads appear to lead back to McDonalds.
Protests in Cuba after days of power failures, fatal floods
Power is starting to come back on in Cuba after a sustained outage left locals in the dark over the weekend.
The island has been battered by wild weather, on top of an already struggling power grid.
USA Votes: Elon Musk, Maccas and Moo Deng called in to boost election turnout
With just over two weeks to go until the US presidential election, Elon Musk has started a multi-million-dollar giveaway to people who sign or share a petition he has started.
But some, including the governor of swing state Pennsylvania, have raised questions about whether it's legal.
Nigeria blast kills more than 140 as locals seek out costly fuel
Hundreds of mourners have attended the mass burial of dozens of people who were killed by a tanker explosion in Nigeria's north.
The blast has prompted fresh questions about poverty in the country, after surging inflation this year.
Mother of kidnapped child brings lawsuit as South Korea probes historic adoptions
A South Korean woman has launched a lawsuit over the wrongful adoption of her child who was kidnapped in the 70s.
The country has launched a Truth Telling and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights abuses during South Korea's time under authoritarian rule.
After years of calls from