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More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand have been safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets

Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing leader of the South American country congratulated him

South Korea has paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony

Negotiators are gathered in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution

The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year

The Thanksgiving travel rush is picking up, with Tuesday and Wednesday expected to be much busier than the last couple days

The last-minute Thanksgiving travelers are packing their cars and carry-on bags to hit the nation's highways and airports

The last-minute Thanksgiving travelers are packing their cars and carry-on bags to hit the nation's highways and airports

The last-minute Thanksgiving travelers are packing their cars and carry-on bags to hit the nation's highways and airports

Authorities say that a landslide caused by heavy rains has flooded dozens of homes in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia