South America

A deformed calf stunned farmers with its human-like face. A local filmed a clip of the mutant animal in the tiny village of Villa Ana, in Argentina, with the footage later posted on YouTube. Sadly, the creature was born with a small nose and mouth and struggled to hold up …

Orthodox priests in Russia’s Tver Oblast region, literally reached new heights in their quest to save their congregations from addictive sins like drinking and fornicating. They got in an airplane and doused the whole city of Tver in holy water, in order to cleanse it. Metropolitan Savva of Tver and …

In an age when tech companies are encouraging consumers to constantly buy newer, more-expensive gadgets, one Peruvian company has just a launched a sustainable wooden laptop designed to last at least 10 to 15 years. In an attempt to bring new and affordable technology to the most remote areas of …

A college student practicing a yoga pose from a sixth-floor balcony is still alive after falling 80 feet. Alexa Terrazas, 23, was posing Saturday on the balcony guardrail of her building in northeastern Mexico when she slipped and landed on the sidewalk. Terrazas was still in critical condition Monday after …

A no-nonsense group of residents of a municipality in southern Mexico has taken an extreme measure to express their displeasure with their mayor for alleged non-performance in office. When the residents got fed up with their mayor after he failed to keep a campaign promise, they decided to make him pay in …

A 19-year-old student has been crowned Miss Venezuela, becoming the first winner of the annual pageant since it opted not to publish contestants’ waist, hip and bust measurements. Thalia Olvino prevailed in Caracas on Thursday after organizers — facing criticism for the contest’s primary focus on physical appearance — said …

As part of an unusual social experiment, a Mexican mayor disguised himself as a disabled person in need of assistance to test the attitude of local public servants first-hand. After receiving a number of complaints from disabled and other socially disadvantaged people about the treatment they received from social workers, …

An Argentinean local court ordered a 70-year-old man to pay his ex-wife 8 million pesos ($173,000, about N62,280,000)) as compensation for 27 years of house work. Judge Victoria Famá made the landmark ruling after taking into consideration that the elderly couple’s roles had been well-determined during their 30-year marriage, with …

A woman and her lesbian partner are currently in police net for committing a crime so cruel that even hardened investigators were shocked, according to reports. The mum and her lesbian lover have been accused of tearing off her nine-year-old son’s penis before beheading him. Mum Rosana Candido, 27, and …

Worried by a wave of violence and corruption sweeping over the Colombian port city of Buenaventura, the bishop of the local Diocese has proposed using a Navy helicopter to shower the city in holy water and purge evil. Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, plans to …