Some say compensation to the "Stolen Generations"—an estimated hundred thousand Aborigines taken from their parents until the 1970s—is the next step. Australia's new leader has ruled out such reparations.
Alaska, the Mississippi Delta, and California's Central Valley are among the regions where people are least able to respond to and cope with natural disasters, a new study says.
After burning tires and blocking roads last week around the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, residents promised further unrest if more private hotels are allowed.
A 2,000-year-old mine has been found in Peruvian mountains, offering proof that an ancient Andean people mined hematite long before the Inca Empire, archaeologists say.
Head lice picked from thousand-year-old Peruvian mummies suggest the pesky parasites accompanied modern humans on their first migration out of Africa, a new study says.
A hundred years older than the first known European oil paintings, the newfound Afghan artworks were discovered where the Taliban destroyed giant Buddhas.
Sequins and feathers in Brazil, sheepskin-clad men in Hungary—celebrations around the world mark the days before many Christians begin pre-Easter fasting.
