His Mexico City Apartment Block Was Built Only Months Ago. So Why Did It Collapse So Easily?

Rescuers work at a destroyed building at Colonia Condesa in Mexico City on Sept. 20, 2017.

Mexico His Mexico City Apartment Block Was Built Only Months Ago. So Why Did It Collapse So Easily?In April, Luis Resendiz was ecstatic to move into his brand new apartment in a sleek block with solar panels in a middle class neighborhood of Mexico City. The 35-year-old photographer had paid 2.2

Mexico New 6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Buildings in Mexico City A new earthquake shook Mexico, causing new alarm in a country reeling from two still-more-powerful quakes this month that have killed nearly 400 people. It swayed buildings and set off a seismic alarm

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World Melania Trump Will Meet With Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry in First Solo Trip Abroad Melania Trump's agenda includes a first-time meeting with Britain's Prince Harry, who founded the Invictus Games in 2014 and a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

North Korea Earthquake Detected in North Korea Near Nuclear Test Site South Korea's weather agency said a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was detected in North Korea around where the country recently conducted a nuclear test, but it assessed the quake as natural

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Nuclear Weapons What Is the Difference Between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atomic Bomb?North Korea warned this week that it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, after saying the country had already successfully detonated one. A hydrogen bomb has never been used in battle by

london Worried About Getting Around London if Uber's Gone? Here Are 3 Alternatives The news that London’s transportation agency declined to renew Uber’s operating license set off panic Friday as commuters could face the prospect of navigating without one of the

British Prime Minister Delivers Landmark Brexit Speech

United Kingdom Britain's Theresa May Says Brexit Shouldn't Take Effect Until 2021 In a speech in Italy, the British Prime Minister proposed an extra two years for the U.K. to complete its withdrawal from the European Union, in a bid to thaw chilled relations between negotiators

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seasons Autumn Equinox 2017: Why Friday Is the First Day of Fall Friday's autumn equinox marks the end of summer and the first day of fall for anybody living in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning colder weather and longer nights are on the way

United Kingdom 'We're Getting Our Roads Back.' London's Black Cab Drivers Hail Uber Ban Black cab drivers across London have welcomed the decision from London’s transport regulator not to renew Uber’s license in the city. “I am over the moon,” David English, 47,

Donald Trump President Trump Says Kim Jong Un 'Is Obviously a Madman'The war of words between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continues. Less than a day after Kim called Trump a "dotard," Trump took to Twitter to declare that the North Korean strongman is "obviously a madman"

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