Cali, Colombia News

Women and girls of all ages sat patiently as brightly coloured fabrics and beads were weaved into their hair during the ninth Afro-hairdressers' competition in Cali.

With a parade of antique cars and the presence of municipal authorities, the tunnel underpass of Avenida Colombia was officially opened Thursday morning after 28 months of work.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons Thursday May 9, 2013 in Ottawa.

Women and girls of all ages sat patiently as brightly coloured fabrics and beads were weaved into their hair during the ninth Afro-hairdressers' competition in Cali.

A journalist from a local radio station in the southwestern Colombian city of Cali was assassinated Friday, further exposing the delicate security situation of local journalists.

A New Jersey man authorities said posed as a girl in video chats with a South American teenager appeared at a hearing Wednesday at which federal prosecutors asked that he be held without bail because they said he is a flight risk.

Three women dressed up as nuns were caught at a Colombian airport trying to smuggle cocaine taped to their bodies, police said Tuesday.

The Rapids made a quick signing before the closing of the transfer window, bringing in Colombian defender German Mara on Monday.

To say Luis Abel Delgado of Cali occupies a special niche in the global rag trade is an understatement: He’s made vestments for two Roman Catholic popes, as well as inaugural sashes for several Latin American presidents.

The two Colombian cities are listed among other prominent cities in the Americas, including Toronto, Canada; Chicago, Illinois; and Buenos Aires, Argentina, among others.

The National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association recently awarded their annual All-Academic awards and seven Hawks were named to the list.

North America isn't known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of globally important food crops such as sunflower, bean, sweet potato, and strawberry.

All Go West, West Asheville's daylong music festival, returns for its third year.

Colombian LGBT rights advocates are in the U.S. on a State Department-sponsored trip.