Hiking: Taupō students scale Mt Tauhara as part of education trip

Waipāhīhī School students ascended Tauhara to learn about their sense of place.

Taiwan earthquake: More than 600 people still stranded three days after quake killed at least 12

At least 12 people were killed by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake, and 10 others are missing

Natural wonders. Napoleon's exile. A remote island in the S. Atlantic is now easier to get to

St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world

Last surviving member of the first team to conquer Mount Everest says it is crowded and dirty now

The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest says the world’s highest peak is too crowded and too dirty and the mountain is a god that needs to be respected

2 hikers hit by avalanche in Italian Alps are dead, rescuers say

Italy's alpine rescue service says two persons who were hiking with snowshoes have died after being struck by an avalanche

After divorce, single mom takes her 15 kids on 7-month hike of a lifetime

After a divorce, Nikki Bettis saw her family starting to struggle. So, she decided to take her 15 kids, ranging in ages from 25 to 4, to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

Büyük Kanyon'da yürüyüş yaparken canından oldu

Büyük Kanyon'da yürüyüş yaparken canından oldu55 yaşındaki bir adam Büyük Kanyon'da 30 kilometrelik bir yürüyüş yaparken hayatını kaybetti.

Swiss police warn that heat wave raises danger of falling ice, rock in the Alps

Police in southwest Switzerland are warning that a heat wave has increased the risk of falling rock and ice in the Alpine region, where it’s been particularly deadly this year for mountaineers and hikers

French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral dies at 74

The decorated French general in charge of the ambitious, big-budget restoration of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has died

Trio of missing hikers who set out on treacherous ridge in Scottish Highlands found dead

Police say the bodies of three missing hikers have been recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands

DNA tests confirm the body found on a Swiss glacier is of a German mountaineer missing since 1986

Police in southwestern Switzerland say that DNA tests have confirmed that the body recently found on a glacier southeast of the famed Matterhorn peak is that of a German mountaineer who disappeared 37 years ago

Federal Reserve minutes: Some officials wanted to raise interest rates last month

Some Federal Reserve officials pushed to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point at their meeting last month to intensify their fight against high inflation, though the central bank ultimately decided to forgo...

US economic growth last quarter is revised up sharply to a 2% annual rate

Showing surprising resilience in the face of higher interest rates, the U.S. economy grew at a 2% annual pace from January through March as consumers spent at the fastest pace in nearly two years

European Central Bank raises interest rates by quarter-point to fight inflation after US Fed suspends hikes

European Central Bank raises interest rates by quarter-point to fight inflation after US Fed suspends hikes

European Central Bank raises interest rates by quarter-point to fight inflation after US Fed suspends hikes

European Central Bank raises interest rates by quarter-point to fight inflation after US Fed suspends hikes

What you should know as the Fed nears the peak of its rate-hiking cycle

The Federal Reserve’s likely decision Wednesday afternoon to leave interest rates alone for the first time in 11 meetings will raise hopes that it may be nearing the end of its rate-hiking campaign to cool inflation

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 6/13/2023

Stocks climbed after a cooler reading on inflation bolstered Wall Street’s expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off on another interest rate hike this week

Migrants crossing dense Darien jungle at Colombia-Panama border find increasingly organized route

Migrants who have hiked into the dense Darien jungle covering the Colombia-Panama border while the U.S. government moved to lift pandemic-related asylum restrictions have found an increasingly organized migration route

Migrants flow north to US border ahead of policy changes

Despite a dissuasion campaign by the U.S. government, migrants are headed toward its southern border in growing numbers ahead of the end of pandemic-era asylum restrictions and proposed new restrictions on those seeking asylum

On one of the world's most dangerous migrant routes, a cartel makes millions off the American dream

There is always a crowd, but it can feel very lonely.

See part of the journey migrants risk to reach the US

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh walks with migrants attempting to cross the Darien Gap, a perilous jungle crossing between Colombia and Panama, as they head north to seek asylum in the United States. "The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America" premieres on...