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Jim’s baby was born by surrogate in Georgia using Global Surrogacy run by Australian former lawyer Paul Norris-Ongso.

Baby broker: The ‘crazy car salesman’ brokering babies and holding embryos ‘hostage’

As the $200 billion surrogacy industry booms, families are left to navigate an opaque web of companies and stateless babies while brokers operate unchecked.

  • Amber Schultz and Kayla Olaya

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Shakira performing at the Global Citizen Festival in September 2025 in New York.

Pop star Shakira wins $90 million payout in court victory over Spanish government

The decision follows years of tax troubles in Spain for the Colombian superstar.

Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on Monday.

‘Horrific act’: Tourist killed as gunman opens fire at ​Mexico ​pyramids

The attack happened at the historic Teotihuacán pyramids, killing a Canadian tourist and injuring six people, authorities said.

  • Fabiola Sánchez and Megan Janetsky
Left to right, dancer Yayo Miranda, skateboarder Sage Dean, food vendor Simon Shao and Birdman Rally entrant Ann Hansen.

‘It’s very important’: Why some of us look forward to Moomba

A skateboarder, a food truck owner, a dancer and a Birdman Rally entrant explain why they like Moomba.

  • Carolyn Webb
Mexico violence

After six decades of the war on drugs, what works?

The US and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill kingpins and defeat cartels, but the products keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever.

  • Maria Abi-Habib
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Trump says US oversight of Venezuela could last years

But the US president appears to have backed down on a threat of military action against Colombia. Meanwhile, the Senate has delivered a rare pushback against him.

  • Patricia Zengerle
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World leaders react to Venezuela crisis

The leaders who were outraged and those who were delighted by Trump’s strike on Venezuela

Some leaders, like Anthony Albanese, have taken a muted response to the Trump administration’s activities in Venezuela. Others have been far more forthright.

  • Matthew Knott
British Airways made a demonstration Concorde flight to Caracas in 1975, pictured here. Air France made the city a weekly destination for its supersonic flights.

Once the epitome of glamour, Venezuela is in crisis. How did it get to this?

After months of military build-up, the US attacked Venezuela and took President Nicolás Maduro and his wife into custody. Why might this intervention feel like deja vu?

  • Angus Holland, Jackson Graham and Felicity Lewis
Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores stands behind her husband Nicolas Maduro at a 2019 press conference at the Miraflores Palace.

‘Far more than a first lady’: Who is Cilia Flores, the powerbroker captured alongside Maduro?

Venezuela’s first lady built extraordinary influence over decades while largely operating from the shadows.

  • Genevieve Glatsky
Zulma Guzman Castro pitches her business Car B on the Colombian version of ‘Shark Tank’.

The reality TV winner, her secret lover – and the deadly gift that arrived by courier

She was a feisty Bogota entrepreneur, full of ambition, when she first appeared on TV. Now two teenage girls are dead – and she’s the chief suspect.

  • Colin Freeman and Cody Weddle