The Toronto International Film Festival starts Sept. 5, showing 349 films over its 11-day run.

It is the first week of class for freshmen students at UNLV, where the FIBA Americas Championship is taking place.

In the beginning, it was all going wrong for Canada’s men’s basketball team in its tournament opener against Brazil at the FIBA Americas Championship.

Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have become part of the daily routine for millions of Internet users who connect with friends, share photos, and reach out to other people with similar interests.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday carried pledges of energy investment to Uruguay, the latest stop on his South American tour aimed at bolstering his regional influence.

What would Jesus do? At a theme park in Buenos Aires, he rises to the heavens on the hour, every hour, as the rousing chords of Handel’s Messiah blare out of speakers suspended from plaster palm trees.

Maria Elena Balcazar will never forget the last conversation she had with her oldest son.