Scientists around the world said on Friday the discovery of sub-atomic particles apparently traveling faster than light could force a major rethink of theories on the makeup of the cosmos, but the
Russia moved closer to joining the World Trade Organization on Friday after reaching an outline deal with the European Union, the most powerful bloc still hesitating about Russia's accession, trade sources said.
Not every Oktoberfest reveller will know they're toasting the 19th-century marriage of a Bavarian crown prince as they guzzle beer and bratwurst for two weeks each autumn. But that's where the tradition
A young Chinese tourist travelling on his own in Beijing was forced back to his hometown and beaten unconscious after being mistaken for a petitioner who had come to the capital to
Diego Maradona, whose latest role in a turbulent career is coaching the United Arab Emirates club side Al-Wasl, was under scrutiny on Friday after kicking out at a fan in Dubai. A
A U.S. man is suing Starbucks Coffee Co after his 5-year-old daughter allegedly found a video camera pointed at the toilet in a bathroom in one of their cafes. William Yockey, of
Cyprus Civil Aviation officials are investigating how a Thomson Airways Boeing 737-800 from England failed to land on the runway at Paphos airport and landed instead on the parallel taxiway. Flight BY-3351
A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumpling eating contest and then promptly died, local media reported on Wednesday. Ivan Mendel ate 10
It's eight in the morning in a Tokyo office building, and a dozen middle-aged Japanese businessmen sit inside small booths, sweating as they try to talk English to the instructors in front
* Erdogan calls Noble, Israel drilling “madness” * Turkey signed a deal with the breakaway Turkish Cypriot regime on Wednesday to start offshore gas exploration, in a move set to escalate regional
