By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Princess Mako will marry a commoner in a subdued ritual on Tuesday after […]
Grapefruit-sized hail hits Australia’s east coast
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Record-sized hailstones fell across Australia’s east coast this week, with ice pellets larger than grapefruits lashing residents […]
Russian actor and director making first movie in space return to Earth after 12-day mission
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian actor and a film director making the first move film in space returned to Earth […]
Al Capone’s granddaughter hopes auction reveals human side of America’s notorious gangster
By Nathan Frandino SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – It was Christmas Day in 1946 when notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone took […]
Ex-SS camp guard, aged 100, on trial for 3,518 deaths
By Annegret Hilse NEURUPPIN, Germany (Reuters) – A former SS guard, now 100 years old, hobbled into a German courtroom […]
Otis the bear crowned chunk champion in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – One of the ursine elders of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska […]
Displaced Afghans plead for aid as desperation grows
KABUL (Reuters) – In a public park in the Afghan capital Kabul, Nor Agha Nori is one of hundreds of […]
Descendant of tsars becomes first royal to marry in Russia since revolution
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – A descendant of Russia’s former imperial family married his Italian bride on Friday in the […]
A French court artist stares into the eyes of an Islamic State militant
By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) – French court artist Elisabeth de Pourquery stared intently into the eyes of the self-avowed […]
Gone before she has: Merkel commemorative teddies sell out
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German toymaker is producing a batch of commemorative teddy bears to mark the end of Angela […]