WASHINGTON - Astronomers in Puerto Rico have detected what they described as "some very peculiar signals" emitting from a red dwarf star located about 11 light years from Earth.
AMSTERDAM - A national monument commemorating victims who died three years ago in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is set for a formal opening on Monday.
GUACHOCHI, Mico - In old indigenous Latin American cultures, women toil at farming and tackle family duties. Atop this remote Mexican mountain, they also slap on sandals and crush pro athletes on long-distance runs.
MUMBAI - A plus-sized Indian woman is challenging body stereotypes and defying internet trolls with a series of yoga videos that are proving a hit on social media.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Tourists flocked to Cambodia's newest World Heritage site at the weekend after it was added to the United Nations cultural list last week.
LOS ANGELES - The US Postal Service released a sheet of 20 Forever stamps featuring 10 classic Disney villains.
WINCHESTER, United Kingdom - Two hundred years after Jane Austen's death, Britain is celebrating one of its best-loved authors, who combined romance with biting social commentary that still speaks to fans around the world.
ATHENS, Greece - More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon - the first recorded Olympic champion - tried to take over the city of Athens and install himself as its sole ruler.
LOS ANGELES - Marvel brought thousands of fans to their feet on Saturday as it assembled a stellar panel of superheroes to preview Avengers: Infinity War at Disney's D23 convention.
RIOBAMBA, Ecuador - After years of taking a back seat to Western style, indigenous fashion is re-emerging in Ecuador, thanks to a new generation of designers who are re-imagining traditional clothes.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - A woman who called off her $30,000 wedding threw a party on Saturday for the homeless at the swanky event center she had booked for the reception.
PARIS - US President Donald Trump watched US and French soldiers march together through the Paris sunshine on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States entered World War I and France's annual Bastille Day holiday.
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