MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Elvis Presley, the United States icon and king of rock 'n' roll, transformed popular culture, sold over a billion records and is idolized as ever on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death.
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - "In our house, the beer is Bock!" boasts the familiar slogan for the lager that is Cote d'Ivoire's market leader, brewed by Solibra.
BERLIN - The German aid group Sea Eye on Sunday said it was suspending its migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, citing security concerns after Libya barred foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast.
TALLINN, Estonia - As Brits brace for the upheaval that Brexit could bring, some are turning to Estonia's e-residency digital ID program to keep doing business across the European Union.
BRUSSELS - The European Union will call an emergency meeting of ministers over insecticide-tainted eggs, European Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Friday, appealing for an end to "blaming and shaming" over the scandal.
WASHINGTON - The Earth set a series of dire records in 2016, including for the hottest year in modern times, highest sea level and most heat-trapping gases ever emitted, a global climate report said on Thursday.
MUMBAI - Bollywood may be famous for its blingy song and dance numbers, but a new movie released on Friday deals with a distinctly less glamorous subject - India's chronic lack of toilets.
TOKYO - Japan said on Friday it would allow Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to continue to operate in the country, accepting US assurances that the flights are safe following a fatal crash off Australia.
BALTIMORE, Maryland - Erricka Bridgeford points out the intersection where her cousin was shot dead in 2015, an all-too-familiar tragedy in gang-wracked Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in the United States.
PARIS - A bright moon will outshine the annual Perseids meteor shower, which will peak Saturday with only one-fifth the usual number of shooting stars visible from Earth, astronomers said.
WASHINGTON - Scientists seeking to make pig organs safe enough to transplant into humans have used gene-editing technology to clone piglets that lack a potentially dangerous retrovirus, according to a study released on Thursday.
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