Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
The death of Jeffry Picower, accused of profiting more than $7 billion from Madoff's investment schemes, will make it more difficult for suing investors to recoup their money.
A South Korean court on Monday found disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk guilty of fraud in a case that sent shockwaves throughout the scientific community.
A South Korean court prepared to deliver a verdict Monday in the trial of a disgraced scientist whose fraudulent claims of breakthroughs in stem cell research shook the international scientific community.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's son was elected to the board of the organization that runs France's most important business district Friday, after a dramatic withdrawal of his bid for the top spot amid accusations of favoritism that carried political risks for his father.
A mother's confession that she and her husband faked their 6-year-old son's disappearance in a runaway balloon shouldn't have been made public, an attorney for the father said.
Michelle Obama said Friday President Barack Obama's most annoying habit is his tennis game.
Thailand's 81-year-old king made his first public appearance on Friday after more than a month in hospital, in an electric wheelchair and surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers as he visited statues of his parents.
A French man working for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) was kidnapped Thursday in Sudan's Darfur region, the foreign ministry confirmed later in the day and asked for an immediate release.
A Malaysian court convicted a prominent opposition lawmaker Thursday of biting a policeman at an illegal protest and sentenced him to six months in prison.
First lady Michelle Obama hooped it up for health -- hula hooped, that is -- managing to get in an impressive 142 swivels before her hula hoop hit the ground. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much.
Frank Bailey, a close aide to the former Alaska governor, is writing his own book, titled "Renegade: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man."
Sen. John Kerry has ascended to the unofficial role of President Barack Obama's global adviser on key issues that could reshape the nation's image around the world.
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