Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Republican US Senator John Ensign, who had been seen as a potential 2012 presidential contender, has told colleagues he had an extramarital affair, a party aide said on Wednesday.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc on Monday denied allegations that author J.K. Rowling copied "substantial parts" of a book by another children's author when she wrote "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
As the United Nations new envoy to Haiti, former President of the United States Bill Clinton told reporters here on Monday he will be held accountable to the secretary-general and to the people of Haiti.
A suburban Chicago woman has apologized for an Internet hoax in which she claimed to be pregnant with a terminally ill child, saying the story stemmed from "unresolved pain" she could not handle alone.
The Nettwerk Music Group, which launched megastars Avril Lavigne and Dido, has recently unveiled its latest pop creation: 17-year-old Chloe Wang, who sings in both Chinese and English.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is recovering well from a fall that left her with a broken arm, her son said Saturday.
Madonna can adopt a second child from Malawi, the southern African country's highest court ruled Friday, overturning a lower court decision it said was out of touch with the times.
Crazies. Lone nut jobs. Isolated loonies. Those are frequent descriptions of people like James von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist accused of opening fire at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and killing a black guard.
Miss California USA Carrie Prejean was stripped of her crown on Wednesday for failing to fulfill contract obligations, pageant officials said.
Mike Tyson has married for a third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a tragic treadmill accident.
At the bustling Pi pizza restaurant in St Louis, the staff has come up with a new mantra: "It's just pizza!"
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday accepted a request from the European Union presidency to stand for a second five-year term as head of the bloc's executive arm.
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