Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Madonna and Britney Spears are set to perform a bondage routine together.
Indonesia executed a man convicted of killing 42 women and girls in a series of ritual slayings he believed would give him magical powers, his lawyer said Friday.
Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama announced resignation Thursday after a court verdict found his signing a Thai-Cambodian Joint Communique over the Preah Vihear Temple in breach of constitution.
Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth to her first biological child, fathered by her husband and country music star Keith Urban.
Record-setting Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie said Sunday he would seek out new adventures until he turns 100, after his world-first solo voyage across the Pacific in a boat propelled by wave power.
Pregnant Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is doing well in a French Riviera hospital and is expected to give birth to twins in "the coming weeks," her doctor said on Wednesday.
In her first hours of freedom, Ingrid Betancourt held her children tight, visited her father's grave and sent her husband out to find oranges for breakfast.
US President George W. Bush has removed former South African president Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress from the US terror watch list, the White House said Tuesday.
The amount a Chinese investment fund manager agreed to pay for the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett surprised even Buffett.
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said.
A millionaire convicted of helping his wife keep two Indonesian housekeepers as virtual slaves was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison, ending a trial that shed light on the often little-seen exploitation and abuse of domestic workers.
A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison.
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