Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday.
US talkshow diva Oprah Winfrey was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity for the second year running in a new survey published by Forbes magazine on Wednesday.
Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra addresses the media at the Narayanhiti royal palace in Kathmandu June 11, 2008. Gyanendra vowed on Wednesday not to flee the country but to stay on and work for the good of its people.
Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain share a dislike of rough-edged US politics.Each tried to talk her spouse out of running for the White House.
Former NBA player Earvin "Magic" Johnson Monday introduced a pair of public service announcements targeted at minority communities and encouraging people to be tested for HIV and AIDS.
J.K. Rowling extolled the crucial importance of imagination during a speech Thursday at Harvard University's spring commencement, saying, "We do not need magic to transform our world."
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday.
The birth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins is turning into the type of mystery that might make a good movie one day.
Prince William flew into Afghanistan for a secret visit over the weekend to meet with British troops, a royal official said Tuesday.
Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that accounts for Edna Parker's long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world's oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds.
A coroner's jury has ruled that Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed through the reckless actions of their driver and the paparazzi in 1997.
A day after his predecessor's sex scandal propelled him into office, Gov. David Paterson revealed Tuesday that he had affairs with a "number of women," including a state employee, but said that does not affect his ability to lead.
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