The Canadian billionaire who turned his traveling circus into an entertainment empire, said on Thursday he would fly into space later this month to show a fairy tale dream can come true.
Nine women tricked into thinking they were reality TV show contestants and lured into an Istanbul villa were rescued by Turkish military police after two months confinement, a police spokesman said Thursday.
The Croatian government moved on Thursday to loosen a controversial public smoking ban enforced only four months ago, after cafe owners complained it was crippling business.
A Turkish woman accused of cutting off her lover's penis must wait 18 months for a verdict and sentencing while a court determines whether his re-attached penis still functions, a court source said Thursday.
A farmer in Guangdong province's Zijin county recently caught a 70-cm wild boa that had strayed on to his farm.
Police in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, arrested a man and a woman who posted an ad online to sell their 2-year-old child born out of wedlock on Friday.
Wan Bo, a prison inmate doing a five-year term since 2006, and his wife finally had their wedding photographs clicked behind bars in Hennan province last Thursday.
An Australian wine that was once considered a non-collectable item has sold at a record price, surpassing the country's most acclaimed vintage as wine lovers target rare bottles from the last century.
A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom , the country's leading internet service provider.
Australian Erik Rantzau was surprised to discover a three-metre-long carpet python in his toilet.
An 8-week-old deaf puppy in Australia is being taught sign language by her owner.
From the struggles of Colombia's indigenous people to the countless civilians displaced by violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) to United Nations efforts to crack down on the trafficking of arms, drugs and humans through ports, the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) on Tuesday unveiled its latest list of stories it believes deserve greater global attention.
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