The longest toilet break? Belgian sits for five days in bid for record
A Belgian man sat on a toilet for nearly five days this week in a bid to set a world record....
Collaboration with US med schools helps Rwanda improve women’s health care
(Reuters Health) – Rwandan women have better access to obstetrics and gynecology services thanks to an international partnership to train more doctors, a new study...
Hong Kong over the moon with bakery’s political cakes
A Hong Kong bakery is experiencing roaring trade in humorous mooncakes stamped with political messages asking residents to keep up their fight for political freedoms,...
The age of personal planes has arrived
LIFT Aircraft will be soon rolling out its ‘Hexa’ drone craft for 15-minute rides in 25 cities. It joins a growing field. Dan Fastenberg reports....
UK emergency services responding to ‘incident’ at gas plant in south Wales
Emergency services were responding on Friday to an incident at a gas storage plant in Margam, south Wales, police said....
Undocumented migrants storm Pantheon monument in Paris
Hundreds of undocumented migrants calling themselves “black vests” stormed the Pantheon monument in central Paris on Friday demanding the right to remain in France....
In Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine, fresh allegations of ‘war crimes’
When 35-year-old Ah Hla showed up to a police station in western Myanmar in late April hoping to see her husband among the prisoners, she...
Singer R. Kelly charged in decades-long sex trafficking scheme
Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly, who faces state sexual assault charges in Illinois, was indicted on Friday on federal charges for alleged racketeering and sex...
Exclusive: Senior aide to Brazil farm minister targeted by graft probe
A senior adviser to Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias is being investigated over his management of a public contract five years ago, according to...
R&B singer R. Kelly arrested in Chicago on federal sex-crime charges
Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges after having been indicted there and in New York, his...