Bob Dylan can't make Nobel ceremony
Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December to accept his literature prize because he has"other commitments".
Polish grandpa heads from New York to Portugal... in a kayakA Polish grandfather left New York Sunday on his third solo trans-Atlantic crossing in a kayak, aiming to arrive in Portugal in time to celebrate his 70th birthday on firm ground in September.
Time names Merkel as its Person of 2015Time magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year 2015, hailing her leadership during Europe's debt, refugee and migrant crises and Russia's intervention in Ukraine.
Beloved Russian filmmaker Ryazanov diesEldar Ryazanov, one of the most popular film directors of the Soviet era whose comedies captured the unique absurdities of life under Communism, died Monday aged 88.