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Photo courtesy of interest-planet.ru Power outages hit three million in Brazil Several Brazilian states, including three set to host June World Cup action, suffered power outages Tuesday, fueling fears over the country's ability to keep the lights on.
05 February 2014
Pacific castaway's story a 'miracle' for his parents For Salvadoran couple Ricardo and Maria Julia Alvarenga, the reappearance of their son after his incredible story of survival adrift in the Pacific for 13 months is nothing short of a miracle.
05 February 2014
Gates shifts role at Microsoft, new CEO named Microsoft rebooted itself for a mobile future Tuesday, naming Indian-born Satya Nadella as its chief executive while founder Bill Gates sheds his title of chairman for a more hands-on role.
05 February 2014
©Reuters/Carlos Jasso China to fund bridge between Guyana, Suriname China is to fund a bridge over a river linking the neighboring South American countries of Suriname and Guyana.
04 February 2014
Dylan Benson and his wife, Robyn. Photo courtesy of o.canada.com Canadian blogs of battle to save baby as wife dies A Canadian whose brain-dead pregnant wife is being kept on life support until the birth of their baby is giving the public a glimpse of his very personal tragedy.
04 February 2014
Facebook plans low-key birthday bash Facebook has grown into an Internet giant over the last decade, but it is celebrating its birthday with a low-key, belated party and an eye toward the future.
04 February 2014
Pascal Mathieu, acting Red Cross Director General in Quebec, speaks during a news conference on a Quebec seniors' home fire. ©Reuters/Mathieu Belanger Search ends at Canada seniors home where fire killed 28 Canadian authorities on Monday called off a search for remains in the rubble of a Quebec retirement home ravaged by a fire that killed at least 28 people.
04 February 2014
Internet titans shine light on secret US requests Internet titans eager to regain the trust of users for the first time on Monday provided insight into numbers of secret requests for user data made by the US government.
04 February 2014
Heroin found in Hoffman's apartment: official Investigators confirmed Monday that heroin was found in the New York apartment of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of a suspected drugs overdose.
04 February 2014
Golovkin and Tyson. Photo a courtesy of GGG Team Kazakhstan's Golovkin is next Tyson in middleweight Like Mike Tyson in 1980, Gennady "GGG" Golovkin was KOing his opponents throughout 2013.
03 February 2014
Pacific castaway lands back in civilisation Sporting a bushy beard and clutching a can of Coke, a castaway who says he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro.
03 February 2014
Bob Dylan, Beckham steal Super Bowl commercial sideshow Bob Dylan providing a rallying cry for the US auto industry and David Beckham losing his underwear were among the highlights of the Super Bowl advertising blitz Sunday.
03 February 2014
Amnesty Brazil blasts Russian "homophobia" Brazil's branch of Amnesty International on Sunday held a rally in Rio to protest what it termed Russia's "homophobia".
03 February 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman. ©Reuters/Max Ross Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of an apparent drug overdose on Sunday.
03 February 2014
Ready for python pizza? Florida diners get a taste Alligator and frog have long been on the menu in Florida, but a new delicacy has slithered its way onto dinner plates in the US state.
03 February 2014
Robert Capa in color lights up New York Robert Capa was one of the world's most renowned photographers covering 20th century war and politics, and a new exhibition showcases his dazzling work in color, much of it forgotten.
01 February 2014
Next Iran nuclear talks set for February 18 in Vienna World powers will hold their next talks on Tehran's contested nuclear programme February 18, top Iranian and European Union diplomats agreed during Friday talks.
01 February 2014
A 10 ml vial of Depo-Testosterone (testosterone cypionate), an anabolic steroid. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org US regulators probing cardio risks in testosterone products US federal regulators said Friday they were investigating products containing testosterone after recent studies suggested a higher risk of strokes and heart attacks in men being treated with the hormone.
01 February 2014
Xavier Bonilla. Photo courtesy of ecuavisa.com Ecuadoran cartoonist sanctioned over sketch A newspaper cartoonist was sanctioned by a new Ecuadoran media watchdog after publishing an image deemed harmful to President Rafael Correa, the artist said Friday.
01 February 2014
©Reuters/Antonio Bronic Mexican castaway 'getting better' after months adrift in Pacific A Mexican man who claims to have survived 16 months adrift on the Pacific was Saturday regaining strength on a remote Marshall Islands atoll as a navy ship was sent to pick him up.
01 February 2014
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