Thousands turn out for first NY Disability Pride Parade
Thousands of people marched through the streets of New York for the city's first Disability Pride Parade Sunday.
Malala turns 18, says world failing Syrian children
Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria's children, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner spent her 18th birthday on the Syrian border.
Omar Sharif, the eternal 'Doctor Zhivago', dies at 83
Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who died aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago".
World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Sakari Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112.
Britain's Princess Charlotte christened in intimate ceremony
Britain's Princess Charlotte was christened in an intimate ceremony, in the royal baby's second public appearance since her birth nine weeks ago to proud parents Prince William and Kate.
'English Schindler' Nicholas Winton dies aged 106
Nicholas Winton, a Briton who saved hundreds of Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis in the run-up to World War II, has died at the age of 106.
Facebook's Zuckerberg wants to figure out social equation
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg figures there could be a formula that explains how people think.
Ex-French interior minister Charles Pasqua dies aged 88
Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua, a hardline politician who was a close ally of former president Jacques Chirac, died Monday aged 88.
Primakov, ex-PM 'who turned around Russia,' dies aged 85
Russia's former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, famed for turning around his US-bound plane over the Atlantic upon learning of NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999, has died aged 85.
Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report
James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.
Turkey ex-leader who survived two coups dies aged 90
Turkey's former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, a giant figure in the country's politics for over half a century, died Wednesday.
Mayweather tops Pacquiao on Forbes' richest athletes list
Floyd "Money" Mayweather has beaten Manny Pacquiao again: the undefeated US boxer leads his Filipino rival atop Forbes' latest list of the world's highest-paid sports figures.
German big band legend James Last dies at 86: promoter
German composer and big band leader James Last, whose trademark easy listening music brought him international success, has died aged 86.
Dzhuna, Kremlin psychic healer, dies at 65
Dzhuna, a famed mystic healer and astrologer who is said to have treated Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Russian celebrities, died on Monday at 65.
Obama to deliver eulogy for Biden's son
US President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the burial of Vice President Biden's son Beau, who died of cancer aged 46.
Memphis pays final tribute to blues legend B.B. King
The city where B.B. King got his musical start paid final tribute to the blues guitar master, as thousands walking in the rain with his hearse shouted, "long live the king!"
Clinton snaps at Merkel heels in 'powerful women' list
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women for the fifth straight year but Hillary Clinton is snapping at her heels.
'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in US car crash
Nobel Prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the film "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife in a New Jersey car crash.
Poet Joseph Brodsky's flat opens as museum in Russia
Russia opened the doors of a new museum dedicated to Nobel Prize-winning dissident poet Joseph Brodsky in the communal flat where he spent his youth.
Memphis plans send-off for 'King of the Blues'
Memphis, Tennessee, where guitar legend B.B. King started his career, will mourn the late King of the Blues with a procession next week before his burial in his native Mississippi.
