Miscellaneous

A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday -- a megaflash that stretched for...

The crowd sat rapt as Senegalese master fortune-teller Adama Gackou entered a trance to predict what the future holds for...

Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for...

Behind the growing international success of a Mexican restaurant named one of world's best is a love story between two...

UK flights were disrupted on Wednesday by a technical glitch that was quickly resolved, according to the air traffic control...

A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold...

A choking heatwave left astonished locals in southeastern Turkey calling for state help to pay their air conditioning bills after...

Police in Shanghai busted a gang making and selling fake Labubus this month, detaining eight people and 5,000 counterfeit toys...

Fishers do not usually wish for a "perfect storm". But Latvian boating communities are hoping for exactly that: a rare...

Japan is waging war on "host clubs" -- where men entertain women willing to pay for romance, but authorities and...