| Latest worldwide news | Son of Chinese 'singing general' in gang rape scandal | | | A gang rape allegedly involving the teenage son of a famous Chinese "singing general" has caused outrage in China, unleashing a tide of public anger over the behavior of so-called "princelings," the children of elite families. |
| 10 smartphone habits to avoid | | | How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. |
| Analysts Strikes may worsen war | | | The United States and its allies face a variety of risks in taking direct military action against Syria over allegations that it used chemical weapons against civilians, including more poison gas attacks and retaliation against American interests. |
| Top Trio Have Eyes on $10 Million Playoff Prize | | | The world's top three golfers tee off together on Friday as the second FedExCup playoff event, the Deutsche Bank Championship, gets under way with scores of other players still in the hunt for the $10 million jackpot. |
| Exclusive Syrian army moves Scud missiles to avoid strike | | | AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces have removed several Scud missiles and dozens of launchers from a base north of Damascus, possibly to protect the weapons from a Western attack, opposition sources said on Thursday. |
| Shania Twain on new album | | | After launching her Caesars Palace residency last December with a series of sold-out dates, Shania Twain, country music's biggest-selling female artist of all time, is returning to Vegas for another series of dates that kick off October 15th and run through mid-December. |
| A Loire Valley Fixer-Upper | | | All it needed was its dignity restored. Along with the floors, the roof, the plumbing, the heating and the wiring. |
| Election blurring of church, state separation draws complaints | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Political watchdog and secularist groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate whether Catholic bishops and a Christian evangelical group headed by preacher Billy Graham should lose tax breaks for telling followers how to vote in this year's election. |
| Beneath Greenland's ice, a grand canyon | | | British and American scientists watching Greenland's massive ice sheet have found what appears to be a 460-mile "megacanyon" far beneath the frozen surface of the world's largest island. |
| When cooking can kill | | | For nearly half of the world's population, building and maintaining a fire is a daily -- and often deadly -- chore. |
| Platini pushes 2022 winter World Cup | | | UEFA president Michel Platini repeated his support for moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter Friday with a sideswipe at the English Premier League (EPL) who are opposed to the change of date. |
| Korea United Soccer star's goal | | | "My number one hope is for North and South Korea to become united," says soccer star Ryang Yong-Gi. "It will contribute to the development of the country in many ways ... it will open up new possibilities beyond soccer and sports." |
| Slovenia's Petrol says first-half profit up 6 pct | | | LJUBLJANA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Slovenia's largest fuel retailer, Petrol, said its group net profit in the first half of this year rose by 6 percent to 24.4 million euros ($32.3 million) on higher sales. |
| U.N. analysis of Syria samples could take up to two weeks envoy | | | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the five permanent Security Council members that it may be two weeks before for final results are ready of an analysis of samples experts collected at the site of a chemical weapons attack last week in Syria are ready, diplomats said on Friday. |
| Freedivers sip coffee with sharks | | | Things which might distract you while having coffee with a friend food in their teeth, attractive waiters, giant sharks circling your head. |
| Hyperloop vs. world's fastest trains | | | Just how fast would the Hyperloop transportation system envisioned by entrepreneur Elon Musk have to be? Try more than twice as fast as the fastest commercial train in the world. |
| In Losses, Blake Still Controls Exit | | | After James Blake was defeated in his first-round match against Ivo Karlovic, he took to the podium with an unusual crispness and focus after the last singles match of his career ended. |
| Serial killer movie escapes ban | | | Few African films have created as much buzz recently as "Of Good Report," a dark tale of a high school teacher who becomes obsessed with a 16-year-old female pupil. |
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