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Massive Louis Vuitton trunk kicked out of Moscow’s Red Square
France’s Louis Vuitton has been asked to remove a giant trunk bearing the luxury brand’s iconic monogram pattern from Moscow’s Red Square after it triggered a media debate and outrage among many...
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Japanese man switched at birth would ‘roll back the clock’ to undo...
A 60-year-old Japanese man switched at birth says he would like to “roll back the clock”, days after winning a lawsuit against the hospital which mistakenly cast him into a life of poverty. The man...
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Georgia man fatally shot neighbor with Alzheimer’s after mistaking him for a...
A Georgia man is not expected to be charged after he shot and killed a neighbor who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Sheriff’s deputies in Walker County said 34-year-old Joe Hendrix believed his...
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Quake hits southern Iran near nuclear plant
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on Thursday rattled the southern coastal region of Bushehr, where Iran has its sole nuclear power plant, state news agency IRNA said, without reporting casualties. Its...
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Saudi cleric says ban on women drivers protects society from ‘evil’
The grand mufti of Saudi Arabia said a ban on women driving in the conservative state protects society from “evil,” in remarks published in the press on Thursday. Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah...
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Researchers identify gene mutation that can trigger excessive drinking
Scientists have discovered a gene mutation that can trigger excessive drinking. Researchers in the United Kingdom said they found a gene that regulates alcohol consumption and identified a mechanism...
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Fossilized feces shows some dinosaurs gathered in ‘poop groups,’ like...
Some large, grass-eating mammals, such as elephants, rhinos and camels, gather together not only when they eat, but also when they defecate. The group poop, researchers have surmised, has several...
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Woman convicted in ‘stand your ground’ case released from jail to await new...
A Florida woman awaiting a new trial in a “stand your ground” shooting case has been released from jail. Marissa Alexander was released Wednesday night on more than $200,000 bond while she waits to be...
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Watchdog group says Google violated Dutch privacy laws
Internet giant Google is in breach of Dutch privacy laws and will have to change the way it operates, the Dutch privacy watchdog said on Thursday following a seven-month probe. “Google’s combined use...
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Server says she was fired for calling police about woman who was drinking...
A server at a Conway restaurant says she was fired after calling police to report a woman drinking alcohol while breastfeeding her child at the same time. The server called police on 28-year-old Tasha...
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Researchers: Typhoons are spreading Fukushima fallout through Japan
Typhoons that hit Japan each year are helping spread radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the country’s waterways, researchers say. Contaminated soil gets washed away by the...
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Suit claims cops stood by and laughed as officer shocked mentally ill suspect...
Police and paramedics are accused in a federal lawsuit of laughing as they repeatedly shocked a mentally ill man with a stun gun while he was handcuffed. Thomas Jason James Smith filed the suit against...
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Brazil will use damaged World Cup stadium despite workers’ deaths
A Brazilian stadium will not be removed from the World Cup roster despite a deadly construction accident but its completion will be delayed, officials said Thursday. The Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo...
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WTO says it’s made a ‘breakthrough’ in new customs negotiations
The World Trade Organisation said Thursday that negotiators have made a breakthrough in talks towards a major trade deal, just two days after the agency’s chief signaled a stalemate. Diplomats in...
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World’s oldest bank vows to be ‘profoundly different’ by 2017
The board of troubled Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena — the world’s oldest bank — Thursday approved a restructuring plan which it said will create a “profoundly different” bank by 2017. The...
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Louisiana pastor indicted for alleged sexual attacks against underage choir...
A Shreveport, Louisiana pastor was denied bond and indicted on federal charges for allegedly taking underage girls in his church’s choir across state lines in order to commit illegal sexual contact...
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Microsoft stepping encryption up to thwart NSA spying
Microsoft moves to encrypt data: report (via The Christian Science Monitor) The Microsoft Corp. logo (left) is seen on an exterior wall of a new Microsoft store inside the Prudential Center mall, in...
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Medical marijuana-smoking Mountie provokes new pot debate
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with a medical marijuana prescription for job-related stress provoked a national debate Thursday over whether he should be allowed to smoke in uniform. Corporal...
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‘New Voyager’ Rouhani follows Obama onto YouTube
A music video has surfaced on YouTube hailing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a similar way to a famed 2008 paean to his US counterpart Barack Obama. In the video, which has been retweeted on the...
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British man accidentally dumps $7.5 million Bitcoin fortune
A British IT worker has launched a frantic search of a landfill site after realising he accidentally threw away a computer drive holding $7.5 million (5.5 million euros) in the online currency bitcoin....
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