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Police to shame jaywalkers on TV (28 August 10:13) |
| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported on Thursday.... |
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Don't take "holy" water onto pope plane (28 August 10:12) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has warned journalists who will travel with Pope Benedict to Lourdes next month not to put the revered water from the shrine in their hand luggage on the... |
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Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower (28 August 10:10) |
| BEDUM, Netherlands (Reuters) - The Tower of Pisa is being challenged by a lesser-known 12th-century building in the northern Dutch town of Bedum as Europe's most steeply leaning tower.
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Museum defies pope over crucified frog (28 August 10:08) |
| ROME (Reuters) - An Italian museum Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican... |
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Neapolitans get free pizza in price protest (28 August 08:25) |
| NAPLES (Reuters) - "Pizzaioli" or pizza chefs in Naples, birthplace of the Margherita, handed out free pizzas on Wednesday in protest at high prices charged by rivals who, they say, use the ... |
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Rat meat in demand as inflation bites (28 August 01:05) |
| PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday.
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Woman wearing veil told to leave Italian museum (28 August 01:01) |
| ROME (Reuters) - The head of one of Venice's most prestigious museums apologized on Wednesday to a Muslim woman asked to leave the building by a guard because she was wearing a veil over her... |
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Australian school may backflip on cartwheel ban (28 August 12:59) |
| SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian school which recently banned its students from doing cartwheels, somersaults and other gymnastics during recess is reviewing the decision after parents... |
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Free pizza in price protest (28 August 12:57) |
| NAPLES (Reuters) - "Pizzaioli" or pizza chefs in Naples, birthplace of the Margherita, handed out free pizzas on Wednesday in protest at high prices charged by rivals who, they say, use the ... |
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Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks (26 August 11:18) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - A four-year-old cat in Germany called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday.
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No nuns on catwalk, priest stops "beauty contest" (26 August 08:28) |
| ROME (Reuters) - An Italian priest who had planned an online "pageant" for nuns has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty ca... |
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Ants bite, phones fly in Finnish summer bonanza (26 August 08:25) |
| HELSINKI (Reuters) - They carry their wives, sit on ants, throw milking stools, boots and mobile phones -- here in the home of weird world championships, participants will do just about anyt... |
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Cupid's arrow hits Olympic archers (26 August 08:22) |
| SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top male and female archers capped gold medal performances at the Beijing Olympics by announcing wedding plans just as the games ended, an archery official sa... |
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Deer, cattle have true animal magnetism (26 August 08:21) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grazing cattle and sleeping deer tend to align their bodies along the North-South axis of the Earth's magnetic field, European researchers said on Monday, giving new mean... |
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Wag a tail-dogs get their own beach (25 August 10:42) |
| NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa has introduced the island's first legal beach exclusively for animals after complaints it was becoming a dog's life for man's... |
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Country ordered to pay damages for sailor's suicide (25 August 10:33) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government will have to pay damages to the parents of a sailor who hanged himself after being repeatedly insulted by his superior, in the first such court ruli... |
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Tunnels show Hitler's megalomaniac vision (25 August 09:35) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - Three vast tunnels were opened under central Berlin this month, giving a glimpse of Adolf Hitler's megalomaniac vision of a new architectural centre for the capital of Naz... |
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Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips (25 August 05:40) |
| QUERETARO, Mexico (Reuters) - Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help... |
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Abandoned baby found safe with dog (25 August 05:34) |
| BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A newborn baby abandoned outdoors in winter by her 14-year-old mother was found safe in a dog pen with a mother dog and her brood of puppies near the city of La Plat... |
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Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch (25 August 05:31) |
| WARSAW (Reuters) - When Apple Inc rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the device. In Poland, people are getting p... |
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Economy under par? Play less golf (21 August 11:42) |
| SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has told officials to give up golf for the moment because it sends the wrong signal just as the economy has hit the rough.
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Shoppers injured in cheap food rush (21 August 09:06) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - At least a dozen shoppers, many of them retirees, were injured in a rush to buy cheap cooking oil and eggs on offer at a supermarket in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjin... |
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Sheriff goes to jail for an education (21 August 09:06) |
| Sheriff Mark Curran of Lake County, Illinois, walked into his own jail on Wednesday to spend a week as a prisoner, saying he was divinely inspired to learn what it was like to be confined an... |
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Couple survives plane crash into power cable (21 August 02:13) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - A German couple had a lucky escape after their light aircraft hit a 380,000 volt power line and then hung upside down from a wheel for nearly three hours.
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Baby pronounced dead lives after hours in cooler (19 August 07:49) |
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A stillborn Israeli baby who was pronounced dead by doctors "came back to life" on Monday after spending hours in a hospital refrigerator.
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PM's voicemail: call my predecessor (19 August 07:47) |
| DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ever wished your predecessor was there to take the flak for the problems you inherited?
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Outback mayor seeks "ugly duckling" women (18 August 06:32) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water.
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No sandcastles please, you're in Italy (18 August 06:29) |
| ROME (Reuters) - When in Capri, don't wander off the beach in a bikini. If you go to the sea in Eraclea, near Venice, remember that building sandcastles is forbidden. And don't even think ab... |
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New porn channel lets Canadians strut their stuff (18 August 06:27) |
| TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadians who may have become tired of being passed over as porn stars will have a new, home-grown outlet to showcase their erotic talents.
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Cupcake makers at war over dot-in-circle trademark (18 August 06:26) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sprinkles Cupcakes, a California purveyor of mini-cakes beloved by Hollywood stars, has accused rival Famous Cupcakes of stealing its trademarked "Modern Dot" cupcake... |
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Chinese learn to party at Olympics beach volleyball (17 August 02:12) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - While the beach volleyballers tough it out in the sand, Tom Blaumauer and Chris McGee have faced an Olympic challenge of their own: how to encourage the Chinese to throw ... |
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Coke, Pepsi slug it out at Thai boxer's home (17 August 02:08) |
| BANGKOK (Reuters) - Soft drinks giants Coke and Pepsi are slugging it out for supremacy outside the home of Thai Olympic boxing hopeful Worapoj Phetkum, who faces his first fight of the Beij... |
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Stallone explores Soviet roots with vodka deal (16 August 06:23) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, mighty destroyer of Soviet opponents in the "Rambo" and "Rocky" movies, now plans to advertise Russian vodka.
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Sweet Home Alabama...England? (15 August 02:50) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Council chiefs in Birmingham were left red-faced when they mistakenly used a picture of their U.S. namesake in Alabama on thousands of official leaflets.
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Pirates of the Colosseum? Rome plans theme park (14 August 09:00) |
| ROME (Reuters) - With the ruins of ancient Rome, the splendor of Vatican City and countless Renaissance art treasures, what does Italy's capital lack to attract tourists?
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Buy evidence of my husband's adultery on eBay (13 August 08:55) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's underpants up for sale on the auction site eBay.
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Cat-loving Pope urged to stop wearing fur (13 August 07:02) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.
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Missile false alarm goes off (13 August 07:00) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - A missile attack warning went off in local government offices in central Japan Wednesday, but officials realized it was a false alarm before disaster teams were mobilized.
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FBI seeks owners of stolen art after collector dies (13 August 01:21) |
| When New York art collector William Kingsland died in 2006, he left behind hundreds of works of art. But some, including works by Pablo Picasso, turned out to have been stolen.
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Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery? (12 August 11:02) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police have arrested a 20-year-old man who attacked and robbed two people after they stared at his Winnie-the-Pooh costume, officials said on Tuesday.
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Drop tax on my medal, shooter says (12 August 08:47) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Italian police officer Francesco D'Aniello won an Olympic silver medal in double trap shooting Tuesday and appealed to the Italian government for a tax exemption on his r... |
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Mystery torch guard becomes Chinese sex symbol (12 August 08:45) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A handsome but anonymous guardian of the Olympics torch on its troubled world tour has won legions of Chinese female fans -- and plenty of marriage proposals.
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Australia's eight hit by new curse (11 August 11:03) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Australian rowers were left questioning their luck in Olympic eight's races Monday after the rudder on the men's boat jammed, forcing the crew to veer at speed out of the... |
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Soccer team causes surprise by coming home (11 August 08:58) |
| FREETOWN (Reuters) - A boys' soccer team from Sierra Leone won silver at a tournament in Sweden, but were hailed as champions in their poor West African homeland -- because they all came hom... |
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Llama fetus ritual to help Bolivia's Morales? (11 August 08:56) |
| EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) - Muttering incantations at a witches' market above La Paz, Faustino Tinta sets fire to a dried llama fetus and wax trinkets, an offering his client hopes will hel... |
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English "Lord" puts life up for sale on eBay (09 August 04:04) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - An eccentric British millionaire has put his entire life up for sale on the Internet -- including his title of Lord of the Manor of Warleigh -- in the hope of converting h... |
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Envoys trade hugs and kisses at U.N (09 August 02:42) |
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ambassadors from the United States and Libya exchanged hugs and kisses at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday in an unusual public display of affection between f... |
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Newspaper apologizes for false royals story (09 August 02:33) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's most-read newspapers was forced to apologize on Friday after falsely reporting that Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip was suffering from prostate ca... |
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Obama, McCain reveal pop culture favorites (09 August 02:31) |
| U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have unmasked their favorite pop culture icons, including superheroes, with McCain favoring Batman and Obama choosing Spider-Man and... |
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Police reopen 7,000 cases after DNA error (08 August 02:14) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police will re-examine 7,000 crimes solved through DNA evidence after a mistake forced detectives to free a suspect wrongly accused of murder.
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