Top French chefs this week pledged to keep bluefin tuna and other threatened fish species off the menu, whatever the cost. With half ...
A gay man tying the knot next week in Latin America's first same-sex marriage predicted Thursday that his ground-breaking wedding will inspire other ...
Days before he is expected to order more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the US military Thursday, lamenting families with an empty seat at their Thanksgiving table. Thousands of miles (kilometers) from home, American troops deployed in Iraq ...
Obama telephones 10 US service members stationed abroad, thanks them for serving the country President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of ...
Two "delighted" men became Australia's first same-sex couple to hold a legally recognised civil partnership ceremony Wednesday, under new laws which look set to be quickly overturned. Warren McGaw and Chris Rumble said they were honoured to celebrate their union in the ...
Millions of travellers who book their own flight and hotel arrangements via the Internet need updated European Union protection against companies going bust, the European Commission said Thursday. When the existing EU legislation was adopted in 1990, "a package holiday was the ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Bob Dylan reminisces about Christmas past, turkey dinners and his favorite holiday songs in a rare interview in a magazine for homeless people. The 68-year-old singer has baffled fans and critics with his new album "Christmas in the ...
Specialist Nathan Deliefde was hard at work since eight in the morning on Thursday, preparing a Thanksgiving feast for 170 US soldiers that many hope will be the last one they eat in Iraq. "It's rough to be away from home but ...
Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon. Ignoring Saudi warnings against political ...
Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon. Ignoring Saudi warnings against political ...
US soldiers in Afghanistan seeking a slice of home eat Thanksgiving turkeys they raised As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to ...
Swiss police say Geneva mosque vandalized with pink paint ahead of anti-minaret vote Swiss police say a Geneva mosque has been vandalized, three days ahead of a national vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets as an Islamic intrusion. Patrick ...
