Moulin Rouge dancers take it to the street for 130th birthday
Thousands of people massed outside the Moulin Rouge caberet on Sunday night for a fireworks and French can-can extravaganza to mark the 130th anniversary of the storied Montmartre institution.
Madrid to clip wings of noisy birds
Faced with a soaring population of noisy parakeets affecting the environment, city authorities in Madrid said Monday they have decided to take steps to cut their numbers.
'Africa's oldest' tortoise dies in Nigeria: palace
A tortoise whose royal owners claimed was 344 years old has died in the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogbomosho, southwest Nigeria, a spokesman said Saturday.
Vienna's Mozart ticket sellers face the music with new rules
A change of tune is coming for one of the most ubiquitous sights in Vienna's tourist hot spots: the groups of men clad in Mozart-inspired get-up selling tickets for classical music concerts.
Silent protester's attempt to quell Bangladesh's traffic cacophony sparks noisy support
Bangladeshi Mominur Rahman Royal is stopping traffic - literally.
Unmanned Japan craft launched toward space station: operator
Japan on Wednesday launched an unmanned spacecraft towards the International Space Station, the operator said, after a fire early this month delayed the mission.
German court rules hangovers are an 'illness' allowing remedies on the market
A German court said in a ruling published Monday that hangovers are an "illness," in a timely judgment days after the annual Oktoberfest beer festival began in Munich.
Hungarian drivers irate after Shell pumps filled with wrong fuel
Angry car drivers in Hungary took to social media Tuesday after a petrol station run by oil giant Shell admitted that pumps at one of their Budapest stations had been filled with the wrong fuel.
A tangled web: UK judge's #spiderbrooch goes viral
Her words had huge implications, but for many social media users watching the president of Britain's Supreme Court rule Tuesday on the suspension of parliament, it was all about her spider brooch.
Rescued panther stolen from zoo
It appears to be France's most coveted cat: A black panther rescued from rooftops near the northern city of Lille last week has been stolen from the zoo where it was taken after capture, officials said.
Groom named Thomas Cook faces wedding misery as the travel firm collapses
A British man named Thomas Cook said Monday he feared his dream wedding in Greece was ruined after the collapse of the holiday firm with the same name.
Teams turn fan fury at Prague soccer derby into opportunity to raise money for charity
Outrage at rival players at a Czech top-flight soccer game between Prague city rivals Sparta and Slavia turned into a charity event that raised a hefty sum for sick children, Slavia said Monday.
Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record
A damning new UN report published Sunday said the world is falling badly behind in the race to avert climate disaster because of runaway warming, with the five-year period ending 2019 set to be the hottest ever.
'Once in a life time' Paris Tutankhamun show attracts 1.42m visitors
A blockbuster Tutankhamun show set a new all-time French record Sunday, with 1.42 million visitors flocking to see the exhibition in Paris, the organizers said.
Several dozen alien hunters gather near secretive US base at 'Area 51'
Several dozen people - rather than the two million feared - showed up on Friday near a secretive US military base in the Nevada desert, answering a meme-inspired Facebook event to storm the site in search of aliens.
Black panther found roaming rooftops like a stray cat close to northern French city
A black panther found roaming the rooftops near the northern French city of Lille like a stray cat on Wednesday evening was captured after being cornered inside a home, local authorities said.
Let me take you down: Strawberry Field opens to public
Beatles fans can now take a trip through the childhood sanctuary of John Lennon that inspired the seminal song “Strawberry Fields Forever,” with the former children's home opening its doors to the public.
Study proves chubby people raise chubby dogs
Overweight people are more likely to have overweight dogs, partly because they are more likely to feed them treats, Danish researchers said Wednesday.