Did Richard III Kill the Princes in the Tower?
Since King Richard III of England’s remains were discovered under a car park two years ago, we know where he is going to be buried—in Leicester Cathedral—and what his tomb will look like: fit for a...
View ArticleShell From Ukraine Kills Man in Russia, Raising Tensions
DONETSK Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with "irreversible consequences" after a man was killed by a shell fired across the border from Ukraine, an incident Moscow...
View ArticleThousands Flee Gaza Town After Israeli Attack Warning
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive...
View ArticleBoko Haram Leader Claims Responsibility for June Explosions in Lagos
ABUJA (Reuters) - Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 at a fuel depot in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, AFP reported on Sunday, which, if true,...
View ArticleSupposedly Cured H.I.V. Patient Still Has the Virus
Last March, a baby born with H.I.V. was reported to have been cured of the infection for the first time in history, a momentous step in the fight to cure AIDS. Yet federal officials announced Thursday...
View ArticleOn U.S. TV, Benjamin Netanyahu Defends Gaza Offensive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuffed international calls for a ceasefire while defending his country's offensive in Gaza during appearances on U.S. television on...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai: 'I Can See Those Girls as My Sisters'
ABUJA (Reuters) - Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to help free a...
View ArticleGermany Wins the World Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Germany won the World Cup for the fourth time on Sunday when substitute Mario Goetze volleyed in a brilliant goal seven minutes from the end of extra time to secure a 1-0...
View ArticleIs the U.S. Fracking Boom a Bubble?
America’s oil boom continues at breakneck speed. Last week the Bank of America released figures showing that the U.S. is now the world’s leading oil producer, overtaking both Saudi Arabia and Russia....
View ArticleThree Gored in Pamplona, and Man Tries to Take Craziest Selfie Ever
PAMPLONA Spain (Reuters) - A bull gored three men after breaking away from the pack chasing crowds through the streets of Pamplona in the closing run of Spain's San Fermin festival on Monday.The animal...
View ArticleThree Israelis Confess to Revenge Killing of Palestinian, Officials Say
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Israeli Jews arrested for the murder of a Palestinian teenager have confessed to abducting him and burning him alive, officials said on Monday, an incident that helped...
View ArticleNadine Gordimer, Powerful Anti-Apartheid Voice and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, an uncompromising moralist who became one of the most powerful voices against the injustice of apartheid, has died at...
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Quora Question: Who Is Responsible for the Mess in Iraq?
Quora Questions are part of a partnership between Newsweek and Quora, through which we'll be posting relevant and interesting answers from Quora contributors throughout the week. Read more about the...
View ArticleCosta Concordia Re-Floated
GIGLIO Italy (Reuters) - The wreck of the luxury liner Costa Concordia was re-floated on Monday and will soon be towed away and broken up for scrap, more than two years after it capsized off the...
View ArticleWar in Gaza Takes on Deadly Routine
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants resumed rocket attacks on Tel Aviv on Monday after a 24-hour lull in strikes on the Israeli commercial capital, and Israel kept up its air and naval...
View ArticleUkrainian Plane Shot Down by Rocket 'Probably' From Russian Territory,...
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's defence minister said on Monday that a Ukrainian AN-26 plane, taking part in the military campaign against separatist rebels, had been shot down by a rocket which was...
View ArticleVatican Pushes Back After Report That Pope Said 2 Percent of Catholic Clergy...
Pope Francis appears to have quantified the sex abuse scandal that constantly looms over the Catholic Church, telling an Italian newspaper that 2 percent of the clergy are pedophiles. Francis was...
View ArticleNigeria's President Tells Malala Missing Girls Will Be Home Soon
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Monday that more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants would soon return home, teenage Pakistani activist...
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Twenty-Five Years After 'When Harry Met Sally,' People Still Fake Orgasms in...
Twenty-five years after Meg Ryan faked cinema’s most famous orgasm in Katz’s Deli, customers still follow her lead in the 126-year-old Lower East Side establishment.Sexually charged gasps and moans...
View ArticleBodies Found North of Baghdad as Sunni Insurgents Turn on Each Other
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a town north of Baghdad found 12 corpses with execution-style bullet wounds on Monday, after fighting between rival Sunni insurgent groups that could eventually unravel...
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