| Latest worldwide news | The rising force in world football? | | | France's multicultural stars shone brightest at the World Cup 15 years ago -- now could it be Belgium's turn to do the same in Brazil next year? |
| The real 'Wolf of Wall Street' | | | Susan Harrigan says Leonardo DiCaprio plays him in the upcoming Martin Scorsese movie, but the real "wolf" was more like a cockroach. |
| Graphene is creeping into your home | | | Just under ten years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and his colleague Kostya Novoselow the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics. It was graphene -- a one atom thin substance. The Professor of Physics at Manchester University talks to CNN about discovering the first ever 2-dimensional material. |
| Design Notebook House Haunters | | | For designers who specialize in haunted houses, its high season. What scares them is how little time there is to furnish the home of your nightmares. |
| Detained Chinese reporter confesses to taking bribes -CCTV | | | BEIJING, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A Chinese journalist arrested last week on charges he defamed a state-owned construction equipment maker on Saturday confessed on state television to accepting bribes for fabricating stories, despite a public outcry over his detention. |
| U.S., Pakistan 'had secret drone deal' | | | Pakistani officials have for years secretly endorsed the U.S. drone program, even picking out at least one target for such an attack, according to a report. |
| Vatican's very own cricket team | | | With cups of tea and cucumber sandwiches at the ready, the Vatican has launched itself into the international sporting arena -- with the formation of the new St. Peter's Cricket Club. |
| Phys Ed How Music Can Boost Our Workouts | | | Making music and not just listening to it while exercising makes the exercise easier, a remarkable new experiment finds, suggesting that the human love of music may have evolved, in part, to ease physical effort. |
| Solar charity takes aim at Africa's kerosene lamps | | | Sept. 24 - Non-profit groups aiming to replace Africa's deadly kerosene lamps with safe, solar alternatives say their campaign is gaining momentum. The award-winning Solaraid project says the dangerous lamps could be eliminated from the continent by 2020. Jim Drury has more. |
| SEC releases 'crowdfunding' rule | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Entrepreneurs and start-up companies looking for investors will be able to solicit over the Internet from the general public under a new proposal issued by U.S. regulators on... |
| Greek Roma hope Maria will return home | | | Oct. 26 - Members of a Greek Roma community where a mystery girl was found living last week say they hope the child will return to live with her adopted parents. Nathan Frandino reports. |
| Mountain mirrors to bring light to dark Norwegian town | | | Oct. 22 - Three giant mirrors have been erected on a mountainside in Norway, to bring much needed sunlight to residents of a small town. The town is situated at the bottom of a narrow valley where the sun doesn't shine during the long Nordic winter, but its hoped the mirrors will change all that and bring its residents out of the shade and into the light. Jim Drury reports. |
| EU court opinion says Spain fuel tax breaches law | | | MADRID (Reuters) - An adviser to the European Union's top court recommended it rule that a Spanish fuel tax breaches EU law, potentially obliging Spain to pay billions of euros in compensation to fuel consumers. |
| Another Mexico coach goes | | | Coaching the Mexican national team is proving to be a difficult assignment. Victor Manuel Vucetich was fired and replaced by Miguel Herrera, who became El Tri's fourth manager in a month. Mexico hopes the move leads to a spot at the World Cup. |
| A state funeral for Tito's widow | | | Oct. 26 - Former First Lady of Yugoslavia Jovanka Broz is buried in Belgrade next to her husband Josip Broz Tito. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Dog eats dog as Britain's tabloids bare all | | | LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Fleet Street's finest jostled furiously at the start on Thursday of a government inquiry, trying to grab public attention with tales of shock and horror. |
| Plane fighting Australia fires crashes, kills pilot | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - A plane dousing wildfires in bushland south of Australia's biggest city, Sydney, crashed into a national park on Thursday, killing the pilot and sparking a new fire to add to 55 still burning across the state of New South Wales. |
| Dance therapy could help treat dizziness | | | Oct. 22 - Scientists have discovered differences in the brain structure of ballet dancers that may help them avoid dizziness while performing pirouettes. The findings could lead to the development of dance therapy to treat patients with chronic dizziness, a condition experienced by one in four people during their lives. Jim Drury has more. |
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