After an American novelist drew ire by calling Manila the "gates of hell," a popular Brazilian author pacified Filipinos anger by telling them they knew the way to heaven.
Austrian overcomes fear of heights to aim for slackline record
FRANKFURT, May 25 - An Austrian man tip-toed along a line strung 185 meters (607 feet) off the ground in Frankfurt on Saturday, attempting to set a new world record More »
Reuters - 49 minutes agoJapan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence: paper
TOKYO (Reuters) - A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk More »
Reuters - 6 hours agoTempura-battered tarantula on menu at California bug fest
By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hungry? How about tempura-battered fried Tarantula for an appetizer? They're frozen then defrosted before bug chef David More »
Reuters - 18 hours agoHamburgers for life reward to man who helped Ohio kidnap victims
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house More »
Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013Norway crime novelist talks his way to live interview record
OSLO (Reuters) - Defying the stereotype of the tight-lipped Scandinavian, popular Norwegian crime writer Hans Olav Lahlum set the world record for the longest More »
Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013Prosecutor in Berlusconi sex trial receives mail with bullets
MILAN (Reuters) - The prosecutor in former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial has received a series of anonymous letters of threats, including one with More »
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013Relegation woes worry toothless Argentinos Juniors
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinos Juniors, staring into the jaws of relegation, have had a set of false teeth thrown at their coach by an angry fan while the More »
Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013College student snares record long Burmese python near Miami
By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python set a record for the longest snake ever captured in South Florida, where the exotic More »
Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013Czech police seize 1 million liters of illegal booze
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police found a million liters of illegal alcohol hidden in underground tanks in one of the biggest seizures of untaxed booze ever. Police More »
Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013Chinese businessman pays record price for Belgian racing pigeon
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman has paid a world record 310,000 euros ($398,500) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia's huge and growing interest in More »
Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013
- Time matters little to world’s fastest jigsaw puzzle maker
By Maria Feona Imperial, VERA Files Perhaps for breaking a world record, she has already found the answer to every jigsaw puzzle ever made. But Georgina Gil-Lacuna has one more left unresolved: the puzzle of time. And she likes it … Continue reading →
- Meet PH's poorest congressman
Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano remained the poorest congressman in the 15th Congress, a document from the House of Representatives showed.
- Carlos Celdran to Filipinos: Keep calm and ignore Dan Brown
Amid brewing uproar over Dan Brown's "gates of hell" reference to Manila, cultural activist Carlos Celdran sees the author's desrciption is only an exaggeration that should nonetheless encourage Filipinos to get their act together.
- Dan Brown calls Manila 'gates of hell'; MMDA cries foul
A top-selling novelist's new work which alludes to Manila as the "gates of hell" may be fiction, but a Cabinet official is still taking offense.