Richard Johnson can see right through the masterpieces of Rembrandt and Van Gogh. The Cornell University electrical and computer engineering professor is a digital art detective, able to unlock the mysteries
A second French militant has been identified in the video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of Syrian soldiers, France’s president said yesterday, calling for vigilance on
A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease, according to state media. Dr. Felix Baez Sarria is being
Recruits for Italy’s ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate have been caught on video taking a loyalty oath, swearing “under the splendor of the moon,” in a ceremony secretly recorded by police in
General Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain with an authoritarian hand for 39 years, has died at the age of 82. He had been ill for five weeks and died early this
Ireland’s Animal Rights Action Network said earlier this week that Simon is paying for Benjy’s transportation to an animal sanctuary in England. Simon, who is battling colon cancer, has been
Adam Scott will attempt to win his third Australian Masters title in a row on yet another renowned Melbourne sand-belt course, and with a tryout caddie on his bag. Scott went
Inflation picked up in October due to higher prices that U.S. companies received for new model cars, beef, pork, pharmaceuticals and electric power. The Labor Department says the producer price index
N KOREA An anxious North Korea will see how the boldest effort yet to bring its leaders to account for alleged crimes against humanity will move forward, as the U.N.
Two Palestinians stormed a Jerusalem synagogue yesterday, attacking worshippers praying inside with meat cleavers and a gun, and killing four people before they were killed in a shootout with police,
President Barack Obama is elevating his efforts during his last two years in office to combat global warming above almost all else as he seeks to leave an imprint on
Early reports indicate the meeting between President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva has got off to a good start. Their first get together this morning -
Asia Lemmon, whose legal name appears on her driver’s license as Jessica Steinhauser, said the pasta strainer represents her beliefs in the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Flying
Seven Irishmen have been charged with membership in an Irish Republican Army faction after Northern Ireland police raided a suspected meeting of the outlawed Continuity IRA. A judge ordered all
CHINA A fire in a carrot-packaging plant has killed 18 people in eastern China, police said yesterday. An additional 13 people were injured in the fire Sunday night at the
The Portuguese minister of internal affairs, Miguel Macedo, has announced he is to resign in the wake of a scandal involving so-called “golden visas” saying his “authority was diminished”, even
The Islamic State group has beheaded Peter Kassig, releasing a video Sunday showing a masked militant standing over the severed head of a man it said was the former U.S. Army Ranger-turned-aid worker,
Chickens were being slaughtered in the Netherlands and Britain was preparing to kill ducks after two cases of bird flu were discovered in Europe — but officials insisted yesterday that
Authorities in Colombia have mounted a massive search and rescue operation for an army general who was apparently taken captive by leftist FARC rebels. Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate and two civilians were intercepted
In the biggest demonstration in the country’s post-war history, protesters held up banners and chanted: “We want democracy now.” Other demands included free elections, a new constitution and the dismissal of
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