Brazilians Nathalia Araujo and Diana Prado lead doubles lives; by day they work in call centres and by night they exchange their headsets for high heels and become the heart and soul of Samba.

A ceremony to mark one year to go until the start of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games was held in the Russian host city of Sochi on Thursday (February 7).

A shepherd in Bistrita, who had no more food for the sheep, decided to walk them through the city, to another cowshed. The 60 sheep caused disruption in traffic and policemen were baffled at the site of them.

With just a year to go before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, the venues in Sochi are nearing completion and confidence is high the city will be ready to host the Games.

Six bodies, including that of a child, have been found in the sodden wreckage left by a tsunami that smashed into villages in the Solomon Islands.

Matteo Bovmundt is the first Dane who has been equipped with the most advanced artificial hand in the world.

Pennies may be lucky, but they are being shown the door in Canada.

Russia's first capsule hotel opened in the heart of Moscow, with sleep boxes available under $100 per night.

South Korea on Monday (February 4) released video taken by a camera fixed to the second stage of its rocket carrying a satellite which was launched last week.

A powerful earthquake shook the eastern part of Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Saturday night.

The man who invented a beloved toy used for making millions of temporary drawings has died.

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The city 900 kilometers (560 miles) south of Moscow suffered six months of intensive fighting, beginning with massive air strikes, as Nazi forces tried to push deep into the Soviet Union and reach its Caucasus oil fields. At least 1.2 million people are estimated to have died before the fighting ended on Feb. 2, 1943. The Red Army's defeat of the Nazis after house-to-house battling was a decisive turn in World War II....

The Pentagon says it does not intend to put troops on the ground in Mali to assist in the ground operations against al-Qaida-backed militants, but it is supporting France in other ways.

In Zimbabwe, this is not the type of number you want to hear.

An eccentric Chinese multimillionaire's latest venture may not be the cure for Beijing's ongoing air pollution problem, but it's bringing smiles to the faces of some of its choking residents.

Nintendo's president says the Japanese video-game maker will get back into operating profitability next fiscal year at more than 100 billion yen ($1 billion), and is ruling out price cuts for the new Wii U home console to boost sales.

The charity group “Bronies for Good,” consisting of adult fans across the world of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” held another charity livestream, raising over $7,000 for a pair of causes.

Iran said on Monday (January 28) it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems that have alarmed the West because the technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead.

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The U.S. special envoy on North Korea policy Glyn Davies arrived in Beijing on Friday (January 25) to meet with his Chinese counterpart amid escalated tensions on the Korean peninsula.

While they often used by people who want to look and feel better, sunbed use has an ugly side.

Organisers estimate 100,000 spectators will pack Kitzbuhel in the heart of the Austrian alps this weekend (January 25-27) for the Alpine Ski World Cup, the pinnacle of the FIS racing calendar each year.

Five days of heavy rainfall and the town of Ingham is underwater. Flood waters are still rising.