Toronto -
Gone are the days we have been used to: mild temperatures, no snow on the ground and moments of sunshine. Old man winter returned to the Greater Toronto Area this weekend with a blast of snow and freezing cold temperatures.
London -
Crowds gathered in London's Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon to show solidarity with the ongoing revolutions sweeping across the Middle East.
A man named Jamie Mantzel recently posted to YouTube a video titled "Sneak Peak Greatest Toy in the Universe," showing a demonstration of his new six-legged spider-like robot toy invention. The video clip has gone viral online with about 800,000 views.
Saudi writer Hamza Kashgari has been deported to Saudi Arabia by authorities in Malaysia, in spite of pleas by human rights organizations not to send him back. Kashgari could face execution if Saudi finds him guilty of apostasy.
A group of U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton in Afghanistan posed for a photograph with a flag bearing the Nazi "SS runes" symbol in the form of two lightning bolts. The photograph was posted to a website called Knights Armament Blog last May 2011.
The third son of murdered Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has warned of an uprising in Libya. Speaking from neighbouring Niger which granted Saadi Gaddafi asylum, he said he encouraged talks rather than bloodshed.
As more MPs indicate their oppostion to the latest austerity measures, Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warns that, should the package not be approved on Sunday, the nation would be sent down "an unknown and dangerous path".
Beijing -
Many horrors! China microblog translate poorly English into. Say Beloved Successor of Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un dead from dying after assassin kill. No verification. Checking.
While most of us have a few bottles of liquor tucked away in our cabinets, one Dutch man is putting all other boozehounds to shame with his collection of rare alcohols valued at $8 million.