International News

We've heard of homes so opulent they feature gold bathroom fixtures. This takes it to a new level. Visitors to New York's Guggenheim Museum can actually do their business on a toilet made entirely of 18 karat gold...

Many of us can't get through the day without our coffee. People in some professions need a high octane brew. Nurses are a good example.

To borrow, and slightly modify, a phrase, "September 11th, 2001. A date that will live in infamy!" Most of us can remember where we were when we got the news.

There's an old adage that Moms dropping their kids off for the first day of kindergarten get a little emotional. By the time they're in 6th grade, it's cause for celebration. A woman on Vancouver Island, Canada carried it too far...

Adele has turned down an offer to perform at the halftime show of the next Super Bowl.

Iran secretly detained, tried and convicted Shahram Amiri, a man it once heralded as a hero.

Ever walk into a bar, or restaurant and see a place full of patrons staring into their phones with blank, expressionless faces? You won't see that at the Gin Tub...

According to officials, the ISIS members entered the church through a back door during morning Mass, taking Fr. Hamel, two nuns and two parishioners hostage.

The Rio Olympics are shaping up to be a potential disaster. There's widespread concern about the Zika virus. The country is in economic free fall, and many facilities are nowhere near completion. One group is reportedly well prepared...the cocaine dealers.

Some updates on Thursday's horrific events in Nice, France.

If you're a Saints fan, you've probably seen the memes of Dallas & Atlanta's "new" stadiums that look like toilets. There's a brand spanking new building on the campus of the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power that looks strikingly like a toilet...

The Legend of the Loch Ness Monster dates back to the 1870's. "Nessie was first referred to as a monster in 1933. Skeptics have dismissed sightings as anything from alcohol induced hallucinations to weather anomalies. There are those who believe. A man was walking a dog along the shore of the Loch over the July 4th weekend when he came across some curious remains.

The bikini is 70 years old today! The designed was conceived by a French engineer named Louis Re'ard. He chose the name "bikini" after the Bikini Atoll, the location of early tests of nuclear explosives. I could make a couple glib remarks about devastation, but I won't. ..

When I was in high school, I read Elie Wiesel's "Night." It was a graphic, chilling account of his horrific experiences in the Nazi death camps during World War II...

Canada has given us the Lear Jet, snowmobile (Those are quite popular where I spent my youth), Sea-Doo, hockey, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Rush, Steppenwolf, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who, Gordon Lightfoot, William Shatner (Cap't kirk) and several good brands of beer & whiskey...

I follow the Dalai Lama on Twitter. The power of compassion is a theme upon which he frequently expounds. Lady Gaga sat down with him for a discussion of peace...

Today (June 22) is "No Panty Day." I first became aware about a year ago, when a meme appeared on my Facebook page.

Dogs are beloved pets in western cultures. American dog owners often regard their canine companions as family. They've been consumed as food for centuries in eastern Asia...

Shrimp imported from China & Vietnam is significantly cheaper than that from the Gulf of Mexico. You get what you pay for...

Investigators have reported recovering the 'black box' in the Mediterannean Sea between the island of Crete and the Egyptian coast.